Suggestions for Pocket PC DM/Player 's Aide

[RC Tweak]

Hi.

I'm about to write a free Pocket PC DM and Player's aide (2 progs) for use at the table top and I'm after suggestions as to what you would look for in one. It's basically for personal use, but if I can make it useful to others, I'd like to.

How much would you like it to do automatically? What would you not want it to do? Are there any programs you would like it to be able to interface to, or file formats (eg Tablesmith) you would want it to read/write? Would you like to view maps or "virtual handouts"?

Any comments would be most appreciated.

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[Leopold]

random encounter generator...you make me one i will fall down and worship you as a god!!

 

[RC Tweak]

Get your worshipping knees ready
Of course, it's going to take me a while to do the whole thing, but I'll get there - shouldn't be *that* long

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[Leopold]

Get your worshipping knees ready
Of course, it's going to take me a while to do the whole thing, but I'll get there - shouldn't be *that* long

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i will prepare my toga for the day that it comes...make sure it can do wilderness and dungeon..all i need is something that will spit out a random creature and it's CR or allow me to pick a CR range..do this and you will have a convert..

 

[Max]

Since I'm primarily a player, here are a few things I'd like to see in a player's program.

Obviously, the ability to create and manage a PC in game.

So, what kind of things do you need to be able to do in game?

- note which spells are memorized, when they have been cast, when they will expire
- change appropriate abilities for a barbarian when raging
- equip a character with new items as they are discoverd in game
- Turning information for clerics and paladins
- a Jump calculator
- show the full effects of the various "buffing" spells (Bull's Strength, etc) including adjusting attack bonsu, AC, damage modifiers
- Heck, adjust the character to show the effects of any spells, if they adjust the character's stats or abilities.
- likewise track the effects of potions
- track charges in wands

There are others, I'm sure. These are the ones that occur to me off the top of my head.

Good luck!

Max

 

[Luke]

Hi.

I'm about to write a free Pocket PC DM and Player's aide (2 progs)

Excuse my ignorance of palmtops. How easy is it in general for them to be networked together as a bunch?

From what I saw in a small bit of PocketPC development I did, it looked as though networking was only a simple affair when it was 1:1 with another device

 

[RC Tweak]

I wasn't actually planning on directly networking them - I'm pretty sure there isn't the os support 'til at least the next version, and I haven't got any way to test networking multiple ppcs at the moment, but it is theoretically possible with bluetooth, and certainly possible if you've all got WLAN cards (yeah, right)

The way I was considering is to activesync players' and the dm's ppcs with a desktop at the beginning/end of a session. It'd be optional, of course, but it'll add some cool functionality. It's part of my phase 2 development, though...

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