My thoughts...
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2016 8:34 pm
I also posted this in the G+ community. Feel free to share it on Facebook, etc... I only go to G+.
The Portal. OK, I've played with it through two game sessions now. It is very cool, but more importantly to me, its fast. It seriously cuts down the time it takes me to look up spells, gear, racial abilities, and class abilities, and this is with still TONS more to come. Instead of paging through a book or PDF, I just look at the icons, and click on the one I need, then a main window, with nice artwork, comes up with tabs to go to even more specific items. So within seconds, I am reading the info I need, and getting back to the game. If your like me, and hate anything that interrupts the "flow" of your game session, your going to love how much this will reduce the time you spend looking up information you suddenly need. Last night I was playing in Roll 20, and just to keep me from having to switch from one window to another, I set up my laptop next to my desk top with The Portal open. I was able to get the info on my spells (I'm playing a Cleric) far faster than when even using my book, and I never felt like my focus was broken with regards to keeping track of what was going on in game, and what was being said by my fellow players. I even now have this saved on my Tablet phone, because this is going to be a HUGE help at Convention games, or games I play over at my kids house, etc... This is with me being one of those people that HATES to read from a PDF. This set up is actually quick and very useful, as only a well hyperlinked PDF, that we never get, could be. So whenever you decide to check it out, now, or after they get the TONS more material uploaded, I think you will quickly come to like this as much as I have.
The Portal. OK, I've played with it through two game sessions now. It is very cool, but more importantly to me, its fast. It seriously cuts down the time it takes me to look up spells, gear, racial abilities, and class abilities, and this is with still TONS more to come. Instead of paging through a book or PDF, I just look at the icons, and click on the one I need, then a main window, with nice artwork, comes up with tabs to go to even more specific items. So within seconds, I am reading the info I need, and getting back to the game. If your like me, and hate anything that interrupts the "flow" of your game session, your going to love how much this will reduce the time you spend looking up information you suddenly need. Last night I was playing in Roll 20, and just to keep me from having to switch from one window to another, I set up my laptop next to my desk top with The Portal open. I was able to get the info on my spells (I'm playing a Cleric) far faster than when even using my book, and I never felt like my focus was broken with regards to keeping track of what was going on in game, and what was being said by my fellow players. I even now have this saved on my Tablet phone, because this is going to be a HUGE help at Convention games, or games I play over at my kids house, etc... This is with me being one of those people that HATES to read from a PDF. This set up is actually quick and very useful, as only a well hyperlinked PDF, that we never get, could be. So whenever you decide to check it out, now, or after they get the TONS more material uploaded, I think you will quickly come to like this as much as I have.