A device, software, procedure or process used for a specific purpose in relationship to roleplaying games.
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Are there any guides for hacking DND4E files?
The offline Character Builder had some houseruling support, but it was somewhat limited and the new online Character Builder has even less. Even if you have a fully legal character, some powers, ...
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Are there any free tools for designing encounters or traps?
I'm trying to design a module and I was wondering if there were any free or open source encounter or trap designers for D&D 4e
Mostly I just like something that lets me fill in the blanks and ...
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How can I make paper minatures?
How can you take an images and easily (automatically) turn them into paper minis?
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How can one make a DIY “Silent Dice Tower”?
I currently use a Chessex Dice Boot for rolling dice at the table. It's fairly compact, very portable, and does a great job of minimizing the table area required for a good roll of the dice.
There's ...
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What are best practices for the use of flowcharts in RPGs
For gamers who use flow charts, process models and diagramming in their game what set of graphical representations work best at representing story components. I'm looking for what set of notations can ...
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How can I download the Dungeon and Dragon pdfs?
Several answers to What kind of take-away/offline material does D&D Insider (DDI) give you? mention PDFs of Dungeon and Dragon.
Where can I find the link to download the pdfs?
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Is there anything that can create a .dnd4e file that is not the official editor?
Linux is a plus. Even documentation of the file format would do.
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Alternative means of rendering .dnd4e files
Besides the .csl file for DDI Character builder available here, are there any novel ways of creating printable 4e character sheets that are more effective than the default printed sheets? Are there ...
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Eye Contact as a Game Master's tool
Do you consciously use eye contact to help control or encourage players?
When an extroverted or otherwise dominant player adversely affects the group experience, do you use eye contact to seize ...
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What online collaborative communication tools have the most components for roleplaying away from the table?
I run a lunchtime game session once a week. Due to temporal constraints, we try to keep our sessions around the table limited to the more active aspects of encounters; for example, those that require ...
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How to create shadows in RPTools maptool?
I'm testing out RPTool's MapTool.
So far it's pretty OK, but there are a few things I'm missing.
One of the most important is how to create drop shadows underneath platforms (elevated pieces of ...
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What props or other tools can I use to improve pacing?
For a game, gaslight fantasy meets weird west, I am looking for tangible props to establish the various pacing points (call them beats in Robin's newest fascination). I'm looking for a good idea that ...
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Play-by-web tools for Universalis
I've seen Wiki's being used as a technological base for playing Universalis, but I'm not aware of any wildly successful runs with that.
Are there any other good web tools for universalis?
