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How well does foundry work if I use a gaming table and play live games in person?

it would be lovely with a guide like this for players

i looked into the ambient sounds and they are definitely not free

Ah, so it's like a brothel for TTRPG players.

Its a nice little detail, I guess." Yep. Thats how they getcha.

The biggest help to improve is using the new regions core functionality. It comes with some of the features monk's tile does but is more intuitive. Ex: teleport token, pause game, set darkness level, etc...

I find that first the basic program has far too many button presses to do anything. Second we have imagination which no video game can ever match, and no VTT is going to match any video game. SO making people move there little token around when there is no combat, or having animations when there is combat is just going to be compared to being a really crappy video game. I just use VTT's for a visualization of only certain areas, like a complicated trap or puzzle room in a dungeon, once its done I take it away, or if a fight encounter breaks out then again take it away. I do not and never will layout an entire dungeon or area where I make them move their little token around, its boring and time consuming.

Where do I find the map pictures ?

Mind creating a playlist with the FoundryVTT & VTT-Adjacent videos + Shorts?

Player Version please. Hate to drop the burden on you but would be much easier to send players to your channel to learn.

This rocks! I'm gonna be starting a campaign using foundry for the first time and was not looking forward to explaining how to do everything to all my players lol. Thanks!

D&DBeyond should probably work on perfecting their 2d vtt that doesn't even have a good fog of war system yet imo

How hard are you sucking from the teet of WotC?

I really like Foundry. Even if it doesn't fully support Cyberpunk2020, it supports it enough.

Does everyone have to buy foundry in order to play a game, or only the GM?

Nah bro, I am good.

Some of these are great. I do wish more modules, although I understand why they don't, would cater towards Cyberpunk 2020. Mostly because of the way health and armour is totally different from most other systems and I haven't found a module that automates damage on either, I have to do it manually. It is calculated automatically, but I have to manually change the numbers. So with say Carousel Combat Tracker, it won't move onto the next combatant, I do their damage myself and have to move the thing along myself too. There seems to be a lack of automation compared to other systems, even with a bunch of modules that half work with it. Shame really, because I really like the setting.

I don't think anyone can catch up on Foundry, at least not in many years. Once, Astral was the promising child, but I noticed that Foundry did things faster and better. ... In order to surpass Foundry you'd need a mix of: *Big money (to afford a big team) *Tech advantage (E.g. custom "AI" to create maps, NPCs, conversations etc.)_ *A revolutionary feature. E.g. Unreal 3d graphics, integrated spells effects, attacks etc.

I appreciate your perspective, and I play twice a week in a game that uses Foundry. It's a good, solid VTT. That said, I still prefer Fantasy Grounds: the automation support native to Fantasy Grounds is just better than the automation in Foundry. They both have their strengths: No slight on either one. I've just been using Fantasy Grounds for almost 20 years at this point... it's where I am. Still, I appreciate the video and your perspective on Foundry. Peace to you!

Could you do a similar video on DMHub? I'm curious about it in comparison to other VTTs.

Thanks for posting a good and condensed tutorial!

Just diving into this program now...I know this is a good video because I learned a lot and I know that I have so, so much to learn. A player version of this video would be great to show to players when I actually am ready to DM lol. But thank you for doing this video!

Nice video!! As a group of people we just started a campaign and we had some trouble with the basics, this helps a lot!! I would realy appreciate if you could make a video expaining how buffs are applied to tokens, sometimes it's kind aconfusing, like the spell bless, or maybe an item increasing some stat or something

Hasbro can get f%@¥€d ... ruining our beloved hobby😢🤬

Pro tip. Take a breath between sentences and pause once ina was while so people can actually process what you are saying. Its not a race to speak as fast as you can :D

Cool Video lol. Starts of saying it's meh, then based on his wording, makes it obvious to everyone who actually HAS read the new players handbook and expansion books, that he didn't actually read it, nor has he read the expansion books he says it's a compilation of and used the same review content every non book reading D&D content creator has regurgitated so far. This COULD be an informed opinion that people have, but it isn't this guys. Dude is jokes for lols.

2024 dmg is garbage...stop simping for dollars!

Had to play in .75

I think this new book like everthing "new" now-a-days is garbage.

magic items...

Wait.... The DMG is out? I thought the DMG wasn't being released till early 2025

I find the 2024 DMG to be a further attempt by WotC to seize control of play from the GMs and players, further dumb-down the rules, and attempt to get around how D&D1 was so poorly received. But then, is it really surprising that a boardgame company (Hasbro) doesn't like how off the rails TTRPGs are?

Except it'll be filled with predatory micro transactions and shitty AI integration. Stop giving wotc money...

WotC is getting pretty good at rehashing old content now.

The reason they put the bastions in the DMG is because the DM has to make the judgment call on if they want their players to have bastions, I love the consept of a home base but I know dms who would run screaming from one more thing to double check, if they put this in the phb, players would see it as their right to use and that expectation might be what they base their character on and they'd just end up disappointed if the DM never uses or rewards their gimmick, see rangers and artificers for similar examples

Bastions are just bad versions of strongholds from strongholds and followers

Problem is the new dmg is directly related to the shitty class changes in the new players handbook (that is basically 6e)

Having been a GM in 5e for a while, I found myself finding rules I didn't know existed in the 2014 one as it was inaccessible or the rules were on a page irrelevant to the location. I went through both and found the rules that were reworded or changed. That said I love the XP budget system, aside from the multipliers in the 2014 one being removed this feels closer to the original intent. The order of operations in the original book was definitely backwards.

I didn't even know they made a new guide, and I'm an amateur DM.

Great video, but u definitely won the most words per second competition.

Perfect timing. My group just started a campaign with foundryvtt and this will be very valuable to them

As a player I hate the fact the StartPlaying allows DMs to veto negative reviews. I crafted a thoughtful review of DM, what I liked and didn't. Was moderate, carefully citing only things the DM did or said and avoided judgy language. But it was a 2 star review and the DM pulled it. Thing is, all the negative behavior I noticed was things she had done to other players as well. I have 0 trust that she hasn't pulled review before and 0 that the next DM hasn't. I can hardly blame DMs for wanting to pull reviews. But StartPlayings rating system is absolutely broken for allowing it.

Big competitor? You probably can only play 5E on it. Why even bother at that point

You video helped a ton!

Thanks for the comprehensive summary! Will have to give it a go and see how it works!

Would love to see a Player Video for both 5e players and PF2e players. That would be really helpful. :)

One that I like is the eccentric engineer/Blacksmith

Shill

Great video

I ain’t buyin !