D&D Virtual Tabletop - First Look | D&D Direct
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
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The Dungeons & Dragons Digital Play Experience is an immersive virtual tabletop (VTT) that makes it easier to play and create your D&D sessions with friends. Playtests are coming later this year.
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I think the most important thing with this VTT is ensuring User-made content is freely and easily accessible. Being able to browse a "Steam workshop" like interface downloading other people's assets that they have uploaded with just a few clicks would allow me as a DM to quickly set the board. Official content excites me but there NEEDS to be a large collection of free user made content to fill out the rest or people won't make the switch.
Free lol
lol that ain't going to happen (even if they say that's the goal in the video. After the OGL mess, I don't believe that for a second haha)
There also needs to be paid content. Users should be allowed to sell their own created assets as they see fit via the marketplace. DnDBeyond can take like a 15%-20% cut or w.e. but I'd like to pay designers and sell stuff myself like with Mini STLs.
The ideal scenario is a mix of official content and free and paid community content. If Wizards could facilitate something similar to the marketplace that already exists- a mix of easy-to-use tools for Dungeon Masters, quality free content (most likely made by creators with Patreons or the like), and quality paid content- we’d have a really good VTT on our hands. Anything less than that and we’re being cheated.
@@randomyoutubecommenterr it's not dnd without homebrew, they might make it less convenient to get player created content but it's 100% going to be there.
As someone who has tried their share of various VTTs for distant parties - the only way this lives is if the community finds it good enough to create content for it.
That's pretty much what's keeping D&D going at this point anyway. Some of their stuff is just pure fluff just to put a book out.
@@hologramxero yes, but I meant specifically the usability. They need to find a really good balance and either release some official maps and scenes themselves, and make them available to those, who own the books, or allow people to make content for those official books like curse of strahd or wildemount/netherdeep/dragonlance and share them themselves. There are a lot of people who want to play those modules, but very few of them have enough time and dedication to actually create things like that in a completely new environment. Especially when you can simply get the Roll20 ready module and whatnot. And if wotc forbids such sharing and only makes it available for your own homebrew stuff (and they might, because creating publicly available thighs for official campaigns is one step away from playing without buying) - this thing will die out within a year, like the DM mode for Divinity: Original Sin II (which looks exactly like this vtt, but on an older engine and with like 4 features less)
@@arklainquirk that's nice. I'll still have to buy them over again, won't I? I already have like 7 books, and I'm not sure I'm eager to spend another, what, 150 bucks for stuff I already have?)
inb4 WotC pulls a Bethesda and tries to make money off mods made by loving fans for the fans.
"I really have a sorcerer I want to play, can I import it?" -- that moment in a reality show where you know someone has been fed a line before it's shot.
and?
@@ericlake62 and it wreaks of corporate corniness, the death of fun. I can imagine the money grubbing little producers in the background talking about how they can charge 50$ a month for this because all other VTT's will be copyright banned.
Reality show? This was definitely a scripted shoot
It's almost like they're advertising a future product to people who might not know anything that it'll be capable of (coming from someone who didn't know anything it'll be capable of)
@@efugee stop crying already
"There are a lot of ways to play D&D online and not all of them are hitting the three big things we felt are important"
1. Others shouldn't have the chance to offer better content than us
2. Only we should be making money from TTRPGs
3. Everyone playing the game should be paying us money as much as possible
Not hitting the big 3 things
Fun
Convenience
Authenticity
He missed off the 4th thing:
Micro transactions
The ability to charge players for every single little aspect of their character.
The best thing about d&d is all you need is a sheet of paper and a pencil. If their new focus is this then there goes accessibility
If they want to make money, sell dice and other cool bonus stuff. Keep the character stats free for the poor player, and feed the rich collector's fetish with new hats every month.
Agreed
@@efugeeIt's not that players who buy the DLC are nescessarily rich, they're usually simply susceptible people who are being taken advantage of. The whales.
Then don't buy it.
This is the most dystopian thing I have ever seen in a while. Just... What a hell is this? It looks like a LAN gaming center, not a normal DnD session.
