Is there a way to have a DM version and player version on the same computer, that way I can project one to a big screen and the other stays on my laptop? I do that will roll20 for in person games so I can keep using my VTT and the players see their version on the TV and I have all my secret info on my laptop
I just tried this out and it worked! Use two browser windows and set one of them to "incognito mode" so it doesn't register as you. It will assign the incognito browser as a player role.
@@SlyFlourish is there a way to elaborate on how to do this? Using the same laptop to run the dm side and the player side hooked up to a TV. If it recognizes the incognito as the player, what happens when I switch to the dm browser side, wouldn't it then be visible on the TV screen (assuming my laptop is connected to the computer with hdmi chord)?
My favorite part of this video is how useful it is. My second favorite part is that, in closed captioning, "Owlbear Rodeo" is "Albert Rodeo" EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
I just switched from Roll20 to Foundry. I really love having a VTT that has more functionality/prep. But I will say this: For a quick and dirty session/as an emergency backup if the VTT isn't working, Owlbear Rodeo is AMAZING. 10/10. Would recommend.
I've been trying desperately to find a tutorial for this program, and you made it so easy. By the end of the video, I felt competent enough that I can go into my Thursday game this week with a map that my players can use and I can use. How exciting!
There's a 4e adventure published in a magazine, written by Chris Perkins I believe, that's all about people rescind Owlbears. It was in one of the more recent magazines I think, before the magazine ended.
I discovered this tool last week and was able to have it up and running in under 20 minutes. This. Is a fantastic tool. Thanks for the video are you always useful advice/suggestions.
Thanks so much for this simple tutorial. I am a very old school DM/player and am not comfortable with online play, but it's become a necessity. This makes it seem like a novice tech guy like me can actually have a hope of running an online game. You have no idea how helpful this is. Thanks again!
Perfect timing! As I am also switching to online DMing and have been fearing having to learn roll 20. Would love to see a video of you blending discord, Avrae and OB rodeo in real time. thanks again.
Thanks Mike! I heard about this on your Eberron prep video and instantly started using it. I was super intimidated by the bells and whistles of other VTTs. In my home games, I use a dry erase map, no minis. So Owlbear is perfect because I can set up a map overlay in seconds. Something I always tell my players "just because you don't see it on the map doesn't mean its there, tell me what your character is looking for." This helps us build really inventive combat encounters without me having to detail every item on the map. Thanks for the recommendation!
Honestly this was exactly what I was looking for when trying to make my DND campaign go online and it’s been working for me so well that I can’t believe this isn’t more widely used
Just had our first session with OBR last night and it went great! Both for myself as the DM and my players, things definitely felt more intuitive and streamlined than any other VTT I’ve used so far. Thanks for the guide!
Found Owlbear Rodeo a few weeks ago and ran my first game using it last week. Worked amazingly. Second game is tomorrow and will be using it again. The updated version seems even better with the ability to use line of sight in fog of war (looking through windows etc.) and having the ability to make tokens unseen to players (ghosts, traps etc.). Couldn't agree with Sly any more, Owlbear Rodeo understands its place in the current market and imo does it fantastically.
I'm using it currently for a campaign and it's just such a great tool. It scratches an itch, Roll20 and the others are not able to scratch and I'm really glad it takes up some traction
Wow Mike, thank you for highlighting this tool! There are only so many hours in a day, only so many nickels in the bank, and the really popular VTTs just have too much overhead of both types for me. Owlbear Rodeo looks like exactly what I want to finally run my first online game (yeah, it's been a D&Dless couple of years). Again, thank you.
I've discovered this tool last week, thanks to the channel WASD20, and it's just perfect for me and my players. We play on Skype and never used any VTT, because we didn't wish to face their learning curves. However, I wished to give them more immersiveness in the game and was looking for something simple, the equivalent of mat and tokens/miniatures. Owlbear Rodeo gives us this, but with the important added benefit of the fog of war. We are all very enthusiastic about it and we'll keep using it for a long time.
