Well, I think the hobby has finally made the big time of geekdom. We’ve entered the 90s.
To be sure, there are some (not all, of course, but an occasionally vocal minority) among the online MMORPG crowd that snicker at us pen-and-paper Dungeons and Dragons players. What a backwards way to play a game – with pencils, dice, and at a kitchen table no less!
Add to that the fact that, as I mentioned in yesterday’s post, WotC still has no good replacement for E-Tools, and none on the horizon.
Well, we’ve arrived. All the base, as they say, are belong to us. We’ve got a software tool to help us play pen-and-paper D&D that even includes Engrish instructions: D&D Helper.
For those without enough finger strength to click, here’s an excerpt:
If you are a DM, then you know that there are several tables, charts, and other things that you need to look up from time to time. Many dice get rolled when you use a breath weapon. Experience for the party makes you look up a few things on an annoying chart and you need to divide by the number of party members. Calculating how far you get in a day of travelling over different terrains.
Wow. That was awesome.