All I see is a cash shop... Sell you a mini, sell you building blocks, rent you a table, sell you everything, all for an awkward play experience that lands somewhere between a tabletop and a video game. Want to play Ravenloft? Have you purchased the Ravenloft furniture pack? The building pack? The NPC pack? The monster pack? The Taroka deck pack? I just hope that it includes a player donate to DM button, because this ride is gonna be expensive.
You're describing a modern video game, this is being pitched as a virtual tabletop.
While it IS WoTC we are talking about here, unless they want 0% market share over the other virtual tabletops, this is *highly* unlikely.
@@TheLordLogic you know that the current boss comes from Digital gaming / Smartphone games. He KNOWS how to put microtransactions into games?
I bet that it will be a requirement for each individual person to purchase the features they want to see on their end. For example, playing Ravenloft? Then each person either needs to buy the Ravenloft pack or they will just see the generic placeholder furniture and NPCs. Kinda like each person needing to buy all the features if they want to see them
@@Zanji1234 The thing is we already have plenty of big, established VTTs that don't do that, so if WotC wants to actually break into the VTT market they have to do something better (or at least different) than their competition at a comparable price point. It's a win-win for players because either WotC does something actually great and accessible with their VTT, or they flop and everyone stays with their known and loved VTT
@@anderescobar4752 it's not like WOTC make inane decisions that receives massive backlash from the community after it got leaked... right?
We use a tv mounted in a table for our maps. I’d like a top down view so we can use these maps on our setup, but use our physical minis.
I think I read where it was optional where it can be 2d top down
ofc you'd be able to change camera angles
WotC - That'll be an additional $5 a month
How do you do that? Sounds so interesting. Legit curious.
You can already do that with Foundry or the other VTTs. I say Foundry bc that's what I use.
I can see this for online play, but I die inside looking at a table of people in person looking at their screens talking to each other but not even looking at each other, absolute nightmare lol
I find this super exciting. My entire group is spread across 4 states so this helps a lot.
Show it on a TV in the room, or even better on the table, center stage. Everyone has to look down so they won't do it outside of needed, + raising eyesight gives contact with other players
Yeah, I cringe watching everyone look at their screens even more than they already do in this world.
But you look at others when talking to them? You just look at the screen when deciding what to do or to see a portrait
@@rezokiladze2334 not really, since I don't give them the power to move anything themselve they look only if something changes (same thing as when you have a mini fig on the table really)
I hope that they partner which sites like Hero Forge so that I can import my characters from there or that they have extensive character customization.
Don’t worry, I’m sure there will be plenty of customization. The real question is how much you’re going to have to pay to use it.
One of those minis looked like a hero forge one so I'm thinking that'll be a yes
@@doubleviewer13 whatever it is, my answer will be yes
@@amandag.6186 to each their own I reckon. I definitely respect it though, I just personally have a liking to physical minis. But for those who don’t have access to minis or terrain this will be a really good tool to have.
Imagine being in that beautiful space, dice on the table, gridded mat in front of you that is in full detail, PHB 5 inches away from your hands and youre stuck on your computer.....
It's a travesty. And how many will be just alt-tabbing between 5 other distractions at the same time.
Most people who use this are going to be playing with friends who live all around the country or world. The setup they are using is awkward but it isn't intended to show how most people will use the VTT. They are in their offices so they can show people the features of the program.
@@WhatTheFrogDoing I know who it’s for, my comment is about this specific video and it’s weird direction
Some of the great things about the library of D&D books I've collected over the years: lifetime access, I can "import" any thing I want from anywhere I want, and I can do it all without a subscription fee.
The saddest dnd game ever, where you are seated together physically in a room, with dice and a big battle map in front of you… and you pull out your laptops and stare at the tiny screens.
Yeah, that’s not it. This isn’t D&D. I’m sorry.
Obviously you're not gonna have people play in this exact type of set up, i imagine they did this purely for easier filming.
Why the hell would u gather together to play on the laptop this is for when you can’t
Yes we need to keep making more things out of plastic.
@@centraltimegamers2977 Of course yes. Or PLA made. Or better..why we do not go to middle ages without cars, plastic, medice?
Is it raining?
DM: 'As you move down the road, grey clouds roll in and a deluge of rain begins to fall......'
