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I got to use the Player View feature of RW for the first time with my gaming group this evening.
They were initially impressed when another picture instantly appeared on their viewing screen. When I removed the picture from the screen they were a little disappointed. They have suggested that perhaps RW could make the picture disappear by gradually shrinking down to a single dot, or maybe exploding out in a shower of sparkles. :-) Would this be a useful addition to enhance the player's experience? Last edited by Farling; June 9th, 2015 at 11:47 PM. |
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I would want this to be a configurable option. Like PowerPoint slide transitions, I think the novelty would wear off quickly.
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I agree with MNB, but then again I utilize RW as a campaign management tool not a presenter, so this would be less useful to me and more so to others that integrate RW at their active table sessions.
I'd prefer custom calendars.... D&D> Pre 1e White Box Edition, 1e, 2e, 3.5 Currently, Set in the World of Greyhawk (The first, longest running and Best Campaign Setting) Software>Extensive use of all forms of MS Products, Visual Studio 2012, DAZ 3d, AutoCAD, Adobe Products. Gaming Specific>Campaign Cartographer, D20 Pro Alpha & BattleGrounds Beta Tester, World Builder, Dungeon Crafter, LWD Hero Lab, Realm Works, Inkwell Ideas Citybuilder & Dungeon Builder, Auto-Realm, Dundjinni Contributing Writer for TSR, WOC, & Canonfire |
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Well, yes, custom calendars before all else, if I had my way. I will, say, however, that after my last session, I did enjoy sharing my maps and using Fog of World. It is particularly helpful to show players where they are in the world. I have poster sized print out of my world that I printed using a plotter, but throwing the world map up on a 55" plasma TV, that I could zoom and pan around was quite nice. Also, it does make revealing village layouts and dungeons easier as well.
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I would really prefer that we stay away from the terrible animations of PowerPoint.
I do not think it will improve the sessions or the presentation one bit. I prefer my "shock and awe" to be in my storytelling and not in fizzling dots. And I would hate to see development time go from calendars towards this. Vargr Deputy Calendar Champion Legend has it, that the Tarrasque is a huge fighting beast, perpetually hungry. Sleet entered History when he managed to get on the back of a Tarrasque only to be ridden out of History shortly after. Using Realm Works, Worldographer (Hexographer 2), LibreOffice, Daz3D Studio, pen & paper for the realm World of Temeon and the system LEFD - both homebrewed. |
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You could always just use PowerPoint, either by embedding the presentation in a Foreign Object snippet or by keeping it alongside your database. Use the presentation for the "big reveal" and transition out and share a normal image in the article for player reference later.
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