I'm primarily a theatre of the mind DM. I'm not looking for a nitty gritty war game, so Owlbear Rodeo looks perfect for what I need it for: mainly exploration but also more complex combat encounters with multiple enemies or environmental hazards etc etc. Great video!
Thanks for sharing this great find, Mike! I've been enjoying your content since the 4e days, and I look forward to trying this out at some point when I'm able to play D&D again.
Just watched your excellent video, some comments: When you're in the default drag mode (the hand), right mouse activates the laser pointer mode, which is nifty Thanks for your demonstration of importing the map with 10' squares and setting the grid to 5' - I didn't even think of that! OBR's token system can also be used for dungeon turn tracking, initiative tracking etc (they have a tutorial video on RUclips) Really digging OBR for its simplicity (Edit: Posted this before finishing your video, so I removed the comment about the dice tray)
Thank you for discovering me this vtt, Sly. This is really a time-saver. After spending around 400 hours in roll20, I don't have the time nor the encouragement to go back to it or start with foundry anymore. I think this vtt does a wonderful job staying simple, because as years go by, the one-whole-package vtts are just not that useful for me. Specially after everyone is so used to dndbeyond while no big vtt has an easy-enough implementation.
Thank you, I'm about to dm my very first session and so am only familiar with the player side of owlbear, this definitely helped me feel more prepared for the upcoming session
Good News: this video has today introduced me to Owlbear Rodeo, which is something I've been looking for without even knowing it Bad News: the way it explains OR's Fog of War system is outdated
Thanks so much, very informative and helpful. The only info I think you forgot to add to this vid, would be a detail regarding the grid system. Whenever you edit the number of columns or rows in the grid, it also changes the size of the tokens. This means, that you can easily edit the size of the maps you upload without actually changing the resolution into something huge and ridiculous - which is extremely helpful for those with larger parties. I have a very specific situation where I am looking to DM a campaign for a larger party (Over a dozen!) and most of the battle maps on dyson logos are pretty tight, with many hallways 1 square wide - which just isn't conducive for large battles. Don't mean to be nitpicky on an otherwise extremely helpful vid, I just know I was looking around everywhere for a couple hours now for a way to do this, when all the time it was right in front of my face. So if anyone else has this need, hopefully this will help them too. Keep up the great work, Lazy Dungeon Master! Much love from Baltimore!
I just want to say Holy Cow, man! Thank you! Me and computers are not best friends and I tried but could not figure this out. You made it easy for me. I appreciate it. I watched some of your other videos too. wonderful. I so agree with your story driven philosophy. I've played DnD regularly since '78 and it's a meaningful part of my life and you have enriched that for me. I thank you. May you be blessed by the Queen of the Demonweb Pits. Now I just gotta figure out how to Patreon you, or however it's said.
Great video. Concise, informative, straightforward. And really, Owlbear Rodeo looks JUST like what I'm looking for. I've only just started playing around in it, but it's going to be great. I don't want to spend a ton of time developing maps and making them perfect. With D&D Beyond character sheets, etc., whatever method of communication we use and Owlbear, we will be good to go. Thanks
Thanks, Mike. Great video. You have probably already seen this in the past year since you did the video but you can edit the hyperlink address after /game/ to an easier to use name.
I got the essentials box a few months ago and still trying to figure out how to give it a go. I think this could help me. Rather than have to focus on where everything is, I can learn the actual rules and combat first.
thank you for showing this to us, this is exactly what I have been looking for, I have dungeon draft for making my maps, this will allow me to show my players and keep it simple while we roll with DNDbeyond or with discord
Thanks Mike. I will give this a try. When playing online I just do a theater of the mind style since I hate technical game prep (I focus on story prep) but this seem to hit Lazy DM sweet spot.
Great Video. Thank you very much. I think I can use this also for solo gaming and don't need to print my maps which I might use just one time. That saves a lot of paper and ink. 🙂
Regarding adding tokens: The current version of owlbear rodeo allows to drag & drop tokens directly onto the map, even directly from the output of avrae's !token command without saving locally first.
