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I was thinking at cross-purposes. I have no intention of using Realm Works as a virtual tabletop and hadn't thought about it that way, just as a GM (or multi GM) tool.
Likewise the systems I play in or run only need the GM to have rules - players just need their character sheets. |
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No worries, like I said we all are going to have the best way for it to work for us.
At my group, we all have laptops and so we're eyeing this with that in mind and so the more we can have in RW, the better. Were I in your position, I wouldn't care about putting all of the rules stuff in RW either. I hope you're still going to write that guide though. |
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So if you have Fred the barman, Fred the innkeeper, Fred the Taxman, Fred the Watchman, Fred short for Romanadvoratrelundar, and Fred who works at the quarry, and then add info that said, "Fred went to bowling after work," RW would give you a list of all the Freds so you could decide which one (or none) it was... Last edited by Zaphod Beebledoc; July 19th, 2013 at 11:09 PM. Reason: Spelling |
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I do want to write some tutorials once I actually get my hands on it. It'll put my academic learning as a librarian to some use. I specialise in metadata, and this package is 90% metadata and its proper use.
There are other workarounds as well you could use - if every player is using realm works, then you may as well be on the same network/wi-fi, so you may as well set up a shared drive with rulebooks on it |
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And if client-access is web based, then it means leveraging different operating systems and platforms (e.g. tablets or phones), transparently to the DM. And from my own planning, I agree - metadata is going to be a big deal to plan and execute right, the first time. Or at least by the 5th time. |
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I've been trying to promote the use of existing standards for metadata to the developers - because basically, the folk that made them have already spent many months working out the best way to implement them and have written up the documentation on it.
It would a) save work and b) be a standard, compatible with other software |
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