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Adventure Tools has the monster builder - Encounter Builder is still online?

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#1
steve-gray
Nov 24, 2009 3:16:17 I find myself using the Encounter Builder to select and build up the monsters for an encounter.
You can click on the compendium Icon to bring up the monster stat block and use a screen clip to cut in paste it into an encounter document. Evaluate the different combinations of monsters.

The encounter builder does the math for working out the numbers of monsters/ traps to include.
Which is useful to a point and lets you print the number of monsters and setup and tactics.

I still find I'm doing a lot of manual things. Screen clipping the monster stats so I have them handy in an encounter print out. Making up initiative cards for each monster type. Looking up and noting DC's for monster Lore from MM and MMII etc.

It would be nice if all of this could be included in the Adventure tools. So Custom monsters could be included too.

Even if the online encounter builder included the Monster stat blocks via its links and perhaps the relevant Lore text into the final encounter print. This could even be an option so users could decide if they want the monster stats included or not. It would save a lot of time for DM's.

#2
shinypirate
Nov 27, 2009 20:55:10 Bumping for great justice.
#3
Sherman
Dec 02, 2009 18:35:28 Have to assume this is in the works. No reason why it shouldn't be... Hopefully you'll be able to print out entire encounters at some point. Encounter Builder is really just a tiny program in comparison to the monster builder and should be built into it.
#4
mdonais
Dec 18, 2009 2:22:35 Great ideas :P
#5
redxdelivers
Feb 24, 2010 19:53:57 I think thats the whole idea behind the adventure tools to be able to build one upon the other. the way you can use excel and word in powerpoint . the real power is gonna be in the bundled suite

think of how cool the encounter builder could be if you could configure it using the char files from your pcs in character builder. take alot of the work out of balancing nontraditional parties (small, large, missing roles etc)
or
being able to convert a pc from one campaign to an npc in another by just clicking a box marked "build as npc" which clues the monster builder to start with the top powers slotted in already.

each tool is pretty cool on its own but all of them together will be all the better. im eagerly anticipating opening up my adventure tools and going step by step through the whole process never having to get up until i either hit print or run it online.
#6
granpappy77
Mar 03, 2010 22:25:21 I was excited about the encounter builder at first, until I saw it in action. Great that its a quick way to scale encounters (my group has a hard time meeting regularly so we often play on with a less than optimal number of PCs). Not so great that after building the encounter you still need to go look the monsters up in your books or in the compendium. An "encounter builder" ought to format and print out the stat blocks. Its barely useful without that. Hopefully coming soon...
#7
ricky-bobbi
Mar 29, 2010 4:13:46 Also, all my custom built monsters are useless if I use the encounter builder. It would be nice if it was accessable on adventure tools.

I know I necro'd but seriously...sadface.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 steve-gray Nov 24, 2009 3:16:17	I find myself using the Encounter Builder to select and build up the monsters for an encounter. You can click on the compendium Icon to bring up the monster stat block and use a screen clip to cut in paste it into an encounter document. Evaluate the different combinations of monsters. The encounter builder does the math for working out the numbers of monsters/ traps to include. Which is useful to a point and lets you print the number of monsters and setup and tactics. I still find I'm doing a lot of manual things. Screen clipping the monster stats so I have them handy in an encounter print out. Making up initiative cards for each monster type. Looking up and noting DC's for monster Lore from MM and MMII etc. It would be nice if all of this could be included in the Adventure tools. So Custom monsters could be included too. Even if the online encounter builder included the Monster stat blocks via its links and perhaps the relevant Lore text into the final encounter print. This could even be an option so users could decide if they want the monster stats included or not. It would save a lot of time for DM's.
#2 shinypirate Nov 27, 2009 20:55:10	Bumping for great justice.
#3 Sherman Dec 02, 2009 18:35:28	Have to assume this is in the works. No reason why it shouldn't be... Hopefully you'll be able to print out entire encounters at some point. Encounter Builder is really just a tiny program in comparison to the monster builder and should be built into it.
#4 mdonais Dec 18, 2009 2:22:35	Great ideas :P
#5 redxdelivers Feb 24, 2010 19:53:57	I think thats the whole idea behind the adventure tools to be able to build one upon the other. the way you can use excel and word in powerpoint . the real power is gonna be in the bundled suite think of how cool the encounter builder could be if you could configure it using the char files from your pcs in character builder. take alot of the work out of balancing nontraditional parties (small, large, missing roles etc) or being able to convert a pc from one campaign to an npc in another by just clicking a box marked "build as npc" which clues the monster builder to start with the top powers slotted in already. each tool is pretty cool on its own but all of them together will be all the better. im eagerly anticipating opening up my adventure tools and going step by step through the whole process never having to get up until i either hit print or run it online.
#6 granpappy77 Mar 03, 2010 22:25:21	I was excited about the encounter builder at first, until I saw it in action. Great that its a quick way to scale encounters (my group has a hard time meeting regularly so we often play on with a less than optimal number of PCs). Not so great that after building the encounter you still need to go look the monsters up in your books or in the compendium. An "encounter builder" ought to format and print out the stat blocks. Its barely useful without that. Hopefully coming soon...
#7 ricky-bobbi Mar 29, 2010 4:13:46	Also, all my custom built monsters are useless if I use the encounter builder. It would be nice if it was accessable on adventure tools. I know I necro'd but seriously...sadface.