List of Features

DM Genie is designed to run Third Edition or Revision 3.5 role playing games, and can be customized to suit your needs. It can also be a powerful helper for players creating characters and keeping them updated! Here is a list of some of the features (click on the links to see the related screenshots):

This list of features also apply to Player Genie, except for the weather, adventures, random treasure and group manager.

• Great for players too!
• Step-by-step Leveling Wizard makes leveling a snap! It has useful features like:
  • Calculating BAB, Saves, Spell Slots and Power Points automatically
  • Checking prestige class prerequisites.
  • Accurately calculating maximum skill ranks; color-coding for class/restricted skills.
  • Checking feat prerequisites.
  • Help in creating spell lists.
• Print your PC's Character Sheet
• Choose what to display in the sheet.
• Customize your character sheet by editing the HTML template.
• Fit everything in one page with the Compact Character Sheet.
• Get descriptions for feats, spells, etc. without fumbling in the books.
• The effects of most feats are applied automatically when you take them!
• Save each of your special feats or spells by adding them to your campaign
• Use multiple magic items and keep track of the bonuses automatically, even if stop using one for just a minute!
• Great inventory management, even keeps track of charges of magic items.
• Use DM Genie while playing to recalculate skill bonuses etc. if under the effect of a spell or condition.


• Create new races/monsters or edit one of the 580 that come with DM Genie.



• Make monsters or PCs from any race, in seconds
• Roll your abilities, assign them and adjust them; or use the Point Buy method.
• Or, use the intelligent stat block reader to generate your creatures.
• Advance the base monsters with the creature advancement classes.
• Easily apply a template (like celestial or lycanthrope) to a base creature.


• Run battles between your PCs and monsters
• Calculates all attack/damage bonuses, handles Damage Reduction.
• Automatic AC calculation - knows which types of bonuses stack, and which don't.
• Keep track of numerous conditions (like prone, blinded, etc.) – and apply the effects automatically.
• Roll skills, use feats, cast spells, manifest psionic powers.
• Appraisals window, for when your PCs sell their wares in town.


• Conditions: let DM Genie do the math!
• Each condition can automatically affect AC, attack/damage bonuses, ability scores, skill checks, spell and damage resistance, and more!
• You can set conditions for several creatures at the same time.
• Can't find what you need in one of the nearly 300 conditions that come with DM Genie? Create your own!
• Associate conditions with spells or psionic powers to make spell casting a snap.
• DM Genie also tracks uses per day for all common character abilities.


• Tons of reference information at your fingertips
• Skill descriptions
• Feat, class abilities and special abilities
• Spell and psionic power conditions and descriptions
• Descriptions for each race
• The Class Editor allows you to record everything you need to know about your PC, NPC and prestige classes: requirements; skills, feats and features; spellcasting and psionics info .


• Create and run complete adventures
  • Each room or event has its own rich-text description.
  • Associate monsters and treasure with each room or event in an adventure.
  • Uses a system of hyperlinks to quickly navigate within an adventure.
  • Add maps with clickable regions.
  • Place your monsters, items and traps on your maps for easy reference during play.
  • Roll random encounter tables automatically.
  
  
• Advanced Item Management
• Use one of the 1900 predefined items or create your own.
• Roll a complete treasure hoard for an encounter in a single click, using the Random Treasure Generator. Select what percentage of the treasure should be psionic.
• Equip your PC with the Magical Weapon Creator or one of dozens of regular and magical armors and shields.
• Complete description for nearly all magic items, now includes hp, hardness and AC for most items.
• Magical items can have their effect automatically calculated.
• Appraisals window, for when your PCs sell their wares in town.
• Container-based system allows you to know exactly what is where.


• Easy to learn!
• Comes with a complete and detailed help file.
• Step-by-step, in-program tutorials get you started quickly!
• Tips of the day show you features you might not know DM Genie has.
• Let the mouse hover on any control to popup a helpful ToolTip!


• Manage multiple campaigns
• Each can have its own skills, feats, spells and psionic powers and is independent from one another.
• Easy to switch from one campaign to the other.
• Move creatures and customized items between campaigns using the import/export functions.
• Create or import separate adventures in each campaign.
• You can even export/import an entire campaign!


• A huge database from the core rulebooks:
• 733 races or types of monsters, including traps
• 79 skills
• 491 feats and special abilities (with 3565 lines of scripting code)
• 606 spells
• 287 psionic powers
• 107 standard weapons (and a near-infinity of magical weapons can be generated)
• 3026 items
• 73 classes and monster improvement classes
• 12 templates
• And you can add to or customize any entry!


• Export and import functions:
• Share on the Internet or by diskette with your players or other DMs.
• Export/Import anything from a single feat to an entire campaign.
• Download a complete adventure and get started using it in only minutes!
• You can even sell your DM Genie creations.
• All files are pre-compressed for fast downloads.


• Well-designed interface:
• Gives you the information you need, when you need it.
• Uses clearly labelled buttons and menus instead of cryptic icons.
• Can run in 800x600 and still display all the necessary information.
• Windows can be resized and make maximum use of available area.
• Numerous keyboard shortcuts increase speed and reduce the need for a mouse.
• The most common characteristics can be edited in multiple ways - use the one you prefer!
• Color-coded listings give information at a glance.


• Customizable Rules allow you to run the game the way you want.
• Using VBScript, a simple yet powerful programming language, you can customize feats to do almost anything.
• Edit every aspect of the game.


• An encounter level calculator that works with all combinations of challenge ratings.
• Pop-up dice roller, with custom or pre-defined dice.
• Sophisticated weather generator for an infinite variety of locations.
• Complete tracking of time and movement.
• Create or delete skills, feats, spells, powers, items, weapons and conditions.
• And tons of other little functions that will make your life easier as a DM!