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In addtition you see a statistics button at the top. This button opens a window showing you mean, ranges and some other stuff around steps and rolls. The number of samples to be taken during the calculation can be altered by the entry on the right side of the button. Your computer might take a while to calculate these stats. So just try to start with a moderate number of samples.
The next block contains the random text entries. When you start the program the first time, all the buttons will be called "unused". Just click on a button an then press F7. You can now enter a new title for the button and in the list (text window) you may enter up to 400 lines. Each line represents one possebility from which the program randomly chooses when you hit the specific button. This opens a variety of storytelling possibilities to any GM. For example: Name a button "Forest". Then entering "Characters have to face a wood elemental", "Characters find some Gold"... and so on. Of course you'll spoil the game if you relate your whole storytelling on such random things but in some cases it might enforce tension, because not even the GM does exactly know what happens next. Use this tool in specific regions, kaers, dungeons, social situations...
The final block is just a rather classic dice roller with extended step tables related... Have you ever played a Circle 12 Warrior with several Magical Items, Blood Charms, Armor to the max? Or did your story ever face a dragon with loads of ritual magic loaded? If not you might find this extended tables unuseful, but if you did, you'll going to love this extension. Of course you can add Karma (and so on) by simply using the "add" block.
Interested in the distribution of step results? Just click on a step and press F7. Here you get a complete distribution table with a number of samples according to the entry in the first block (default is 1,000). With this tool you can easily have an eye on what players have to come along with, when you're assigning steps to any action.
At least I decided to add a Decision Roller. This is only random (no steps and means...) and can be used in every decision where you do not need any second rolls. If you have to make a random decision between two or more directions of gameplay (or scatter for example) click on the "Number of directions" (6, when you use scatter by standard rules).
There is a button called "Step Table". Just try it. It will do nothing else but output the whole Step Table up to Step 100 - so you can use it in other programs (CRTL-C it to the clipboard and CRTL-V it into whatever...).
I will not take any responsiblity for any harms or damages this software might do to your system or your data. This software might contain bugs though it has been carefully tested on several systems and configurations.
You may not alter or decompile Earthdawn Creature Mill or Fate Roller.
You may not use Earthdawn Creature Mill or Fate Roller or parts of them within your own software. If you give this software to friends you always have to give away the whole package as you downloaded it and you have to inform them about the conditions you read at this abstract.
Webmasters may mirror the software on their servers and domains only when they have a written permission to do so. In any case you'll have to place a visible link to the ECM-Page which is [http://www.schattenreigen.de/earthdawn/ecm] on the site you place the download option. You'll always have to mirror the whole package. You will have to change the version or completetly erase the download option immediately if the developer wants you to do so.
Enjoy ECM!