Hiro Quester
2017-03-07, 11:54 AM
Our group is coming to the end of a two year campaign, and will be starting another in a few months. We have been using a laptop program to manage characters, that has a fairly efficient way of managing character effects, too.
I'm wondering what else there is out there that might also do a similar job.
That is, should we renew our $15/year subscriptions for this product, or look around for something else?
We have been using The Only Sheet (http://theonlysheet.com) to manage our characters. It's Excel-based (with macros) so fairly accessible. One version works for 3.5/PF and another for 5. We use 3.5.
At the cost of having laptops at the table (with the inherent distractions that might present) it enables players to automate the effects of buff spells, magic items, class abilities, ability damage, and so on; it automatically adjusts the character's stats, saves, attack rolls and skill bonuses on the fly as buffs are cast and expire, etc.taking into account what bonuses stack and don't.
It also automates the effects (changes to physical stats, weapons, skills checks, etc.) of my druid PC wildshaping into different creatures.
So once the relevant spells and items are entered, our attack roll, saving throw, skill check bonus, etc. can just be read off the sheet, and adjusted on the fly.
The DM has a special sheet that brings all the players' character sheets together; enabling him to manage our characters (e.g. for balance and appropriate challenges) know what spells we have prepared, what our skills check bonuses are (so he can roll in secret and doesn't have to have players know they just failed a spot check, etc.).
Has anyone else used this or something like it? It seems worth $15/year to me.
But it seems prudent to ask if there are other products out there that help do this kind of thing, that we should also check out before renewing our subscriptions?
I'm wondering what else there is out there that might also do a similar job.
That is, should we renew our $15/year subscriptions for this product, or look around for something else?
We have been using The Only Sheet (http://theonlysheet.com) to manage our characters. It's Excel-based (with macros) so fairly accessible. One version works for 3.5/PF and another for 5. We use 3.5.
At the cost of having laptops at the table (with the inherent distractions that might present) it enables players to automate the effects of buff spells, magic items, class abilities, ability damage, and so on; it automatically adjusts the character's stats, saves, attack rolls and skill bonuses on the fly as buffs are cast and expire, etc.taking into account what bonuses stack and don't.
It also automates the effects (changes to physical stats, weapons, skills checks, etc.) of my druid PC wildshaping into different creatures.
So once the relevant spells and items are entered, our attack roll, saving throw, skill check bonus, etc. can just be read off the sheet, and adjusted on the fly.
The DM has a special sheet that brings all the players' character sheets together; enabling him to manage our characters (e.g. for balance and appropriate challenges) know what spells we have prepared, what our skills check bonuses are (so he can roll in secret and doesn't have to have players know they just failed a spot check, etc.).
Has anyone else used this or something like it? It seems worth $15/year to me.
But it seems prudent to ask if there are other products out there that help do this kind of thing, that we should also check out before renewing our subscriptions?