does anyone have them and are they worth 30 bucks?
im getting ready to go back to iraq and i was wondering if it would save me from lugging more books with me.
I have E-tools and, frankly, don't use it very often. I find that's it's not so easy to manipulate the information it generates. I more often use all the ressources that are available on d&d websites to generate NPCs, maps and treasures. If you don't have access to the net where you're going, I guess it's an alternative.
Ultradan
thanks for the quick response
ill have a laptop with most of my resourse books in .pdf format
i was specifically looking for something with easy character creation, npc creation, encounters, ect... also does it have the tables to reference easily?
I have E-tools and, frankly, don't use it very often. I find that's it's not so easy to manipulate the information it generates. I more often use all the ressources that are available on d&d websites to generate NPCs, maps and treasures. If you don't have access to the net where you're going, I guess it's an alternative.
Ultradan
What do you use for treasure generation? I've not so far been all that happy with what I have found in this area.
You might think I'm old-school, but I'd stick with what you have in pdf. As far as I can tell, there aren't many ways to speed up the creation of an encounter. The E-Tools help a little, but I find them not flexible enough for my needs.
For Treasure, NPC, and other Generators, I go to a website calles dndadventure.com... They have a gazillion links to such generators, PC portraits, maps, anything you want really. You can generate what you want, then copy/paste it onto whatever format you're working on. I find it priceless.
And just so you know, I have nothing to do with the website, so I'm not just saying that.
Ultradan
What do you use for treasure generation? I've not so far been all that happy with what I have found in this area.
Anything by Jamis Buck.
Here's a link to an online version of his treasure generator:
http://www.aarg.net/~minam/treasure2.cgi
(You can usually download an offline version of them.) He's done several others that I use heavily (the NPC generator, Town generator).