Raindog Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 Anybody use this? It looks overwhelming any hints? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 Always wanted to... Never have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor66 Posted March 22, 2020 Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 I have used it, it's really not too bad, start slow with just the dice roller and whiteboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindog Posted March 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 We played using Google Hangout (or whatever is called). It worked well. The laptop camera covered the map well. I figured out the basic mechanics of d20, but most of it is levels of frosting over a basic cake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted March 22, 2020 Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 I’ve had some very good times playing in games of Shadowrun and Mutants & Masterminds run over Skype, with the GM just using MS Paint to occasionally sketch something out on the fly and using Skype’s built in image sharing options for other pictures previously drawn or pulled off the web. No built in dice rollers or character sheets, we all just relied on the honor system and rolled our own dice. No battle maps or anything either, just some very rough “okay, John is in the lobby and Jessica’s up on the roof” type descriptions. Worked well enough, but virtual tabletops like Roll 20 and the like certainly seem to offer a lot more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted March 22, 2020 Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 I played using roll20 when I was in Kentucky. Decent interface. Some free things. Private rolls. Ability to set up macros (eg. SWORD ATTACK (roll:1d20+PROF+STR:display result). White board can be drawn on, or import pics from. And we know you have ample pics to import, buddy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor66 Posted March 22, 2020 Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 There is a ton of support for dnd built into roll20, especially if you are running a published module, saves a lot of rules lookup 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted March 22, 2020 Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 Oh yeah, and you can assign visibility ranges, fog of war, Darkvision, spell effects, etc. I had only started to fiddle around with that, but it was impressive for a free environment. My roomie prefers a dungeon engine. he got through steam via Kickstarter, I think. That said, the things he has as a result of paid purchase is pretty impressive. Beyond that, the GUIs look pretty similar. A bunch of preloaded stuff or support for various games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 My current group is trying to use Discord to be able to track notes and OOC stuff. Looks like they've used it instead of Skype for playing with a couple long distance party members. I'm not really a fan of discord, but I don't know if it is a custom interface thing, or what. Reminds me of old IRC chats. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 10 minutes ago, InfestedKerrigan said: My current group is trying to use Discord to be able to track notes and OOC stuff. Looks like they've used it instead of Skype for playing with a couple long distance party members. I'm not really a fan of discord, but I don't know if it is a custom interface thing, or what. Reminds me of old IRC chats. I've always had a good experience using Obsidian Portal for tracking campaign notes and so forth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 @Raindog I've been using it for over a year. It is actually pretty darn easy. I'd be happy to run through some tutorials on getting things started and setup. Let me know when it works. We could easily do a group session too. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 So... Anyone interested in playing D&D or something via Roll20? (Or have an existing game I could join?) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generalripphook Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 My group has been using Discord for communication and Roll20 for maps and combat. I have a lot of macros and shortcuts set up to run the game smoothly in a VTT setting. I like it, it takes a little more prep work but its really rewarding. I have also started messing around with writing character sheet codes. I have always been a huge fan of creating codes for things like encounter generators and so running a game behind the computer allows me to use them actively 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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