Using Realmworks to organise things as a player

[Happydevil43]

Hi guys,

I woke up this morning with an almost brilliant idea.... not sure how practical it is yet...

Has anybody ever used Realmworks to organise information as a player?

not as a player view, but either during game play or after wards to track, where did we find that information, who was that guy, what quest did he send us on ?

I am playing in about 2 different groups and sometimes its hard to keep track of things were we are at... etc.

Any thoughts ?

[Silveras]

Players cannot add content. Only one person, the owner of the Realm (presumably the GM) can add content. If a player has the GM version (basically a GM account; the software is the same), the player can create a Realm in which he/she can do all the data entry. It will not be the same Realm as the GM... and the GM can't also use the Realm for revealing information. I have done this in game where the GM did not use Realm Works.

That said, the point of Realm Works (to some extent) is for the GM to reveal information to the players... and they use their copies to check it, especially as a reminder between sessions. There is a User Notes function, which I have not played with, that should let you make your own notes as a player (but others cannot see them, if I understand correctly).

[kbs666]

User notes is one of those features that is badly in need of some work. Some of my players tried to use it as their journals for my campaign and came away quite unhappy. It's been long enough now that I really don't remember what their complaints were precisely but I certainly haven't seen anything about user notes in any recent patch notes.

[Happydevil43]

Originally Posted by Silveras

Players cannot add content. Only one person, the owner of the Realm (presumably the GM) can add content. If a player has the GM version (basically a GM account; the software is the same), the player can create a Realm in which he/she can do all the data entry. It will not be the same Realm as the GM... and the GM can't also use the Realm for revealing information. I have done this in game where the GM did not use Realm Works.

That said, the point of Realm Works (to some extent) is for the GM to reveal information to the players... and they use their copies to check it, especially as a reminder between sessions. There is a User Notes function, which I have not played with, that should let you make your own notes as a player (but others cannot see them, if I understand correctly).

I know the players mode cannot create content, But I am talking about creating a standalone realm that I can add to, while we are playing or just after it, and then exporting then information to HTML/Word to give to the rest of the guys, or posting it to our facebook group account.

The GM doesn't use RW at all, he prefers paper and making things up on the fly.

I am just looking for a way to collate information as we go. Sometimes you get snippets (pun intended) of information in a quest, and with our playing group, trying to remember what we had for lunch is at best a struggle. I try and take notes etc, but sometimes it might be 2-3 weeks before we play again, and the first question is always..."so does everybody remember where we are?"

The thought of people, places and incidents, quests, just seemed to fit.

[salcor]

For my group I use Obsidian portal for the players journals, but I copy it to realmworks and share it through Realmworks.

Salcor

[daplunk]

Yeah i have considered this. I setup a magic book already for player view. I think it would be handy as a player. I was considering playing a Firbolg who was new to the civilised world and documents everything.

https://youtu.be/WYOdbUyRB-U?list=PL...wvP8zs_qVSrzoM

[Happydevil43]

Originally Posted by daplunk

Yeah i have considered this. I setup a magic book already for player view. I think it would be handy as a player. I was considering playing a Firbolg who was new to the civilised world and documents everything.

https://youtu.be/WYOdbUyRB-U?list=PL...wvP8zs_qVSrzoM

Hey that sounds like Cronk... the Bloodrager!... Really annoys the mage, when he tries to cast buff spells and Cronk says "No Mr GirlyMan... Cronk can do himself!"... in the worst possible Arnie accent you can imagine.

[Maidhc O Casain]

I've done this - it works brilliantly!

I own the GM version. AFAIK none of my GMs use RealmWorks (I play pretty much exclusively PbP), so for the games I'm in I create a Realm and use it to keep up with everything we find out, monsters we encounter, etc. In many cases I can copy/paste entire posts where something interesting happens, and then carve it up into snippets and place them into appropriate places. The auto-linking and other features make it like a note-pad on steroids.

As long as I remember to actually enter the data.

[Happydevil43]

Originally Posted by Maidhc O Casain

I've done this - it works brilliantly!

I own the GM version. AFAIK none of my GMs use RealmWorks (I play pretty much exclusively PbP), so for the games I'm in I create a Realm and use it to keep up with everything we find out, monsters we encounter, etc. In many cases I can copy/paste entire posts where something interesting happens, and then carve it up into snippets and place them into appropriate places. The auto-linking and other features make it like a note-pad on steroids.

As long as I remember to actually enter the data.

Do you do it in game or after ?

[Silveras]

Originally Posted by Happydevil43

I know the players mode cannot create content, But I am talking about creating a standalone realm that I can add to, while we are playing or just after it, and then exporting then information to HTML/Word to give to the rest of the guys, or posting it to our facebook group account.

The GM doesn't use RW at all, he prefers paper and making things up on the fly.

I am just looking for a way to collate information as we go. Sometimes you get snippets (pun intended) of information in a quest, and with our playing group, trying to remember what we had for lunch is at best a struggle. I try and take notes etc, but sometimes it might be 2-3 weeks before we play again, and the first question is always..."so does everybody remember where we are?"

The thought of people, places and incidents, quests, just seemed to fit.

In that case, all you would need to do is to upgrade your license to GM. What you can do in a Realm is basically determined by what license you have (Player or GM) and your role in that Realm.

A player license is always a player anywhere. A GM license can create a Realm and be the owner .. so the GM for that realm; or the GM license holder can be invited to act as a Player in another GM's Realm.. at which point he is limited to Player activities there.