While a VTT is handy for keeping track of battle maps. For exploration and dungeon delving etc, this seems like a nightmare. The prep involved by the GM would be horrific to get any real level of immersion. And no digital token is going to compare to the image in my mind when as a player, my DM describes an ancient dragon, unfurling its wings before me as it readies its breath weapon.
This looks like a video game, and if I wanted to play a video game, that's what I'd do. Not what I want from my role playing, that I want to lose myself in a scene in my imagination.
In a recent game, we were on an airship, caught in a storm, with our half-orc flying up to secure a rope, being blown back and forth in the winds. No VTT will replicate the craziness of that scene like a good DM describing it for my imagination and this proposed VTT would in fact take from the immersiveness.
Okay this is how you monetize D&D.
Ever heard of miniatures?
Yes but most dnd dms will allow you to use any miniature or pretty much anything you have this you have to buy each ine to have their powers.
Microtransactions?? You understand that's where this is going, right??
@@backcountry164 honestly is it any different from buying a mini, or 3d printing them and then painting it. You're still spending money if you want that experience.
And if you don't, you just get a monopoly hat or a piece of paper with the words "barbarian goes brr" written on it.
Similarly you can just okay with your character token on another vtt options like roll 20.
Not quite if they team up with hero forge then I think things might make it easier
The community created content is a winner idea for them. Its the reason that people are still playing Neverwinter Nights 20 years later.
I never played D&D before but I was always under the impression that D&D was about imagination and being taken to the world within one’s mind and imagining the fight scenes etc through the master?
Sort of, theater of the mind is usually a budget option. Having actual maps to play on and tokens is the standard. It is a game, not playing pretend.
Alright, lets just get this out of the way.
If you're already playing at a table with your friends, this VTT clearly isn't made for you.
This is for people, like myself, who can't play at an actual table or go to their LGS and play there. This is a fantastic option for people like us and i honestly can't wait to get my hands on it later this year (hopefully).
I hope you have enough coin to pay for it. 😏
Yesssssssssss, exactly! My friends are so scattered. I have two friends who are local-ish, one who lives a few hours away, and then 3 others in totally different states. Without VTTs, I would not be able to play with them at all. Even for my friends who are local-ish, we're adults, and work schedules are a thing. If I only played at a physical table with those friends, we would be so much more heavily restricted in the times and days we could play. With VTTs, I can play with my friends who have moved out of state, and scheduling is not as much of an issue. I can have D&D virtually, or I can have no D&D at all. Those of you who are lucky that everyone you want to play with lives nearby and you can play in person, lucky! Many of us are not that lucky.
If you are already using something like Foundry, this is DEFINITELY not for you. Its cute, but severely limited.
There are already a good amount of excellent options for online DnD.
There are other, better VTT already on the market that give a much more authentic tabletop experience than this video game like abomination.. go buy into it for all I care, I actually think this is the best community gift WotC has given us since 4th edition as the people race to the exits and find better rpg systems amd settings.. the OSR B/X scene is doing wonderfully right now
But can you play Pathfinder on it? That's what really matters.
They did nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing, to combat the stereotypes of D&D fans in this video
There is an official and a custom content approach to D&D.
DMs are supposed to make their landscape, but it would be a helluva challenge to fully piece together a module or adapt premade like Strahd to make it work. The problem is in that homebrew content we all love to do. D&D is a tabeltop and that will always have a fan base of in person players. Same with chess, uno, poker, monopoly, and other games done when with people.
What I can grasp, well in fact, is that my group does things over Discord. We share screens, play music from RUclips while playing, and do our RP with our cameras on. We live in 4 different cities. So , a digital rendition is acceptable. Not all the time do we play with miniatures and such. Why? I get it that it is part of the culture, but we dont have to do it all the time. We draw our characters and draw scenes for what happened in a play session and character portrait expressions. We move stuff around on google drawings. This is a 3d alternative to google drawings. I can accept that part.
I am not looking forward to the monetization plan, but I am curious to see what can be fully utilized by the time I care to try it.
Some of my friends have chosen to start building in pathfinder rather than d&d beyond. For me, I could care less so long as I use theatre of the mind.
If neither are available, I would just home brew diablo 2 classes into D&D and move with that lol. It wouldn't matter to me so long as I am having fun.
