RealmWorks Database Format Documentation

[ethernetguru]

we can only dream.

It seems there is no single VTT and campaign management tool out there that runs well enough or hasn't been abandoned.

I did find a free way to organize campaign data: https://github.com/drichard/mindmaps
and another older software called Keeper 2.0 are options that allow for exports.

I too yearn for an export to PDF , but perhaps their webclient will be enough for players that don't want to pay to read my notes.

 

[MNBlockHead]

@ethernetguru: MindMapping software? Really? I'm not trying to be contrarian, I'm actually curious.

I have XMIND that I use for work. I've also used it for world building in the sense of brainstorming ideas. For example, I made a mind map of all the deities in the different pantheons and created links between them to show different relationships. It was a good way to get comfortable with the world's mythology before taking the time to enter all the deities as topics in RW.

But even the best Mindmap could never replace RW.

I feel the same way about Evernote, Onenote, and Wikis. I use Evernote a lot for game purposes. I use it to clip webpages I may want to reference later. All my purchased PDFs are stored and organized in Evernote. It is a neat tool for capturing an organizing scraps of content, bookmarks, etc. I wouldn't want all that random stuff in my realm.

Wikis come the closest. You can do neat things with Wikis. But I much prefer RW's autolinking, structured forms, in-game presentation functionality, and the soon-to-come collaboration features and content market.

I'm not sure I want to my campaign-management tool and character sheet, VTT, etc. all in one. Maybe someone will come along in do it in such a compelling way that I'll change my mind. Maybe that someone will be LoneWolf Development. But for now, I hope the focus on continuing to improve their campaign-management features. Beyond that, I could appreciate integrations with other products. But trying to expand RW into a VTT is something that I fear would just lead to bloat and instead of being the best campaign-management tool on the market it will be mediocre at both.

 

[Bobifle]

I have to agree with MNBlockHead, for 49$, I'd rather have a good management tool than a poor all-in-one.

Not to mention that I don't have any use for a VTT (I play IRL using empty beer bottles as figurines).

Note : someone has to empty these bottles

 

[Vargr]

@Bobifle:

And you usually play in settings as the Battle of Five Armies?

Quite a few bottles I would say...

 

[Bobifle]

Don't worry, I play mostly vampire games, so I dont need to ... hips ... empy more than a dozen ... hips ... beer ... hips...

 

[MNBlockHead]

(I play IRL using empty beer bottles as figurines).

You battle mat/area must be huge or all your encounters taking place in very small rooms? Or has Nik-L-Nips started making tiny wax bottles for beer?

 

[Parody]

In my last AD&D 2nd campaign our bad guys were usually candy. (So many gumdrops were brutally slain at our hands!)

We didn't use a grid or anything, though; it was more "are you in the room or outside" or "I'm moving up to the boss" or "I'm staying back so I can cast spells" or whatever. Sometimes my scholar mage would move on to studying wall carvings or tapestries while the others were mopping up minions. :)

 

[Bobifle]

You battle mat/area must be huge or all your encounters taking place in very small rooms? Or has Nik-L-Nips started making tiny wax bottles for beer?

Like Parody, I rarely use a grid. Unless my players specificaly ask to (they rarely do.

I describe the area, I place bottles for directions (not distance, I usually warn my players that the setup is not at the proper scale).

Vampire is quite flexible on the combat system, and I make the rules even more flexible. I'll grant any action to a player that seems reasonable. It's a win win situation, they'll get to do cool stuff, I get to do cool stuff with the bad guy.

Of course, it only works if the players are willing to play that way.