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I know I've been on Kyle for having an export to html function for the initiative window (so my laptop/tablet-equipped players can see it), but I thought I'd share with folks something else that may be useful to someone.

I got a Transformer Prime and oddly enough, there were only two programs I missed from my Windows laptop - Combat Manager and Hero Lab.

I looked into it and loaded up CM on a spare PC, then used the Prime's My Web Desktop program to remotely control the CM, then connected to my main PC to run HL.

The My Web Desktop program is better known as the Splashtop Remote Desktop and is available for $4-7 (Android Market, no idea about Apple Market) but worked well for me. I created characters from scratch, made encounters and whatnot and it was very responsive, even when I throttled my network connectivity to about 300kbs. I do admit that I look forward to getting my keyboard dock and mouse, because it'll make things easier, but even so, I found it very smooth to use.

Heck, I joined the club for Prime owners today and bought the THD version of the software and played Skyrim and logged into LOTRO (to check my in-game mail) on the Prime, which is what gave me the idea for using this for HL and CM.

So my fellow tablet users, it may be something worth checking into - although to be honest, I'd perhaps only cautiously approach it unless I were running a dual-core+ tablet, but if people are using any remote desktop software to run CM on a phone, no doubt many people would love to hear their experiences.

As for me, I've contacted the host player about using the basement computer to run CM and HL and allow me to stream to my tablet...which means that I won't need to lug a laptop around anymore.

Last note - I've mentioned Splashtop because that's the first remote desktop software that I've really played around with on my tablet (and mainly because of the Skyrim-playing buzz today), but I know there's other great and free software that would work like vnc (or be vnc) or that uses Microsoft's RDP protocol to connect and I'd encourage anyone interested in doing this to try those out.

P.S. Thanks Kyle, for 1.4.0. You rock, man.

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Were I DM, I'd rule that the "Chokehold" is in reality a "Stranglehold" and thus the bit about holding one's breath doesn't apply.

From my judo days, there was a clear division between choking and strangling.

Choking was the prevention of air to the lungs, such as what happens when someone gets food stuck in their esophagus.

Strangling is the prevention of oxygen-rich blood from reaching the brain, by inhibiting the carotid arteries. This covers virtually all of the combat "choke" holds I'm aware of. Yes, you may be stopping the flow of air to the lungs, but the more immediate danger is the lack of bloodflow to the brain.

Chalk it up to language. Choke means something specific. Strangle means something specific.

Choke is often used to mean both.

And even at that, I wonder at how many people can hold their breath to maximum capacity in the middle of grappling, but ah well. It's D&D, not "Reality: The Game".