Hasbro (WOTC) looks at their customer as an obstacle in the way of THEIR money. This is nothing more than another way for them to get that money. The functionality of this VTT without subscriptions or DLC will be next to zero. The "user made content" will certainly be very limited; either WotC will own what users post or creators will be very limited on what they can create. If you think you'll be able to download that cool user created Strahd asset for free, you're wrong. The only way this product is for you is if you are already heavily enfranchised on D&D Beyond.
I think there will will be tiered subscriptions.
I think D&D Beyond will be merged into ONE D&D as a package.
Basic player level (either cheap or even free...) at the bottom, with a set number of character slots, basic dice and maybe a single grey uncoloured "mini" and basic access to player based rules... effectively the Players Handbook. You will then be able to buy additional character slots, new dice sets, minis, colour sets etc and use them with your subscription. At the highest (and most expensive) level will be FULL DM access. Where you can use the rule books, adventures and stock monster assets.
Whether the DM will gain full access to all new content via a much higher subscription or whether they will have to pay per new "book", will largely depend on which model is most likely to generate money.
A lot of people will be more willing to pay more over the course of a year to get access to everything, than they would on buying just the stuff they want in single high cost purchases.
And those people will also form part of the "free money" that subs based systems love... i.e. they keep paying even when they're not playing...
That model also reduces the "income wave" problem by spreading the income over the year, and releasing special "One Off" purchases (themed dice back drops and character sheets etc) gives them seasonal peaks.
@@andrewtomlinson5237 Have you ever heard the term "copium"
@@jerryo6489 Yeah, why?
¿Habrá versión para consolas?, Y de ser ese el caso, ¿Habrá versión física de esas versiones?
Coming from someone who plays D&D through discord, I would hope that they make this accessible through mobile phones.
He mentioned phones as well as “game consoles” for where players can use this
Why? Do you not have any laptops or PCs?
The thing I love about roll20 is I can copy an image from google and paste it right on to the battlefield. I think I’ll stick to that.
Now we just ask the question
Is it online only ( no real tabletop)?
D&D 2023: Imagination no longer required. Isnt' that exciting players? .... p...players? ... anybody at all? .... .... Right.
I personally can't get into this tier of VTT. It crosses the line between imagination and video game. It falls into the category of "it's never as good as you imagined it". It's just a video game at this point
if this does everything the video says it plans to do (community content, etc) then this may be the best thing for online D&D players. I am actually pretty stoked to try this out!
I agree ;D
WotC'll find a way to make it icky. I would like to be excited but they're so gross and predatory at this point that I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop.
That line about making content on the building blocks that others can break down yada yada hits a little different after the OGL stunt and canceling the SXSW appearance to avoid that public scrutiny.
The release of the video around SXSW is very revealing as to why those appearances were cancelled.
TLDR, don't trust anything they say in marketing material.
What I like about this is the idea that it feels a lot like playing IRL - eg rendering *tabletop minis* instead of the full characters
My group will have 0 interest in moving our game online. However, if you are looking to capture the in person games in this market, make sure there is a "Present" mode or something similar. Give a DM the tool to replace a shared grid with this awesome VTT that their friends play around together.
That would be a compelling product.
I wonder if you can make custom maps or if you have to buy theirs? Honestly, Talespire has been doing this for a few years and their community of map builders have created some amazing work. Their main drawback is that every player has to have the program and not just the DM.
They have stated before and in the video that they want to give people building blocks to create their own things, so it will probably be a bunch of map creation tools and placing art asset pieces to form the environment
This will be monetised to the wazoo. Nothing will be usable within it that doesn't have to be bought or rented... importing your own content is not part of the game plan here.
Doubt they would.
Also I kinda get around the Talespire drawback by screensharing the game via Discord. I'm the only one who can move minis, but it's not a big drawback
@@vesavius they literally say in the video that assets from the community will be able to be sharable.
Talespire is dogshit to build in and move characters on.
Whoever thought this was a good idea when Baldurs Gate 3 was already being worked on should be fired
I mean it's...not trying to do the same thing.
This is quite litterally there to make you able to play DND. Baldurs Gate is amazing but it doesn't exactly work as a DND simulator does it.
