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<blockquote data-quote="kbrakke" data-source="post: 6963462" data-attributes="member: 6781797">My current set up is a Surface Pro + Battle Mat + Tool Box of minis + 2d20. The Surface Pro has been a godsend with One Note. Someone posted a free One Note notebook with most of the free 5e stuff in it and from there I added stuff for whatever adventure I am running. If the adventure is in PDF form I make a notebook with that adventure and separate out the maps from the content. On each page with content I can link to monsters that appear there. If combat breaks out I can write initiative right there on the screen and keep track of monster HP on their stat page. Once it's all over I can erase it. Because one note syncs across all devices I have, I can use my desktop to write up an adventure, fetch pics from the web and insert them for maps/monster images/etc. then pull them up on the tablet when relevant. Recently for reasons audio has become a part of my prep so I can record on the desktop, insert it with the appropriate monster or encounter and then play it when the party gets there.Even more recently I have started to put a few settings books in to their own notebook so that I can refer to it from multiple campaign notebooks. So for my Eberron campaigns I can quickly pull up a map of the region they are in and remind myself of NPCs and Places (Who also have their own pages linked in the text).If you're willing to put in some extra prep time having a well constructed One Note notebook makes so many things easier. That combined with using average damage for every monster have drastically decreased downtime in game for me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kbrakke, post: 6963462, member: 6781797"] My current set up is a Surface Pro + Battle Mat + Tool Box of minis + 2d20. The Surface Pro has been a godsend with One Note. Someone posted a free One Note notebook with most of the free 5e stuff in it and from there I added stuff for whatever adventure I am running. If the adventure is in PDF form I make a notebook with that adventure and separate out the maps from the content. On each page with content I can link to monsters that appear there. If combat breaks out I can write initiative right there on the screen and keep track of monster HP on their stat page. Once it's all over I can erase it. Because one note syncs across all devices I have, I can use my desktop to write up an adventure, fetch pics from the web and insert them for maps/monster images/etc. then pull them up on the tablet when relevant. Recently for reasons audio has become a part of my prep so I can record on the desktop, insert it with the appropriate monster or encounter and then play it when the party gets there. Even more recently I have started to put a few settings books in to their own notebook so that I can refer to it from multiple campaign notebooks. So for my Eberron campaigns I can quickly pull up a map of the region they are in and remind myself of NPCs and Places (Who also have their own pages linked in the text). If you're willing to put in some extra prep time having a well constructed One Note notebook makes so many things easier. That combined with using average damage for every monster have drastically decreased downtime in game for me. [/QUOTE]

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