![]() ![]() With Power2ool you can directly import monsters into the program rather than going through the export to PC – import to web site steps (let alone the import to web site – then use in app step). ![]() I compare this to the fantastic (and free) Power2ool site (which is not built for running combat, to be clear), which integrates directly with the DDI Compendium to allow direct monster import Power2ool does it right. Within the DM Minion app, import the PCs / monsters from your Goathead account.monster files from the DDI tools to your computer Create characters/monsters in the DDI tools (Character Builder and Adventure Tools – Monster Builder).Once you’ve imported them to your Goathead account, you can access them in DM Minion. The highly non-intuitive thing that you have to learn with DM Minion is that it’s not really a stand-alone app you use it in conjunction with a free account on the Goathead Software web site. Using it takes a little learning, but the Quick Guide helps. It comes with a 17 page Quick Guide PDF to help you navigate the program. One of its killer functions is that you can import characters and monsters from the D&D Insider tools… more on that in a minute.ĭownloading the app was easy enough. Several other free tools are out there for this purpose already ( MasterPlan and D&D 4e Combat Manager are two that I’m familiar with, and I know there are others), but DM Minion is a paid app (I believe its list price was $4.99, though as I said I was given a free review copy). It’s intended to help you keep track of initiative, hit points, conditions and monster power usage. ![]() The basic idea of the app is that it lets you run combat efficiently. I spend most of my time on the DM side of the screen, so I would be focusing on DM Minion. I had recently received an iPad as a gift from my awesome wife, so I was in a position to be able to try out these kind of apps in a format that makes sense. Yes, I’ve hit the big time now, folks free stuff is coming my way thanks to my influence (note: tongue firmly in cheek here). In this case, the free stuff consisted of their tools for D&D 4th Edition: DM Minion and Player Minion. Both download and print editions of such books should be high quality.A few weeks ago, around the same time that I was approached by BannersOnTheCheap with the offer of free stuff in exchange for a review, I was also approached by Goathead Software with an offer of free stuff in exchange for a review. Most newer books are in the original electronic format. Also, their file size tends to be smaller than scanned image books. These ebooks were created from the original electronic layout files, and therefore are fully text searchable. We mark clearly which print titles come from scanned image books so that you can make an informed purchase decision about the quality of what you will receive. The text is fine for reading, but illustration work starts to run dark, pixellating and/or losing shades of grey. It's the problem of making a copy of a copy. ![]() Unfortunately, the resulting quality of these books is not as high. We essentially digitally re-master the book. Also, a few larger books may be resampled to fit into the system, and may not have this searchable text background.įor printed books, we have performed high-resolution scans of an original hardcopy of the book. However, any text in a given book set on a graphical background or in handwritten fonts would most likely not be picked up by the OCR software, and is therefore not searchable. The result of this OCR process is placed invisibly behind the picture of each scanned page, to allow for text searching. Most older books are in scanned image format because original digital layout files never existed or were no longer available from the publisher.įor PDF download editions, each page has been run through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to attempt to decipher the printed text. These products were created by scanning an original printed edition. ![]()
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