New Year, New Character

 So I saw somewhere a challenge for January 2021, a character creation challenge. I saw it on Tim Brannan (The Other Side) blog, but later I couldn't find it (didn't look back enough it's here). So i went and looked and I found something very similar on Tardis Captain site, and saw that a bunch of Travellers joined.

 As I'm currently gearing up for Mongoose Traveller 2e campaign (built around "Islands in the Rift"). I thought it would be grand if I built a bunch of travellers. That will give me pregens for those who do not want to dive into Traveller character creation (or for one-shots), and a bunch of NPCs.

 I plan to do mostly MgT2 characters, but might do some Cepheus Engine characters for variety. I plan on doing mostly core book characters, but might use Foreven Worlds: Careers Beyond the Claw.

Android RPG tools review 1

Last week I got a new phone, an Android device (my first Android device). Like most RPG geeks my first thought was, what cool apps for RPG can I install on my new toy?

This is the first of a number of reviews about various apps I've tried.

The first app I would like to review is Pocket Tabletop RPG Helper. From the description I expected a PC sheet display app, but that is not the case. This app is used for tracking some stats in combat, with a minimalist dice roller.

The minimalist dice roller let you roll a variable amount of one of the standard dice (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20, d100) with one modifier.
The stats on the tracker page are not configurable, and the roller on the tracking pages are not even more limited than on the 'Dice Roller' page. For example the D20 tracker page has HP (max, and current), ammo count for two weapons, initiative count and spells per day for all spell levels. The tracker will not remember the last settings used on the page (like HP or spells per day), so using the dice roller page and going back to the tracker you will have to enter all the stats again.

The UI is usable, but not very inviting. You have to go to the 'main' page to navigate between the various pages.

I'm afraid I was very disappointed.

Price: Free (ads supported)
Style: 1 (of 5)
Usability: 1 (of 5)