think you'll find quite a few threads on this topic here just incase you haven't searched... but I think it would help if you could refine your question in regard to what your looking for some of it might seem blindingly obvious to you?
All online DM session? How many players you DM'ing for? what hardware will your players be using? what kind of budget you got to splashout? what play style you looking to DM... Theater of the Mind? tiles n terrain combat heavy dungeon crawlers? high intrigue murder mystery type adventures?
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
âIt cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills, It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.â J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Online, free is Good but i can pay if it is like a One timer Pay then done., I will only go max for 4 players. Maby some terrian to use or Tiles. Not draw Maps all the Times. Terrain it dungen crawl.
Well I can certainly can give some advice regarding minimal funds route... :o
So my online DM DnD start was basically trying to get my geographically disparate friends together on something anything really, 5E was looking good... I know time is a premium my friends really don't have a lot of time to learn some big new complex system so easy of use was a big factor...
This is where DnD Beyond was absolutely decisive the Basic 5E DnD rules are free and integrated into the site, my friends could make characters EASILY
So we started just using DnD Beyond Basic 5E rules we all got onto Discord and I started a server for a our campaign added Avrae dice bot when I wanted a map we could all interact with I used google jamboard And we had a load of fun playing some old DnD adventures I had and converted to 5E... this was when we said ok this is cool we want to do this more together... so I invested some money... I get the DnD 5E players hand book and a D&D Beyond Master subscription Semi-Annually ($29.99) billed every 6 months, this allows me to share my DnD Beyond books ie Players hand book with my friends so they can have access to some more cool spells feats classes.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
âIt cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills, It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.â J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
I would highly recommend you to look into an online VTT option if you are planning to play "a lot" in the future with this group or other groups. It is better to start investing your time in a structure that will allow you to build the game that you want to play and deliver to your players.
I have moved all my games to Foundry VTT as not only the VTT is very well built and polished (vs. the old feeling of Roll 20) and the community on there is amazing and constantly release new modules that will enhance your games, considerably. There is a cost yes, $50 one off fee, and you can host it yourself if you have a good internet - probably the best VTT out there if you are willing to invest a bit of time, which will be worth it going forward.
So the question is, do you need this for a quick fix until face to face games are allowed? Or you want to have a structure that will allow you to play for longer and build your tables on there.
I hope it helps.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
Hi what program is easy and Good to use đ??
Is it roll 20, fantasy ground or something els ?.
Im open to any tips. No matter if it Costa or not.
think you'll find quite a few threads on this topic here just incase you haven't searched... but I think it would help if you could refine your question in regard to what your looking for some of it might seem blindingly obvious to you?
All online DM session?
How many players you DM'ing for?
what hardware will your players be using?
what kind of budget you got to splashout?
what play style you looking to DM... Theater of the Mind? tiles n terrain combat heavy dungeon crawlers? high intrigue murder mystery type adventures?
âIt cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills, It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.â J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Online, free is Good but i can pay if it is like a One timer Pay then done., I will only go max for 4 players. Maby some terrian to use or Tiles. Not draw Maps all the Times. Terrain it dungen crawl.
Well I can certainly can give some advice regarding minimal funds route... :o
So my online DM DnD start was basically trying to get my geographically disparate friends together on something anything really, 5E was looking good... I know time is a premium my friends really don't have a lot of time to learn some big new complex system so easy of use was a big factor...
This is where DnD Beyond was absolutely decisive the Basic 5E DnD rules are free and integrated into the site, my friends could make characters EASILY
So we started just using DnD Beyond Basic 5E rules
we all got onto Discord and I started a server for a our campaign added Avrae dice bot when I wanted a map we could all interact with I used google jamboard
And we had a load of fun playing some old DnD adventures I had and converted to 5E...
this was when we said ok this is cool we want to do this more together... so I invested some money... I get the DnD 5E players hand book and a D&D Beyond Master subscription Semi-Annually ($29.99) billed every 6 months, this allows me to share my DnD Beyond books ie Players hand book with my friends so they can have access to some more cool spells feats classes.
âIt cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills, It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.â J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Yeha thats No problem i can share source books. I mostly create this thread becuse i have tested roll20 hand it went so,so.
So is ther any other program thats is easy to use. ? Thats what i asking.
Roll20 with the beyond20 chrome plug in will cover the basics of everything you need, without any cost.
There is a new one that I'll find the link for, that also looks promising, but I haven't tried it yet.
Check this out for an alternative
https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/general-discussion/100073-for-all-of-you-waiting-for-ddb-to-release-a-vtt
Thx đđ
Two other options are Astral and Foundry VTT. You can look into their docs and YouTube videos to see how they work.
WOTC lies. We know that WOTC lies. WOTC knows that we know that WOTC lies. We know that WOTC knows that we know that WOTC lies. And still they lie.
Because of the above (a paraphrase from Orwell) I no longer post to the forums -- PM me if you need help or anything.
I would highly recommend you to look into an online VTT option if you are planning to play "a lot" in the future with this group or other groups. It is better to start investing your time in a structure that will allow you to build the game that you want to play and deliver to your players.
I have moved all my games to Foundry VTT as not only the VTT is very well built and polished (vs. the old feeling of Roll 20) and the community on there is amazing and constantly release new modules that will enhance your games, considerably. There is a cost yes, $50 one off fee, and you can host it yourself if you have a good internet - probably the best VTT out there if you are willing to invest a bit of time, which will be worth it going forward.
So the question is, do you need this for a quick fix until face to face games are allowed? Or you want to have a structure that will allow you to play for longer and build your tables on there.
I hope it helps.