This was topic was originally published in Roleplaying-Tips as a Reader Tip (Use FreeMind For SRD Import) but I thought it was worth walking through it one more time, with a few more screen captures to help show the whole process. Please be aware that while the “official” release of Freemind is at 0.8.0 I’m…
It’s sometimes surprising just how often you read something and you say to yourself “hey, that’s me!” I had one of those moments as I was catching up on all the reading I’ve been neglecting over the last week or so. In his blog posting Using TT to Prep for a Game: A Case Study…
I’ve mentioned a few different ideas on how you can use index cards to help better organize your game and wanted to pass along another quick tip, use them for treasure items. When the party comes across an item hand them a card with just the physical description on it such as a bottle, a…
Over at Treasure Tables Martin made the following statement in his posting PC Backgrounds: Opening and Closing Doors If you imagine the hooks and plot elements in the PCs’ backgrounds as open doors, it’s a good idea to close those doors during play. A very true statement which I thing all GMs should take heed…
A couple of weeks back I asked for some feedback as to what I could do to improve of Dice and Dragons and one of the suggestions was for links to software tools so I thought I would start off with Freemind. Freemind is a mind mapping tool (you can read about mind mapping here)…
How many times did you forget to add in a temporary modifier? How about that feat which gives you a bonus to hit or a modifier to your armor class? Or that bonus you get from something that another member of your party did (e.g. the bless spell)? To keep from missing out on these…