Недавно начал играть в DnD, и в качестве подарка брату на День Рождения решил написать приключение на пару часов. Все шло хорошо, но у меня возникли проблемы с игровым полем, решил что оно будет виртуальным.Проблема в том что я никогда не играл на виртуальном столе, а на русском ютубе нет обучающих видио на эту тему. И вот Одиннадцать вечера ,а я пытаюсь понять о чем идет речь. Но в любом случае ,спасибо автору за видио , вы меня спасли! Привет от российских настольщиков!
Recently I started playing DnD, and as a birthday present for my brother I decided to write an adventure for a couple of hours. Everything went well, but I had problems with the playing field, I decided that it would be virtual. The problem is that I have never played on a virtual table, and there are no training videos on this topic on Russian RUclips. And now it's Eleven in the evening, and I'm trying to understand what is at stake. But in any case, thanks to the author for the video, you saved me! Greetings from Russian board gamers!
Heard this is pretty solid as a virtual tabletop. It'd be pretty helpful for a more beginner friendly approach compared to roll20 while feature rich can be a bit much to learn at first.
Just discovered this myself. Love it for the interactive map abilities...and the shared audio for background mood music/effects. Discord for audio (their video is trash).
I'm really intrigued by OBR but I've always played theatre of the mind. I like the ability to improv environmental hazards or tactical features. My players ask me if there's anything they can take cover behind, guess what, there are now some barrels in the corner. I do see the benefit of battle maps in particular and OBR is the closest thing to converting me but I don't know if I'm trying to fix a problem that doesn't really exist and if I'll be losing a lot of creative freedom in the process.
I've been using OBR for the last couple of game sessions. We have one player who is on a tablet and can't use most VTTs but this works great and I find it far easier than Roll20. I used the Share Audio feature last night and everyone agreed that it worked fine. You do have to click the Share Audio check box in the pop up screen to make it work.
I don't want to diss on any particular vtt but your first statement about "this app understands it's part of an ecosystem" is exactly the issue I have with the popular vtts, where they are trying to be a bunch of different tools at the same time, yet because of this it still somehow feels like no one part of the vvt feels polished or complete
The only thing I don’t care for in Owlbear Rodeo is that it lacks a way to show notes, hit points or conditions in a central place. Like a note card in the corner where I the GM can write: Paladin: frightened 3; Wizard: Slowed 1 or whatever.
It has the ability to drop notes on the map for stuff like that. I change the monsters name to track HP and use emojis for status effects. Owlbear 2.0 has status effect rings.
I love owlbear rodeo, its simple, easy to learn, and very fast ...combined with discord and dndbeyond we are golden...we use avrae too! I just wish it had a way to organize maps and tokens into categories...that folder button isn't there
@@GeorgiKrastevMusic so what I learned is you open up the tokens or maps menu and drag one token or map on top of another one and it makes a folder, you can even name them
I have used this a couple of times, and I dig it. However, I wish the player interface had less options... I had a player who came in, and just started messing around with my map. He found the map interface and pressed blank, and select. Just reset all I had set up, mid battle. Really annoying, why can the players do this?
Very interesting. Quick question, lets say you will need more than one map for the evening, can you set them up in advance (with the monsters and the fog of war) or is there a way to shut down the players visual for the couple minutes required to set up the next map? Thanks for sharing the wisdom! Cheers!
Is there a way to use a map that has multiple levels? Like a tower or multi level dungeon? I have a map I drew specifically for an encounter in a highway underpass and want to be able to kinda toggle on and off the road above to see what’s beneath it. Tried turning the road into a giant token and it’s not a great solution.
I feel you but if I were in their shoes, I'd think long and hard about every new feature I'd add so I didn't end up being a lesser version of Roll 20 or Fantasy Grounds.
Trying this but when i add tokens only some can be moved around the map and have options to names etc. The others seem locked and move the whole map with them & no option to unlock them or edit. Not sure why it is doing it any ideas otherwise going back to Roll 20
Any idea on why it keeps timing out on me when I try to load up the site? I'd love to check it out, but I can't seem to get their website to even load for me...
