WotBS Masterplan and WotBS

[swhite58]

Is anyone using Masterplan to run WotBS?

 

[Bercilak]

I am. My group uses a screen/projector instead of tiles/minis, so Masterplan works really well for us.

 

[OnlineDM]

I use a screen and projector, but I use MapTool rather than Masterplan.

 

[Bercilak]

Although I think the map feature of MapTool is way better than the one for Masterplan, I like the fact that Masterplan also lets me easily track damage, expended powers, and initiative. When looking at MapTool, I wasn't immediately convinced that it could do all of these other things.

Berc

 

[swhite58]

I'm just coming up to speed with Masterplan, and it seems to me that it's better for home-brew campaigns than published ones like WotBS, which aleady has everything so well laid out. We also prefer to use figures and printed maps for our encounters.

I might stick with DnD4e Combat Manager which is being developed again

 

[Bercilak]

Definitely. If you don't need the map features, Masterplan isn't all that useful in running published adventures. (Although when running Shelter from the Storm, I found it useful to use MP to lay out how all of the different encounters interacted.)

-Berc

 

[liggetar]

I use MapTool and the combat manager mentioned previously by swhite58. If you haven't tried the combat manager, I can't recommend it highly enough!
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[Gorok]

If you haven't tried the combat manager, I can't recommend it highly enough!
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I agree very much with this! I use this every week during our gaming sessions and have found it to extremely useful. I've even imported the PC's into the program, manually updated all their powers/effects, and track their usage during game play. A quick save to the hard drive and the complete "state" of the battle is kept for the next game session.

 

[OnlineDM]

Although I think the map feature of MapTool is way better than the one for Masterplan, I like the fact that Masterplan also lets me easily track damage, expended powers, and initiative. When looking at MapTool, I wasn't immediately convinced that it could do all of these other things.

Berc

MapTool doesn't do this right out of the box, but it can be made to do it with a framework or some programming (that's my approach). If you're not using the projector and everything, MapTool would be overkill.

I too am a fan of the Combat Manager. Before I started using MapTool I used the Combat Manager, and I agree that it's great.

 

[Ormazd]

I'm just coming up to speed with Masterplan, and it seems to me that it's better for home-brew campaigns than published ones like WotBS, which aleady has everything so well laid out. We also prefer to use figures and printed maps for our encounters.

I might stick with DnD4e Combat Manager which is being developed again

I don't suppose there is a Mac version of this?

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