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Realm Works and Hero Labs - GM Tour

daplunk

Well-known member
Keep seeing questions pop up in social media asking for recommendations on digital tools that Dms can use. Made a video to give new GMs an idea of what can be achieved with Realm Works and Hero Labs.

You can check it out below.

Daplunk's Realm Works and Hero Lab Videos - The Playlist

Realm Works and Hero Labs - GM Tour
Realm Works - A Player Tour
Realm Works and Hero Labs - Working with Monsters
Hero Lab - D&D 5e Player Tour
Realm Works - Timelines
Realm Works - Prepping a Module
Realm Works - Creating Worlds
Realm Works - Playing Sound at the Table
Realm Works - Managing Merchants and their Wares
Realm Works and Frostgrave - Does Realm Works Work With Tabletop Wargames?
Realm Works - Forgotten Realm (Faerun) Interactive Map
Realm Works - Working with Tags and Custom Categories
Realm Works - Where to Begin!?!
Realm Works - Working With Maps
Realm Works - How to Setup Campaign Journals
Realm Works and Hero Lab - How to Manage Encounters and Combat
Realm Work and Hero Lab - Managing a Massive Combat Encounter
Realm Works - GM Discussion About Player View
Realm Works - Using It As A Digital Spell Book or Digital Player Hand Book
Hero Lab - How To Install And Configure The D&D 5e Community Pack
Realm Works and Syrinscape
Realm Works - Game Sessions and Using Reveal History
Realm Works - How to Export a Realm (Full or Partial Export)
Realm Works - Importing a Shared Realm
Realm Works - How to Copy a Realm
Realm Works - Integration With Spotify
Realm Works - Using Storyboards
Realm Works - Creating Random Tables
Realm Works - Using Inspiration Pad Pro To Generate Random Table Results
Realm Works - Linking To Donjon From Realm Works To Display Random Table Results
Realm Works - EightBitz's XML Transformation Script (now with GUI and Word support) - Print or Spell Check your realm!
Realm Works - How To Get Pictures From PDF Into Realm Works While Maintaining Transparency
Realm Works - Bulk Moving Articles To Different Categories
Realm Works - Data Entry (Tables)
Hero Lab Editor - Create Spells
Realm Works - Linked Web View
Realm Works - Scan for New Links
Realm Works - World Almanac, Story Almanac and Mechanics Reference

Video's From Other Users - We love videos of Realm Works... Show us your Realm!
Lee Smith - Home Brew world of Lerchanth
LeeSmith - How To Enter Modules
Exmortis - Intro I
Exmotis, the missing quote:
"Nothing entered into Realm Works has no use, or is wrong. Everything can be moved, copied, re-categorized, and thus re-used. Can't stress enough, how you can just start working, and learn, then go back and update early work with what you learned along the way. U1 looked substantially different V1, then it does now, probably in a V5 state. Just dive in and go for it!"

KEN's Realm Works PLAYLIST
kbs666 - Using Realm Works and Hero Lab to Build Encounters
kbs666 - Adventure organization in Realm Works
kbs666 - Tags and Custom Categories in Realm Works
kbs666 - Getting Started with Realm Works
kbs666 - Relationship System and Viewer
kbs666 - Pathfinder Knowledge Checks and Monsters
kbs666 - Managing Names
kbs666 - Smart Images
kbs666 - Custom Views
kbs666 - Smart Images in Encounters/Tactical Maps

Other Links
Realm Works IRC Chat - Use Channel: #realm-works
Realm Works Facebook Fan Group

Videos Not Specifically About Realm Works - But They Can Be Used To Supplement The Realm Works Experience
What Software Can You Use To Create RPG Maps?
CC3+ / DD3 - How To Create A Basic Dungeon Map
MapTool - Virtual Table Top Software For The Physical Table
Perspectives 3 - How To Create Isometric Dungeon Maps
Dungeon Designer 3 - How To Add A Floors Mask (Use of TRACE)
Magic Set Editor - Creating Player Handouts (Cards)
TokenTool - Creating Tokens For Your Game
CC3+ / CA3 - Creating Pictures Of Player and Non-Player Characters
 
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Thank you for putting this together! It's a nice overview of the two products and how they interact.
 
