Online tools updated

James McMurray · March 29, 2011, 04:00:22 PM

I've never played Swords & Wizardry, but that generator looks pretty nice. I added it to the list of external tools on the main page.

James McMurray · April 05, 2011, 08:03:05 PM

I updated the initiative tracker quite a bit. It will now also track your current action phase and tell you who is acting, who can't act but gets to move, etc.

There's also a minor update to the skills tab: it now correctly reflects the skills that can't be defaulted on. The old version was missing some skills on one tab and had none of them highlighted on the other.

James McMurray · April 06, 2011, 04:42:07 PM

Added a calculator to the movement section.

James McMurray · April 07, 2011, 12:38:33 PM

Some of the combat actions now have descriptive tool tips if you hover your mouse over them. The matrix ones still need to be done but that will have to wait until I understand the matrix rules.

James McMurray · April 07, 2011, 10:32:24 PM

Added the matrix actions and repositioned the tool tips so they're less likely to fall off the side or bottom of the screen.

James McMurray · April 12, 2011, 04:24:50 PM

I added a random generator for shadowrun lifestyles. It uses the rules for Advanced Lifestyles presented in Runner's Companion.

Direct link

greylond · April 18, 2011, 06:14:36 PM

No RPTools/MapTools?

//www.rptools.net

James McMurray · April 18, 2011, 06:21:57 PM

Sorry, I'd never heard of it until now. It's there now.

James McMurray · April 21, 2011, 11:47:23 AM

I've given the initiative tracker a bit of an overhaul. The functionality is the same, but I've made several bug fixes and added the ability to get confirmation dialogs before changing turns, passes, or combats. They're only on if you want them, but I found myself cliking "Next turn" or "next pass" when I meant "next action" a lot, so I added them on.

RPGPundit · April 27, 2011, 12:44:49 PM

I'm de-stickying this. I don't want the frontpage of the main forum to be just a huge wall of stickies.

RPGpundit

James McMurray · April 27, 2011, 12:54:40 PM

I was confused but flattered when it first got stickied.

RPGPundit · April 28, 2011, 12:10:35 AM

In turn, please don't take the un-stickying as any kind of personal judgment of quality; just trying to clear up some room on the frontpage of this forum.

RPGPundit

James McMurray · April 28, 2011, 11:02:22 AM

Not at all. I could see a thread dedicated to online tools in general, but one just for my site is too much. Besides, I'll still shamelessly bump it every time I have an update.

RPGPundit · April 28, 2011, 04:59:59 PM

That's good, and I really hope you do!

RPGPundit

James McMurray · May 03, 2011, 03:58:04 PM

I added a car chase generator for Shadowrun. It's works the same as the generator for Scion except for the difficulties, which more closely match those in the SR4A core book.