[dragonraid] Re: Character Generator Program

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From: "Joe Revesz" <joe.revesz@...>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 13:14:28 -0500
> > What we need is a program (spreadsheet or otherwise) that will run 
> > on a palm-top device like the Palm Pilot.  Players who have the 
> > device would be able to run the program and could keep track of all 
> > the MUs and character stats at a glance.

Rich wrote:
 
> Ha ha. Very funny. :-) Why don't we write a first person virtual reality
> DragonRaid game while we're at it? How many DragonRaid players have access
> to a Palm Pilot? 

I was not joking.

I have a Palm Pilot, and it has been useful in the middle of a game 
for making secret rolls and such.

No, not everyone would have one, but so what?  Not everyone has a 
loptop either.  I used one for a few adventures.

> But seriously, the idea was simply to provide the basic functionality to
> create and maintain characters via computer. Lots of people have
> spreadsheets to do this, but it would be a lot easier and more user
> friendly to have a program for it. 

That is fine and all.  A nice extra.
 
> The printing portion would be simply so that players could take a
> printout of their characters with them on game night and have everything
> up to date. 

Fine.

Joe