I am so happy someone took the time to do this. It was an invaluable sales pitch for new users, and an excellent resource that gave ideas to current owners.

I'm already making changes to some things to make this cross-platform work better. Pins in smart images, making sure I'm linking portfolios in encounters, that kind of stuff. I suffer from horrible scale creep when I get started, so I start with a Pathfinder module and before I know it, I spiral out into entering the entire world of Golarion into the database. You know what always gets me? I want every link to work when I write or enter the content, then before I know it, I'm not even looking at the module anymore, I'm entering the backstory of a town in another country. Because the links keep expanding!

I liked the layout, going to see if I can crib some organizational strategies from the video.

Thanks again for taking the time.
 
:)

This is obviously just how I use it. Would love to see more examples of how people do things differently.
 
Thanks, Daplunk. Exactly what users have requested for two years -- real hands-on tutorials with explanations rather than slick marketing that focuses on features without context on how to use effectively. You rock!

It would be great if BJ made a series of videos of start-to-finish creation of people, places, things, rules, mobs, alternate names, maps, containers, then show how to find those things using sorts and alternate views, and finally tie them all together to create a short adventure or scenario with storyboard, timeline, relationships, stories, read-alouds, DM text, HL use at the table, etc. How does LWD envision their product being used to its fullest? Post each to a forum directory for community comments and "I'd do that this way" conversations.
 
I have had that thought AEIOU, it's on my list of items I'd like to do but it may be a while before I can get to it. :)

Thanks again Daplunk!
 
Thanks, BJ. I strongly feel that showing people why they can't live without RW would be more effective than telling them what it can do. I'm sure you're not at a loss for great ideas. If only the days were longer....
 
Happy to make some more. I figure the content market is going to attract some fresh blood so having these available will certainly reduce some of the question and answer time that will most certainly follow.

Any other ideas in what should be covered?
 
Would would be interesting is to have videos that walk through material on the content market, that discusses the thinking and decisions that went in to how the content was entered and organized. These would serve as both instructional/demo videos and advertisements for content available in the CM.
 
Not something I can do unfortunately. But hopefully LW are watching.

Their forum presence has certainly increased significantly this last week indicating to me that a milestone has been completed.
 
I would assume most if not all of the people who authored the realms for the CM, besides maybe the LWD folks, are restricted from talking about their work by NDA's.

I have thought off and on about doing a series of videos showing how I use RW and HL to build adventures but I've never really been sure if any one would watch them.
 
Honestly I didnt start out making this for people who already had the tool. I just wanted a quick way to respond to the "are there any good D&D5e applications for DMs" posts that make their way around the inter-webs. But with that said I am getting quite a few hits and positive feedback from people in this forum. Look's like other's are certainly interested in seeing how others use the tool.
 
You know, after watching your videos; what really struck me is how much time it must have taken you to enter all that data. I'm not going to lie, as a new user that is barely scratching the surface, the task ahead of me feels truly daunting.

Hurry up content market and take my money already!
 
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I had a pregnant wife who wasn't moving far and a job that ran out of work for a while lol. But yes... If I can buy this stuff on the content market I absolutely will.
 
I have thought off and on about doing a series of videos showing how I use RW and HL to build adventures but I've never really been sure if any one would watch them.

I suspect many people would watch them. It's quite valuable to have "how to videos" that show how to operate the programs. It eliminates a great deal of confusion over a seemingly daunting task. ;)

You know, after watching your videos; what really struck me is how much time it must have taken you to enter all that data. I'm not going to lie, as a new user that is barely scratching the surface, the task ahead of me feels truly daunting.

Once you get the hang of it all, it's quite easy!
 
I use pretty much the same set-up as you for my Pathfinder/Runelords game, daplunk, although I didn't know the map-as-navigation-bar trick (thanks, that's going to make Saturday's session easier to manage).

I've got 8 players. The ability to integrate enemies into Hero Labs, click a button and have initiative rolled automatically is a great time-saver.

Unlike you, I do release info to the players for use between sessions, and I write a running campaign diary based on the game session reveals and a few notes made during the session - this serves as a point of entry that hyperlinks to relevant material they've uncovered during the campaign.
 
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