David Hanak ʻAʻole kēia ʻatikala he loiloi, akā he hoʻolauna ia i ka papahana, a i ʻole he noi e leʻaleʻa i nā mea pāʻani he nui o ka ʻōnaehana DnD (Dungeons and Dragons) a me kekahi o kāna mau derivatives. No laila, inā pili ʻoe i kahi kaiāulu pāʻani ikaika, a ʻaʻole manaʻo ka inoa ʻo Herolab iā ʻoe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i ka heluhelu ʻana. Malia paha ʻo Herolab ka mea āu e ʻimi nei.
ʻO nā mea pāʻani kahiko e pāʻani ana a "master" no nā makahiki he nui e noʻonoʻo paha i ke kumu e pono ai lākou e hoʻohana i kekahi mea uila i ka wā e pāʻani ai, ʻoiai lākou e loaʻa ana me ka penikala a me ka pepa maʻamau no nā makahiki (he mau makahiki paha). Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi manaʻo like i loko o kaʻu hui, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o kaʻu hoʻohana ʻana iā Herolab, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka manaʻo i nā poʻe kahiko kahiko.
ʻO ka mea mua, pono e kuhikuhi i ke ʻano o Herolab. He polokalamu ia i hoʻomohala ʻia e kahi studio ʻAmelika Hoʻomohala Lone Wolf a he mea hoʻokele akamai loa a me ka mea hoʻoponopono o nā huapalapala, nā monsters a me nā NPC. Kākoʻo ʻo Herolab i kahi helu nui o nā ʻōnaehana pāʻani, ʻo ka mea kaulana loa e komo pū me DnD (kākoʻo no nā mana āpau mai 3.0) a me Pathfinder RPG. No ka hoʻohana ʻana, pono ʻoe e kūʻai i laikini no kahi ʻōnaehana pāʻani kikoʻī a laila laikini no nā puke hou aku, ʻo ia nā lula, nā ala ala ʻē aʻe, Bestiaries a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. I koʻu manaʻo, ʻo ka pilikia wale nō o ka paepae holoʻokoʻa e pili ana i kēia, ʻo ia ke kumukūʻai kālā.
ʻO ka laikini kumu, e komo pū ana me ka papahana e like me ia + hoʻokahi ʻōnaehana pāʻani, he $35. Eia naʻe, aia kēia kumukūʻai i ke kumu paʻa o ka ʻōnaehana pāʻani i hāʻawi ʻia. No ka laʻana, no Pathfinder, he mau puke kānāwai maʻamau i kēia kumukūʻai (e nānā Eia), nā mea ʻē aʻe āu e kūʻai ai i mea e loaʻa ai kā lākou ʻikepili i ka papahana. I ka hopena, hiki ke kūʻai aku i ke kumukūʻai nui. Pono ke kūʻai ʻana i nā lula hoʻonui, nā hoʻolaha hou, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe inā makemake ʻoe e hana hou aku me ka paepae. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi wale nō ka loaʻa ʻana o ʻelima mau laikini lua no hoʻokahi laikini nui, ʻo ia hoʻi hiki iā ʻoe ke puʻunaue i ka laikini i waena o kāu mau hoa hui a kaʻana like i nā kumukūʻai. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā laikini ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelima, no laila inā ʻeono o ʻoukou e pāʻani nei, ʻaʻole laki ka mea hope.
Ua lawa nā kālā, e ʻike kākou i ke ʻano o Herolab i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa. ʻAʻole wau e kūkākūkā i ka papahana nui no PC (Mac) ma aneʻi, no ka mea, ʻaʻole ia ka pahuhopu o kēia ʻatikala. Ma kahi o ʻelua a me ka hapa makahiki i hala mai ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ai ʻo Lone Wolf Development i kahi polokalamu hoa no ka iPad. Ma hope o nā mahina o ke kali ʻana, ua loaʻa i nā mea hoʻohana a pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia he waiwai maoli ia. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka mana iPad ma nā ʻano ʻelua. ʻO ka mua, he diary interactive no ka pāʻani ʻana e like me ia. ʻAʻole koi ʻia kahi laikini ikaika no kēia hoʻohana ʻana, a hana ka noi ma ka iPad me ka faila a Herolab no PC (Mac) i hana ai no ʻoe. Eia nō naʻe, inā ʻoe e hoʻokomo i kāu laikini ponoʻī i loko o ka noi ma ka iPad, lilo ia i mea hoʻoponopono piha piha i loaʻa nā hana āpau o ka pākaukau. Hoʻohana pilikino wau i ka noi ma ke ala i ʻōlelo mua ʻia, no ka mea ua lawa loa ia no kaʻu pono pilikino.
