I am currently DMing a campaign with my friends on the forge using foundry vtt. It has been a great experience, but honestly it is a little costly for us. I like the idea of paying for the Master Tier here on D&D Beyond and using this for our future campaigns. Can anyone talk about their setup for online play or point me to a good guide? Here is the setup I was kinda thinking through my head:
1. D&D Beyond - Use this for campaigns, character sheets (possibly on mobile phones instead of PC for easy access), and Maps VTT for encounters or general map locations 2. Discord - Chat, Audio Video, images for characters & scenes, music, combat tracking 3. Google Drive - DM Notes for me, Journals for players and DM, anything else I am missing?
Like I said, this is totally not a knock on the forge or foundry, I think they are great products and services. I am just looking for a lower cost option for us while also maintaining a great online experience for all involved. Thank you for your help!
DDB's Avrae bot for Discord could be a good supplement there. You can use it for quick rules lookups, or go all in and use it for semi-automated combat. https://avrae.io
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Each player uses DDB for their characters. The group uses their phones for distant players. We don't use any mapping system because we are just used to either the table top map or theater of the mind. One day we will adopt it when its easier.
For dice we use real dice for in house/person sessions. DDB dice for anything else.
We (a group with multiple games with a lot of player overlap) use DDB for character sheets and die rolling (mostly computers, some people use phones). Depending on the gm, we use either DDB maps or owlbear rodeo for a VTT, and zoom (we have a member with a subscription who's set it up to work automatically, even if they're not there) for talking. Google Drive/Docs/Sheets are used for sharing other stuff. Google Calendar so people know who's running this week.
We play using Roll20 VT, Discord for VOIP and D&D Beyond as Rule Compendium. File not shared through Roll20 can be uploaded on Discord, wether it's WORD or JPG etc...
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I am currently DMing a campaign with my friends on the forge using foundry vtt. It has been a great experience, but honestly it is a little costly for us. I like the idea of paying for the Master Tier here on D&D Beyond and using this for our future campaigns. Can anyone talk about their setup for online play or point me to a good guide? Here is the setup I was kinda thinking through my head:
1. D&D Beyond - Use this for campaigns, character sheets (possibly on mobile phones instead of PC for easy access), and Maps VTT for encounters or general map locations
2. Discord - Chat, Audio Video, images for characters & scenes, music, combat tracking
3. Google Drive - DM Notes for me, Journals for players and DM, anything else I am missing?
Like I said, this is totally not a knock on the forge or foundry, I think they are great products and services. I am just looking for a lower cost option for us while also maintaining a great online experience for all involved. Thank you for your help!
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ModeratorDDB's Avrae bot for Discord could be a good supplement there. You can use it for quick rules lookups, or go all in and use it for semi-automated combat.
https://avrae.io
Need help with D&D Beyond? Come ask in the official D&D server on Discord: https://discord.gg/dnd
Thanks! I'll check on discord too. I appreciate it!
Each player uses DDB for their characters. The group uses their phones for distant players.
We don't use any mapping system because we are just used to either the table top map or theater of the mind. One day we will adopt it when its easier.
For dice we use real dice for in house/person sessions. DDB dice for anything else.
We (a group with multiple games with a lot of player overlap) use DDB for character sheets and die rolling (mostly computers, some people use phones). Depending on the gm, we use either DDB maps or owlbear rodeo for a VTT, and zoom (we have a member with a subscription who's set it up to work automatically, even if they're not there) for talking. Google Drive/Docs/Sheets are used for sharing other stuff. Google Calendar so people know who's running this week.
We play using Roll20 VT, Discord for VOIP and D&D Beyond as Rule Compendium. File not shared through Roll20 can be uploaded on Discord, wether it's WORD or JPG etc...