My own version

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Now that the public version of HMK Toolkit is out I can focus on my own version a bit more. I am very happy with how this is coming along. Here are a few things that are on the full version.

A portion of the sidebar showing additional items, like GM screens and Bestiary.

GM Screens are digital versions of a classic GM Screen, the thing that you put between the GM and the players and that contains the most often used tables. What’s in there currently are tables that I made myself, building tables from scratch from the rulebook. I’ve since found a quicker way to access the information in the book (see below), although I look forward to the actual release of a true GM Screen package from Kelestia Productions which is coming probably later this year.

The Action section of the Melee GM Screen.

I also have what I call “markets” or places of interest in settlements, like taverns or inns or places to buy supplies. This can look something like this.

An example of an Inn in a ‘Market’ section of the sidebar.

There are also a lot more options in terms of menus.

There is a glossary & index tool, where you select a word and it defines it. If the definition refers to other glossary entries, those are opened automatically for you and all entries show page references (from the index, not from the glossary itself).

There is a tool to edit the weather.

But most of the menus are for quick access to either rules or maps. There is a lot of information on the setting, and many rules in the rulebook. I always have the book open at my side when I run the game, but to be able to (1) find the right page in the book, or (2) get to the right page in the PDF is very valuable while playing, and this is where most of the menus come in.

The menus give the page number for each topic, and if you select the menu it brings up a window with the PDF page. For example if you want to know more about “Exposure” you can open the “Injuries” menu and see that it’s on page 185, and if you select that menu item you get the PDF directly.

The various menus are shown below. Each menu selection opens the PDF at the specific place or the corresponding map.

Travel

Melee

Injuries

Bestiary

Pvâric

Arcane

Religion

World

Atlas

Public version #

Most of the recent updates to the application have been for the public version. I put a lot of work in the Initiative Rating Tracker (IRT), as this has become a very useful feature of the app. You can now set up the IRT in advance with opponents and save these to be able to bring them back later quickly. This way you can prepare multiple encounters in advance. It’s also very useful when you end a game session in the middle of an encounter and you want to start where you left of on the next session.

An example of an IRT set for the On the Silver Way adventure.

I also made a tool to help evaluate bulk for armour articles.

Ready to roll! #

I have achieved most of the things I wanted with this application. I still have a number of things on my todo list, but it has come to a point where I can start really using it to prepare and to play HârnMaster Kèthîra. Game on!