RPTools Tutorials


The development team at RPTools.net has created a number of extremely useful and FREE programs, to help us enhance our role-playing experiences. Now matter what system you use, no matter if you are playing in face to face games or over the internet, these programs can enhance your games. Below are descriptions of each of the tools, as well as video tutorials that will walk you through the features of each program.


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MapTool Tutorials MapTool. A virtual table top that allows you to connect and play over the internet or automate your battlemap in a face to face game. Drawing maps, importing images, maps with light and vision, dice rolling, and automation are just a few of the features in this extremely easy to use program.
TokenTool Tutorial TokenTool. A program that allows you to quickly drag any image into it and create a circle or square bordered token for use in MapTool or other programs. TokenTool is so easy to use that its tutorial is part to the Introduction to Tokens tutorial for MapTool.
InitiativeTool Tutorials InitiativeTool. This program does so much more then its name suggests. InitiativeTool really can be combat management program, not just an initiative tracker, if you want to use it that way.
DiceTool Tutorials DiceTool. A powerful dice rolling program that covers the die rolls of most role-playing systems. It can also use JavaScript to do all sorts of calculations.


Official RPTools Chat
 
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Official RPTools Chat. Would you like to chat with members of the RPTools.net development team? Would you like to talk to other RPTools users about their techniques or pick their brains about a problem? Looking for a game? Looking for players for your own game? Want to chat while your GM is spending a half hour in a scene with other players? RPTools.net has an official IRC chat channel on freenode.net. For those of you who know how IRC works the channel's name is rptools. For those of you that don't, it is quick and easy, just watch the tutorial.


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