Trackwork the initiative tracker, now 4e compatible
After a simple tool to track initiative, health and defenses during combat in 3.5e or 4e? Then Trackwork is an app you should take a look at. Version 0.4 wasn’t very 4e-friendly, so I’ve made some...
View ArticleCrawlNotes v2.0: The only dungeon planning tool a DM needs?
Drag, resize, pattern and colour rooms, and attach descriptions, monsters and items to them. Embed URLs to link quickly to information online (or locally), add levels to inject a bit of...
View ArticleTop 5 4th Edition character generators
So you want to generate or level a 4e character, but the mere idea of rolling dice, scribbling numbers, looking up point arrays and jotting down feats and powers makes your hands bleed. Indeed, other...
View ArticleIntroducing the 4e Power Toolkit: Create your own classes, races, powers and...
Forget Word. Forget Excel. Forget the mash of programs you’ve been using to roll your own powers and classes. Now you have a tool that does it all. First, there’s the Power Creator. This lets you make...
View Article4e Power Toolkit v0.2 Beta released
Just over a week since the 4e Power Toolkit was released and close to 1150 people have checked it out already! I’d hate to leave them hanging for an update. So, I won’t. Here are the changes you’ll...
View Article4e Power Toolkit v0.3 Beta released
This is one of a few incremental updates to the 4e Power Toolkit – rather than release a massive update after a long delay, I’ll just get the juicy bits in and push out new versions quickly. Mind you,...
View ArticleThe 4e Power Toolkit in action: The Necromancer
Matt, a user of the 4e Power Toolkit, was kind (and brave) enough to send through a link to his take on the Necromancer class. The output was created entirely within the app (with some tweaking of the...
View ArticlePutting powers into your CrawlNotes printouts
Update: No need to go to all this trouble! The process has been streamlined from version 0.4 Beta of the Power Toolkit. A handy feature I’d like to build into the Power Toolkit and CrawlNotes. Until I...
View Article4e Power Toolkit v0.4 Beta released
Found a few hours to pour into the 4e Power Toolkit. After my brief tangle with integrating 4ePT powers into CrawlNotes, I decided to make the process easier. As a side effect, it’s also cake now to...
View Article4e Power Toolkit v0.4.1 Beta released
Don’t be put off by the point-one – there’s a couple of nice features in this incremental update of the 4e Power Toolkit: * Added Expand/Hide, Edit, Delete and Save options to powers in the Class...
View Article4e Power Toolkit v0.5 Beta brings custom class uploading, commenting and voting
A searchable database of custom 4e classes made by people around the world? That’s what dnd.playwrite-blog.net aims to be – with your help! Version v0.5 of the 4e Power Toolkit is the first step...
View Article4e Power Toolkit: Four flavoursome updates
If you’re not a regular user of the 4e Power Toolkit, you might be unaware that there’s been four – yes, four – updates to the app since v0.5. I like to address minor bugs and even small features that...
View ArticleMasterplan is like CrawlNotes, but better
And here I thought CrawlNotes was an awesome and original idea! Turns out it was so awesome, someone went and did it better. You could say it’s a bad idea to point out when you’ve been outdone, but how...
View Article4e Power Toolkit v0.7.0 beta released, now with French and Italian translations
All those French and Italian dungeon masters who were missing out on the awesomeness of the 4e Power Toolkit – never fear! You too can create your own class and powers with the latest version of the...
View ArticleAdding real custom content to the 4e Character Builder: Can it be done?
Yes, and I’m going to tell you how. Actually, I’m just going to point you in the general direction. Disclaimer: I, in no way, condone or support reverse-engineering the Character Builder or its...
View ArticleThat new 4e Character Builder: Understanding the move to Silverlight
Recently, Wizards of the Coast announced it would discontinue support for the offline 4e Character Builder to make way for an online version powered by Silverlight, Microsoft’s competitor to Adobe’s...
View ArticleTrackWork initiative tracker updated to v0.53, now supports Pathfinder
I had a few requests to add support for Pathfinder to my lightweight D&D initiative tracker. I also took the opportunity to address a few bugs people had pointed out. Oh, and there’s a new icon so...
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