Android Tablet (Asus EeePad Transformer) Apps for GMing PFS?


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Grand Lodge 5/5

Anyone got any good apps for GMing PFS with an Android tablet? I am curious. I would love an app that lets me track initiative easily.. sort of like the Game Mastery pad does? Just add the name (not all the information for the characters and the like), initiative they rolled, and ready/delay actions. Maybe a space for tracking damage to the creatures?

Any other apps would be great too!!

Thanks!!

hoping for some good suggestions!

Liberty's Edge 4/5

Don't have my rooted Nook available right now, but there was an app in the Android Market which could be used to track initiative. Mine issue I had with it was that it didn't hold the information between screens. :(

Another app you might want to look for is named something like Spellbook PF or Spells PF, and contains a more-or-less complete spell list for Pathfinder, including Core, APG, and I think they have added one or both of the Ultimate books by now. Just check the Antagonize and Terrible Remorse entries to see if they include the errata or not....

Shadow Lodge 4/5 5/5 RPG Superstar Season 9 Top 8

Unsure if these apps are available on the android market (iPhone user), but I have the following two: Dice Ex and Scry Free.

They're not the flashiest but they're free. *yay!* The Dice one is pretty solid and Scry free is basically the SRD on your phone. I also have saved links to potion and wand online calculators for when PCs want to buy a X of Y.

As for initiative, I have a set of flash cards with crappy illustrations of classes (fighter, rogue, etc) and character names. I order them when I ask for initiative and just flip through as I go.

5/5

This thread should be moved to the technology forum.

Grand Lodge 5/5

Chris Bonnet wrote:


This thread should be moved to the technology forum.

I am asking for GMIng tools specifically FOR Pathfinder Society. I am not asking which tablet to get and such. I would rather it was NOT moved so please do not suggest it be as such.

Thanks!
I really appreciate all the input so far..

Anyone else got any app suggestions?
-jon

Liberty's Edge

The only Pathfinder-specific app I've found on Android is PFRPG RD, but it's just reference material (though it's still fairly handy and very fast). I run all my combat with Combat Manager, but that's Windows only. The only other somewhat useful Android apps I've seen are the dice rollers, but I prefer the real thing most of the time.

5/5

Hmm there is a tech forum with lots of advice including your model. For android honeycomb os I have some experience.

I rarely use mine to GM. I have found the best app for reading scenarios is PDF Viewer.
In higher tier scenarios I use Pathfinder Compendium for generating and logging NPC spells by creating a spell book. I originally generated spell cards for high teir. I have found an app called pathfinder spell book by chicanery games to be useful also. This I use more as a player in case my cleric wants to prepare something outside his normal spells, my normal spells I create a spellcard for.

Sadly, I have found most free apps for initiative and combat rather cumbersome. There is also a srd app, this I looked at once but I didn't purchase.

Ez PDF Reader is also a solid choice and one of the few that I have purchased.

Grand Lodge 5/5

I have a Cruz T301 7" Android tablet and RepliGo Reader is the fastest PDF viewer I've used. It takes about 30 seconds to load a Pathfinder book, but once the pages are loaded, flipping to the next page is instantaneous.

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