Crystal Ball

Crystal Ball v3.0.6 is a Mac utility for Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition Dungeon Masters, not a divination toy. It bundles the bookkeeping a DM repeatedly needs at the table: random treasure by Encounter Level, XP awards, character and monster generators, a combat tracker, and a name generator drawing on millions of seed combinations.

Treasure and experience

The treasure generator follows the 3E Dungeon Master's Guide tables, rolling coin, gems, art, and magic item hoards keyed to a chosen Encounter Level. The XP calculator handles party-size and CR-versus-APL adjustments so awards do not have to be hand-totalled after every encounter.

Character and monster generation

Crystal Ball can spin up any 3E character class drawn from the Player's Handbook, Monster Manual, Psionics Handbook, or Oriental Adventures, and it will also build custom monsters to throw at the party. Output is intended to be readable at the table, not to drive a digital combat sandbox.

Combat and naming utilities

A combat helper keeps initiative, hit points, and conditions moving so encounters do not stall while the DM thumbs through books. A separate name generator supplies people and place names by the millions when a player wanders somewhere the DM has not prepped.

Distribution

This Info-Mac release is the Classic Mac build; a Carbonised OS X version was distributed separately by the author through geocities.com/crystalballmac and homepage.mac.com/crystalballmac. Version 3.0.6 is a maintenance release fixing bugs from 3.0.5 with no new feature work called out in the readme.