He mea maʻalahi loa ka hoʻohana ʻana a ʻo ka mea i ʻike i kahi pepa kikoʻī e manaʻo pono i ka home. Hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia ka noi i ka dropbox, no laila e hoʻonui mau ʻoe i nā mea āpau (ʻo ia ka mea e pono ai, no ka laʻana, ma hope o ka hoʻomaha ʻana o kekahi mau mahina) a hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kāu mau diary āpau i kahi puʻu. No ke ʻano pāʻani, hiki iā ʻoe ke komo a hoʻoponopono i nā mea āpau āu e hālāwai ai i ka wā o ka pāʻani (e ʻike i ka hale kiʻi, kahi i koho ʻia ai nā kiʻi he nui). Mai ka ʻike maʻamau e pili ana i ke ʻano, ma o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā mea hana, nā mea kaua, nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻana, nā meaʻai a me nā "mea hoʻohana". Loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻike koke i nā helu helu āpau, nā mākau, nā ʻano a me nā hana, me ka wehewehe kikoʻī i lawe ʻia mai nā lula, ʻo ia hoʻi 100% pololei.
Eia naʻe, ʻo ka hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa o Herolab no iPad ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā stats pākahi. E helu ka noi iā ʻoe i nā mea a pau āu i hoʻokomo ai. Loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hoʻopaʻi āpau a i ʻole nā boni i helu pololei ʻia. ʻAʻole hiki ke poina iā ʻoe i kahi hoʻouka kaua hou mai Hast, a i ʻole kekahi hoʻopaʻi ma kahi hoʻopakele a kūlana paha. Hiki ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa ka poʻe Purists i nā lā o ka "penikala a me ka pepa" pono nā mea a pau e hoʻolohe i kēia mau mea a pēlā e aʻo hou ai e pili ana i nā lula. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻē i kēlā, akā ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki a me ka lapuwale o kēia ala hou. Eia kekahi, ma nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ke ʻano, piʻi nui ka helu o nā mea e makaʻala ai. Ma kēia ala, hoʻonui nui ʻo Herolab i ka maʻalahi o ka pāʻani ʻana, ʻoiai ke nānā nei a helu i ka hapa nui o nā mea no ʻoe. ʻAʻole e haʻi i ka waihona i hoʻohui ʻia o nā mea āpau, nā kiʻi, nā mea kaua, nā lako a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
ʻO kekahi pōmaikaʻi nui ʻo ke kākoʻo o ka mea hoʻomohala. Paʻakikī loa nā poʻe ma Herolab no iPad i ka hana a ʻike pinepine ʻia nā mea hou, i kēlā me kēia pule ʻelua. I nā makahiki o ka hoʻohana ʻana, ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi liʻiliʻi o nā pōpoki e hiki mai ana iaʻu i ka wā e pāʻani ana. Eia kekahi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā ʻikepili ma Herolab ma mua o, no ka laʻana, nā ʻano paʻi o nā lula i ʻoi aku ka nui o nā makahiki. ʻO wau iho, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo hou aku iā Herolab. Inā pāʻani mau ʻoe iā DnD a pāʻani i kahi ʻōnaehana i kākoʻo ʻia e Herolab, manaʻo wau e hoʻāʻo ma ka liʻiliʻi i ka mana hoʻāʻo. ʻO ka papahana papa he "kula kahiko" ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻolālā, akā ma ka hana ʻaʻohe mea e hoʻopiʻi ai. A ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi iPad me kahi diary hiki ke hoʻoponopono piha ʻia i kou makemake ʻoiai e noho ana he mea maʻalahi loa ia. Inā he mau nīnau kāu e pili ana i ka noi, e kākau i nā manaʻo :)
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