dm software (3.5)

[Socko525]

Hey everyone, I'm about to start running a game with some friends and I was curious about the various em software out there.

I read somewhere about a type of software that would allow me as the dm to create maps and place enemies, etc. But has a dm version and a player version (dms would have whole map open, secret rooms, etc and I could choose what the players could see).

The main reason I'm looking for this is because one of the player is moving to out of state and we still all want to play together. So this would allow him to see everything I was describing.

does such software exist? I assume is have to pay for it, and if so, how much?

Thanks!

[KillingAScarab]

I think you're referring to RPTools (http://rptools.net/). I haven't tried it myself, yet. I know there's a separate website featuring tutorials (http://www.rptoolstutorials.net/), however. You could probably also find some videos on YouTube of people using it.

[Z3ro]

You could try http://www.d20pro.com/ . Tried it at Gencon, and it was a solid platform for d20. Has just about all of the features you're talking about.