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Jun-24-21 14:24:55

Hey All,

I saw this board as being empty, so thought I would start a thread.

Does anyone know of any electronic .pdf or similar stand-alone electronic rpgs (does not have to be Fudge) that are not a computer game but take advantage of media more than just a fillable .pdf character sheets?

Not talking about a content items for a virtual tabletop (such as a module for Fantasy Grounds/Astral/roll 20, etc... ), but stand-alone products.

Cheers,

Tom

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Jul-02-21 04:24:11

The only thing to come to mind would be Greg Porter's EABA, which uses more advanced PDF functions. It does include fillable character sheets, as it happens, but they also do calculations for you.

The various EABA PDFs include things such as dice rollers built in and other bells and whistles, although there is a major drawback: the extras only really work properly on a desktop PDF reader. On a tablet, where they would arguably be more useful, PDF software is considerably more limited and struggles to handle them. I never did find an Android app capable of using them properly; things are better on iOS but even there you're pretty much restricted to PDF Expert.

I asked a programmer friend why there was such poor utilisation of these JavaScript functions in mobile PDF readers and he basically reacted with horror at the very idea current/big_smile

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Jul-02-21 04:24:11

Inexplicably duplicated reply I can't seem to delete.

Edited by: BigJackBrass - Jul-02-21 04:26:03

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Jul-06-21 14:18:42

BigJackBrass wrote:

The only thing to come to mind would be Greg Porter's EABA, which uses more advanced PDF functions. It does include fillable character sheets, as it happens, but they also do calculations for you.

The various EABA PDFs include things such as dice rollers built in and other bells and whistles, although there is a major drawback: the extras only really work properly on a desktop PDF reader. On a tablet, where they would arguably be more useful, PDF software is considerably more limited and struggles to handle them. I never did find an Android app capable of using them properly; things are better on iOS but even there you're pretty much restricted to PDF Expert.

I asked a programmer friend why there was such poor utilisation of these JavaScript functions in mobile PDF readers and he basically reacted with horror at the very idea

Thanks!

Yeah, I do have the default on my .pdf readers set to "not allow scripting."
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