Looks great, but three things are necessary for this to be the best there is:
1. User-made content that is free
2. possibility to use homebrew
3. drop and drag rule interactions
4. a fair payment system (like Gm can buy for 100 bucks and player can use or all player pay monthly like 5 bucks and the GM 10)
If we have to wait 2 seconds for each magic missile like in the video, this is going to be terrible.
God I hope they get this right. This could be huge.
All you need is paper, dice and your imagination.
I am still not sure if it is a good idea to make DnD even more like a video game. Besides that, imagine how difficult preparation will be if you need 3d models for everything ... or don't have those available you actually need. Suddenly you have a weird mix of video game and "imagine it".
Using it isn't an obligation
Imagine showing a fight with miniatures and then the next battle the DM wants you to "imagine it" because he ran out of miniatures. Unplayable right? /s
@@cenaro6286 Wow imagine having good prep , understanding player or even weirder having people ALREADY USED TO PLAY WITH LIMITED VTT SINCE COVID
Preparation will still be the same amount most likely, just different. If already use a VTT it shouldn't be that different. A lot of them you already either use premade art assets and arrange them or create your own, same as if you drew the map out irl. They said they want to give people the "building blocks" so we can probably create stuff, however how much freedom and creativity we get remains to be seen. I'm hoping they either do their own mini creator or partner with Hero Forge to make a great one. My main concern however, is that if it becomes popular what it means for those that design and create physical things for tabletops. Such as modular stuff and like Dwarven Forge. While other VTT have been out for years they don't look as good as this, so if it runs as well as it looks...
Sitting around with computers and animated visuals takes away from what makes dnd fun for me. Imagination.
I understand, but some people need tactile. Like I tried getting my hubby and my mother to play once. It did not go over well lol. They don't have the imagination for this like we do. Bless their hearts. But then again Gary did design it to be played with maps and minis and such. So let's say we didn't have VTTs and you tried getting people to play, for most of us it would never happen. Like for me no one I know plays dnd, and I live in the boonies. So I say modernize the heck out of dnd. It's very exciting to make dnd accessible to all these new people who think they can't play for a number of reasons. Then ween them off VTTs they're more likely to be able to visualize what's going on.
@@dokushirizo ive played dnd without mats and minis. Straight up role play and dice. Still had tons of fun
an imagination killing tool…
No more than miniatures, physical maps, supplements, or core rulebooks.
@@armpitpuncher Then play a videogame... they still make them
@@seileen1234 Not sure what it has to do with what I said, or why it's a reply to me. But thanks for the reminder, I guess.
@@armpitpuncher I'm also confused by there comment if anything it opens creativity because you can now try things you probably wouldn't even think of cause you can see dimensions and scales and if they add model importing then that makes it even more creative cause now you can design your own 3d monsters and players
I'm VERY excited for this I can't wait to run games for friends and family that don't live near me finally
You've heard of existing VTTs like roll20 right? Hop into a call together and you're good to go
@@wednes3dayeah, but Roll20 is kinda ugly. Maps take ages to load and they lag. And the character sheet support is garbage.
@@GT-tj1qg huh .. games have never taken more than maybe 20 seconds to load for me .. except maybe the high res version of huge maps? For character sheets I can only vouch for 5e with homebrew and gestalt, all of which it's done great for even without me being able to tap into what possibilities coding could open up .... and it's still *leagues* ahead of homebrew D&D Beyond .. though iirc even that it has tie-ins to use character sheets from
@Wednesday yea we've tried roll 20 and to be honest we did not enjoy it , I think the immersion of minis and spell effects and 3d visuals will go a looong way to make it feel more like dnd
@@blazinlatino89 Foundry VTT has lots of 3D maps and mini's already.
So.... my home game isn't authentic unless I use this table top?
The fact that we see basically nothing from the UI on the player or the DM side makes this whole video worthless.
Cringe video, maybe it will be good. This shouldn't be advertised to be played at the table
Where are these player character models from? Will I be able to create a model for my characters, or are there a handful of premade models for the races/classes?
You might get some basic premades but you're crazy if you think any further models will come from any source other than microtransactions.
I would like to see maps that come with the Campaign/Adventure Books preset but slightly Editable, Where all you have to do is drop the Monsters and Characters in. "Curse of Strahd" would take on a New Life that way. (Slightly Editable= Small Objects or Wildlife...) Open the Adventure or Campaign, and the Maps are there, Drop in the creatures called for in "X" encounter and set the party... "Roll for initiative."
