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Is This A Mimic(s)? user guide

Is This A Mimic(s)? (ITAM(s)? for short) is an inventory manager for tabletop RPGs, with D&D 5e built in. Keep track of what your character carries, where it is and what it weighs. Use it on your own, or run a party where everyone at the table has their own inventory, trades items and buys from the GM's shops.

Is This A Mimic(s)? is the new name of Pack Rat, as a fresh start: see Getting Started.

Get the app

Windows	ITAMSapp.exe: one file, nothing to install.
Android	ITAMSapp.apk: Android 7.0 or newer.
Browser	Open the web app: any modern browser, on PC or phone.

See Getting Started for installing and your first character.

The guide

Playing

• Getting Started: install, your first character, the screens.
• Your Inventory: adding items, list and tile views, filters, stacks, the character panel.
• Containers: backpacks, gear strapped outside, quivers and cases, waterskins.
• Equipment: what's equipped where, and attacks, damage and ammunition at a glance.
• Coins: the coin purse, buying, selling and change.
• Sets and Drawing Cards: decks of cards and other sets, drawing at random.
• Writing and Pictures: letters, books, maps and handouts.
• Campaigns: several games on one device, each with its own characters, shops and rules.

Making things

• Catalog and Custom Items: the item catalog, custom items, templates and colours.
• Item Features: what an item can do: hold things, hold liquid, charges, attunement…
• Item States and Rules: attuned, identified, cursed: what an item becomes in each state, and what happens by itself.
• Drawn Icons: draw your own icons, including live ones that show how full a bag is or tell the time.

Playing together

• Party Play: hosting and joining a party on your network.
• Running the Game: the GM: preparing campaigns, the players at a glance, host and GM roles.
• Trading: swapping items and coins with other players.
• Shops: the GM's shops: buying, selling, stock and money.
• GM Controls: the GM's panels of sliders, switches and maps, the values they set, and what reacts to them.
• Treasure: hoards and treasure tables; giving loot, or sharing it out among the players.

Everything else

• Settings and Backups: this device's mode, role and animations, where characters, rules and backups are.
• Files: everything you've made, and game systems: export, copy, move, delete, import.
• Writing a Game System: for other games: templates, states, money, panels.
• Troubleshooting: install warnings, joining problems, where your data is.
• Developing: running it from source, building the apps, where things are.

Is This A Mimic(s)? includes material from the System Reference Document 5.1 by Wizards of the Coast LLC (CC BY 4.0). It's an unofficial fan tool.