The tutorials give you step-by-step instructions on how to use DM Genie. They are a great way to
learn it quickly, and are highly recommended for first time users. To start a tutorial, go to the
Help menu in the main window, select “Tutorials” and click on the tutorial of your
choice. To move the tutorial window out of the way, click anywhere on the form except a button or
text box, and drag with the mouse.
A window will move around the screen, pointing at various buttons and text boxes, explaining their
purpose. Click
“Next” to go to the next step in the tutorial. Click “Prev”
to go back one step. Click “Restart” to start over at the beginning. Click
“More Help” to open the help file to explain more. The tutorial window will
minimize, click on it again in the taskbar to open it again. Finally, click
“Close” to end the tutorial at any time.
Sometimes, the tutorial will ask you to perform an action, such as clicking a button or entering
text. Do the action before clicking Next, or else future steps may not make sense or be possible to
do. At anytime during the tutorial, don't hesitate to stop and play around with the buttons in the
window, and then return to the tutorial – it's a great way to learn.
Tutorials Available
To completely learn DM Genie, it is best to do all the tutorials in order. The 2nd and
3rd tutorials are the most important and will get you running a game in the shortest amount of time.
- Main Window: The information
displayed in the main window and how to edit it.
- Adding PCs and Monsters: How to
select a race and create a new PC or monster and add it to the right group. It will also guide you
through the PC Leveling Wizard. Finally, it will show you how to generate creatures from stat blocks.
- Combat: Step-by-step instructions on
running a battle: making the list of creatures and PCs, rolling initiative, going from creature to
creature making attacks and actions, and delaying/readying characters. This is the most useful of
the tutorials.
- Managing Groups: How to create and
delete groups, and moving creatures around between them.
(Not available in Player Genie)
- Creating and Editing Races: Views
the information displayed for a race and how to change it or create your own races.
- Time and Weather: Keep track of the
current time, generate weather based on the location's climate, calculate traveling speeds and distances.
(Not available in Player Genie)
- Creating Adventures: Use the
adventure tree; add descriptions, items and monsters; create hyperlinks and clickable maps.
(Not available in Player Genie)
- Handling Items: Use the Items Editor
to create or edit items, associate conditions. Manage a creature's inventory, an adventure's
treasure and appraise the items.
- Importing and Exporting: Learn how
to share data with your players and other DMs by exporting anything from a single creature to an
entire campaign.
- Customizing your Campaign: Create
your own gaming world by entering custom skills, feats, spells and items into DM Genie.
The entire text of all the tutorials is Open Game Content, and is licensed for public use under the
terms of the
Open Gaming License v1.0a
.
Documentation for DM Genie and Player Genie, page Tutorials. Copyright © Mad Scientist Studios, 2006.
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