I think they were already looking at doing that well something like that to a degree
What is the latest update for this?
There are a lot of VTTs out there that have been working on promoting and making online space fun for everyone for a long time. I have tried a few and use one or two myself for my Tuesday group where we all live in different states. When you speak about authenticity what new is D&D One bringing to the space that is different?
As far as I am aware I have far more control over map making, map sourcing, importing stats, importing customs minis, and more in most other VTTs. All up for a new VTT but am I going to have to keep paying to get all the features that just come in the upfront price of others?
I feel like a Beyond subscription will be a requirement
@@Caluardo a 100%
When is the release date?
"We're going to make content, sure. But we want to build that content out of blocks that users can break down and use to create their own content...." .... .. "So long as they're paying a ridiculous monthly fee."
I just saw a bunch of people staring at their computer screens. I can do that solo.
This is Talespire, right?
I don't even play dnd but this seems cool. The one thing I don't understand though is why they need this when they are able to meetup to play face to face.
How hard is it to incorporate house rules when using this system?
Looking good so far. Would like to have seen more hands on details with the tool itself, but definitely been looking forward to something like this for a long time as a remote digital player.
Its a really cool and well-executed concept. I love to have have options when it comes to a VTT, specially one streamlined to make it less intimidating to new players.
My only concern is that if this is anything like DnDB, (and by proxy, like every other live-service game out there) your mileage will probably vary depending on what you can afford. I would jump at the opportunity to do virtual tabletop with any of my far-away friends, but not if it means that the vast majority of the available assets are paywalled.
I can see it being linked to your DDB account, where you gain access to only the items you have bought there. They may have the items for the SRD be free. I just wonder if they will have the VTT be free, paid for or subscription.
But I wonder beyond that what would be charged for? Creating mini's, Asset packs? It could be great or fall flat on presentation
@@Feridire if it anything like the pricing model of modern games, ANYTHING and everything besides the very default assets would cost money. Fire minis? Free. Animated fire effects? Premium. A dragonborn mini? Free. A dragonborn mini with a glowing aura and animated stance? Premium. Goblins are free but Vampires are not because you need the _Curse of Strahd Premium pack_ for it. Etc.
FoundryVTT can pull your beyond char sheet in, and is full featured, with all of the automation this showed, albeit in 2d instead of 3d
@@DS3today Foundry can make 3ds scenes as well with the right modules, but its not very easy to set up.
@@MetAlexTHVK Yeah that's what I was thinking, probably needed DDB membership to play the VTT, then anything beyond SRD mini's will have to be paid for. I'm expected them to also have a preset mini for each race and the ability o have your own made or imported at a cost.
What's the graphical requirements going to be? Not everyone can afford gaming PCs/Laptops... also this looks like there are going to be a LOT of micro transactions.
Also if you're playing in person and still using VTT and not actual physical miniatures and props it's defeating the purpose of tabletop gaming.
Wow this uh
Sure doesn't contain a lot of looking at the tabletop? It's about 40% wowesque noises, 40% out of context sentences and 20% 3 second clips where you can just about see the VTT
This video is textbook "All we have is hype"
Half the time the VTT is on screen you blur it out. That is not a good sign.
Agreed. The “influencer face” (mouth open, over enthusiastic “wow!”, and constant smiling) is so thick in this video. It is all hype without showing substance.
Also all the character assets are the same ones shown last year...
@@tnttiger3079 I didn’t pick up on that! Good catch.
This looks really AWESOME! I just hope, please, make it a core system opened to mods and contributions from the community 🙌🏼 It's impossible for you to forecast all that people may want, but community can answer them fastly! I'm not just talking about custom rules (but I also do), but things like... have you thought in a light system to link the darkness level (aka, what players will see) to the game time? Maybe you did, maybe not, but if not, community could cover this need for time enough while you develop it. Please, consider it, and congratulations for this VTT 👏🏼👏🏼
Is there an update on this because I've not see anything for like a year ???
