![]() offered to buy a premium account for my players to use. during times I got nothing else going on. ![]() I got some side projects in documents on my google drive so I can work on it when at work. So I can access it online if I need it.Ĥ. And have a hidden section for my DM notes, which are just copy/paste, notes from my USB stick. We also have a registered forum where I post recaps of sessions played. ![]() The important bits I need for the upcoming parts, or overall setting/town info, I print out and put into a binderģ. I got a USB stick with folders that I store everything on.Ģ. You know all the nonsense that comes with DMing a game.ġ. I still use a lot of scratch paper to take notes and record damage. All the players use the bot where I is the DM simply will roll dice is a good app on my phone keeping a separate from the player roles in treating it similar to a DM screen. I guess I could go on but I would like to add last thing I do use is a dice roller bot within discord. I can also take those documents and save them over to my computer if need be. I just type everything out there because it's easy access for myself. Occasionally I'll even do stuff specific for a player depending on what they have discovered during the game.Īll my adventures, notes, quests, encounters, and etc. A world map for example and even a calendar. I actually have a download channel set up and discord with the various links so they can download any needed material related to the game world. I will actually have various things in the mega cloud storage available for the players. Something else I use his mega storage and is free. By the way you can also use gimp which is a free program and works just as well. But with Photoshop I will actually do my fog of war with my maps and quickly save the images and post them to discord for the players to see as a progress in the game. Which can be cleared out every time the cycle ends.Īctually use Photoshop for my mapping and we do a lot of feeder the mind as well. There is a separate channel for initiative in the way we handle it most the time is that the dice are rolled within the table channel and then the results are recorded to the initiative channel. Of course there's the voice chat channel for the game as well as a voice chat channel for just general chat as well. The game channels where I usually post images or maps. For example there is a game channel and even a table channel which we often times handle the dice rolls on. I have a few channel set up within discord. Yeah makes it a little bit slow to look things up times but for the most part I usually have everything referenced in one form or another for quick access. I still use actual hardcover books on my end and leave it up to the players when it comes to their own reference material. Such as notes, images, and such.Īnything else you would like to suggest would be helpful. Most of my settings are homebrew, any suggestions here would be explored. I normally make up maps and such on the fly. How do you guys manage such homebrew players? You have them digitize them or what?įigure setting up links in my campaign to my Google Drive might be a good idea, what would you suggest? Other players are playing homebrew classes I have approved that they have found online. Some of my players enjoy the easy of DDB and was happy to convert to the system. Being able to bring my hobby over to a digital world has me very excited. I am well versed in computers and run my real-life contract projects through Microsoft Project Manager. I figure asking you guys might save me a lot of headaches. I have thought about using OneNote or Google Doc. Just in essence, what tools do you use to manage your games? I appreciate any advice on tools and programs to use. I like the idea of being able to access everything through my phone. I am writing to get ideas on how other DM's manage their games. Along with the ease of finding rules with a quick search. I have recently become a fan of D&D Beyond and running a few games through it. I'm not opposed to trying the online DMing. I have mainly managed my games in the old fashion analog way and have never DMed an online game. Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creaturesīeen a long-time DM, 35 years now.
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