Hello! I am a new DM but have been a player for years. Got the DnD Beyond master sub to share my content with my players who have never played, and was planning on playing on Foundry VTT...but I literally just found out that the DnD Beyond master sub gives you this newish Maps feature that seems EXTREMELY similar to Foundry VTT.
I haven't explored either extensively yet. Have any of you? Is Foundry worth it when I already have DnD Beyond Maps? Or is it that much better, functionally?
Foundry is massively customisable and my VTT of choice. It does need a bit of a technical mindset to get the best out of it though.
Maps via DDB is fine (especially given it's Alpha state) but won't have many of the bells and whistles you might find in Foundry. Additionally there's a large community support for Foundry - if you can't work something out just ask in a friendly manner and someone is bound to know!
If you just want to play D&D, DDB with Maps is probably going to be an easier learning curve. Foundry is awesome, but can be overwhelming, it requires patience to get the hang of. I agree that the community is very supportive. Basically, even with maps in Alpha, DDB with Maps is pretty much ready to go. Foundry, I feel, requires a willingness to "work under the hood." If done right, it's a more "finely tuned" experience, but it's also considerably more work (at least as someone who's only been playing around with Foundry for a different game system for a weeks, and playing with modules the publisher designed specifically for Foundry).
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It's lost a lot of popularity since Maps launched but AboveVTT is another option. It's a free Chrome add on that pulls character sheets and monster stat blocks from DDB and allows you to use maps from either the books you own on DDB or from Above's own pretty extensive library. I've been using it for about three years now and it does the job pretty well
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Hello! I am a new DM but have been a player for years. Got the DnD Beyond master sub to share my content with my players who have never played, and was planning on playing on Foundry VTT...but I literally just found out that the DnD Beyond master sub gives you this newish Maps feature that seems EXTREMELY similar to Foundry VTT.
I haven't explored either extensively yet. Have any of you? Is Foundry worth it when I already have DnD Beyond Maps? Or is it that much better, functionally?
I have not used Foundry, but if they are that similar, I would choose the one with the better customer service.
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Foundry is massively customisable and my VTT of choice. It does need a bit of a technical mindset to get the best out of it though.
Maps via DDB is fine (especially given it's Alpha state) but won't have many of the bells and whistles you might find in Foundry. Additionally there's a large community support for Foundry - if you can't work something out just ask in a friendly manner and someone is bound to know!
If you just want to play D&D, DDB with Maps is probably going to be an easier learning curve. Foundry is awesome, but can be overwhelming, it requires patience to get the hang of. I agree that the community is very supportive. Basically, even with maps in Alpha, DDB with Maps is pretty much ready to go. Foundry, I feel, requires a willingness to "work under the hood." If done right, it's a more "finely tuned" experience, but it's also considerably more work (at least as someone who's only been playing around with Foundry for a different game system for a weeks, and playing with modules the publisher designed specifically for Foundry).
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
It's lost a lot of popularity since Maps launched but AboveVTT is another option. It's a free Chrome add on that pulls character sheets and monster stat blocks from DDB and allows you to use maps from either the books you own on DDB or from Above's own pretty extensive library. I've been using it for about three years now and it does the job pretty well