[Software] - HeroLab for easy buffs?


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Hi! RotR (Anniversary Edition) GM here. I'm looking for a way to scale encounters easily and apply buffs (or debuffs) to NPCs, and considering buying HeroLab for that. The question is: will it be suitable for my use case?

Specifically, I'd like to:

- Import RotR NPCs (without having to create them myself).
- Apply buffs and debuffs to them, seeing the results in real time.
- Modify them (perhaps adding a level or two).

All three steps are needed, because without one I could just be using another thing to do the work (e.g. PCGen if I have to implement them). Have anyone here used HeroLab for this? What do you think?

Thanks in advance


Yes, you can get a package that has all the NPC's from the AP for Hero Lab. Yes, they are organized in portfolios that match the AP encounters. Yes, you can apply some buffs to the NPC's - any that are defined in Hero Lab and you have the rights for (package license activated.)

Frankly Hero Lab is even more awesome for the GM than it is for players - I've used it in both roles. Note: you may have to invest a good amount of money to get all the book content you might want to use - though RotRL is an early AP so even the AE doesn't use all the various source books that are available. Hero Lab made running RotRL dramatically easier including overhauling spell selection etc. for key NPC's, most notably Karzoug and his apprentice.


Yep. You can do all of that with Hero Lab. You just have to buy the data packages.


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You can do this with Combat Manager as well. It quickly and easily adds templates to monsters or NPCs with the click of a few buttons. All of the AP's NPCs are already loaded, no need to import them. Plus it is free, so that's even better.

It won't track spells though, so I just print out the page for the NPC and cross them off as they are cast.

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