It looks cool, and i'm sure it's going to be easier to use then any 3D VTT currently on the market. It's also an Unreal Engine 5 application, so 2/3rds of my group won't even be able to open the damn thing, not to mention running it in an accaptable fashion. A 2D, easy-to-use VTT built into DNDBeyond would have been a smarter choice. Also gathering in a room filled with maps and minis just to whip out your Alienware laptops and play on a VTT is just about the stupidest way to demo the thing. Grats all around.
Have you tried the AboveVTT browser plugin?
*Walks in to a room: "This is amazing!"
I don’t know what this is, but this sure ain’t a D&D session. Where is the theatre of the mind? Where is the imagination? I am sure there is a way to improve the gaming experience through a sleek VTT platform without turning it into a video game experience…
Can someone please link me where i can buy this game, and how to start it, i cant find it anywhere. Is it D&D beyond and those are the added stuff to play with others, am so lost someone please explain
Looks amazing! How do you sign up to playtest this?
"Your wood is good". Sexual innuendo? Now THAT´S RPG! hahaha
Ok. When, how much and how much microtransactions?
This would be so much better with tilt5, looking at the same 3d virtual screen, then to have everyone staring at different screens
this could be amazing! if this was released during pandemic i feel t his would be biggest thing ever!
come on, we waiting this game. When ?
oh boy, wizards of the coast ....
If it's better than Roll 20... I'm in
They used the word "market place". That should make everyone super concerned.
When Will this be available?
This looks cool for online
HOLY CRAP - where is my download code! We've got over 25 years of "Home Brew" and campaign assets to incorporate!!!
So... When?
I'm skeptical, nervous about pricing and the monetization model, just seeing ankheg (painted) makes me think you have to purchase that or a non painted one.
That being said, the actual VTT looks good. Visually appealing (though this raised minimum system requirements concerns since it's using UE5) and it looks easy for players to get in and start rolling.
I would love to see more from GM side. Like how hard is it to make maps for or adjust maps that you buy? As someone who has used foundry for two years (and roll 20 for several years before that) I'm always calculating prep time when I use tools like this.
What's the average price of that laptop you're demoing with?
i want this out soon
The only thing authentic about this is 5 people sitting around a table together and yet they still failed.
Why should you use a computer when you are in person?
Do people use vtts in person?
I want this!
This is fine, depending on the cost.
What about home brew? Modding capabilities? Physical dice? Wild Shape?
Looks f'n awesome as hell! I am no shill to the competition and I am happy to say that my cast of 30 players per week couldn't be more stoked about this :)
makes everyone else look like they are playing D&D in the sand with crayons...
I don't want to be polemical, but why are you sponsoring a VTT in an environment which is blatantly in-real? I would love such a User Interface and graphics while playing online, but what you are suggesting with this commercial is a DnD LAN party game, not the current "in real" or "live" DnD experience.
+1 for the idea of an official VTT (it was about damn time), -1 for the suggestion of everyone using it while sitting at the same table: please don't follow the "don't you guys have laptops / phones" road.
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So a whole trailer with most of it watching people staring at laptops. Cant see enough to even determine if its decent or just what glimpses are just flashy.
Why does it say (painted) over the monster? Please don't tell me you pay more to get minis digitally colored.
The ability to name your character: $10, level up? $20, but hey! At least you won't need to look at each other or touch dice ever again!
This looks great and I think it would be really cool for published adventures that were designed for this VTT. I'm sure they will try to make it "customizable," but it looks like it will be quite difficult to take an existing 2D map and recreate it within this engine. In Fantasy Grounds, I can grab a map off the Internet and turn it into a usable battlemap (with lighting and line-of-sight) in 10 minutes or less. I am quite curious about what the DM's map-construction toolset will look like.
I suspect homebrew creators, though will probably get profit sharing from the platform, won't love the copyright terms.
As an old school d&d player no paper or pencils.. feels wrong to me..
Better be a way to make custom miniatures or if they team up with heroforge that be good to.
i thought this was supposed to come out late 2023, its almost new years and i still havent heard anything
I'd imagine everyone's paying more attention to their phones if that ginger "person's" DMing.
*plays baldurs gate even harder
Hopefully the digital dice is only optional, most of us become attached to our dice and spend a lot of money on them. Beyond that this literally looks like a game changer