With respect to the fog of war feature, if you are playing solo, then I suppose you would allow that feature for the player to use (which is really yourself)?
@@thybobogaert7303 On DMs Guild, you can search for D&D Solo. Paul Bimler has several solo modules that work as a "Choose your Own Adventure" style of play. He gives you choices and then you click on the choice and its links to wherever the next section is located in the PDF. In addition, you get maps and with OBR you can import them into the program to set up tokens. Interstingly enough, the DMs Guide for 5e and Xanathar's Guide (p.88) both have a lot of random encounter and map building information in them. There are A LOT of methods to play without a DM. I use Mythic Game Master (GME) as an "Oracle" to provide Yes / No and other answers to questions to take place of a DM. Many modules can be done without a DM, although its not completely "unknown" to the adventurer, since you will need to read the module through and may know some surprises. If you want to set up your own maps, and populate them the Donjon is a great site to create dungeons and hooks - donjon.bin.sh/fantasy/random/ Beyond DND 5e there are several solo type games as well, such as Ironsworn. This guy runs Ironsworn (as well as another) solo - ruclips.net/video/zVxJ3exjfgI/видео.html Hope this helps you out some.
@@SlyFlourish I don’t understand this. I tried using it yesterday and attempted to use the fog of war and it is less intuitive now. You can’t delete sections of it like you did in the video :(
Is there a way to have a DM version and player version on the same computer, that way I can project one to a big screen and the other stays on my laptop? I do that will roll20 for in person games so I can keep using my VTT and the players see their version on the TV and I have all my secret info on my laptop
I just tried this out and it worked! Use two browser windows and set one of them to "incognito mode" so it doesn't register as you. It will assign the incognito browser as a player role.
@@SlyFlourish interesting, good to know
I do it all the time. I use two chrome browsers with separate google accounts
@@41hz You ca also do it with one incognito window.
@@SlyFlourish is there a way to elaborate on how to do this? Using the same laptop to run the dm side and the player side hooked up to a TV. If it recognizes the incognito as the player, what happens when I switch to the dm browser side, wouldn't it then be visible on the TV screen (assuming my laptop is connected to the computer with hdmi chord)?
My favorite part of this video is how useful it is. My second favorite part is that, in closed captioning, "Owlbear Rodeo" is "Albert Rodeo" EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
Awesome.
I just switched from Roll20 to Foundry. I really love having a VTT that has more functionality/prep. But I will say this: For a quick and dirty session/as an emergency backup if the VTT isn't working, Owlbear Rodeo is AMAZING. 10/10. Would recommend.
Mind = Blown. This is everything I ever wanted out of a VTT. Thank you for bringing this to my attention and making this tutorial!
I haven't watched the video yet but I'm sold on the title alone, will watch and see
Yeah definitely giving it a go
I've been trying desperately to find a tutorial for this program, and you made it so easy. By the end of the video, I felt competent enough that I can go into my Thursday game this week with a map that my players can use and I can use. How exciting!
This is exactly what I needed. Thankyou for sharing
My pleasure!
@@SlyFlourish iv been able to import my Inkcarnate maps in as well. this is a game changer for me who has struggled to use other VTT
Disappointed that this wasn’t about literal Owlbear Rodeos.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
There's a 4e adventure published in a magazine, written by Chris Perkins I believe, that's all about people rescind Owlbears. It was in one of the more recent magazines I think, before the magazine ended.
Yeeee Haaaaa !!!
I'm knew to the channel. I didn't know what to expect 😆
You think this is the Owlbear's first rodeo?
I discovered this tool last week and was able to have it up and running in under 20 minutes. This. Is a fantastic tool. Thanks for the video are you always useful advice/suggestions.
Glad it helped!
I've only just heard about it. Happy for the introduction thank you!
We used OB last night and it was super easy and keeps you free for storytelling. This is such a great and simple tool.
Thanks so much for this simple tutorial. I am a very old school DM/player and am not comfortable with online play, but it's become a necessity. This makes it seem like a novice tech guy like me can actually have a hope of running an online game. You have no idea how helpful this is. Thanks again!
Perfect timing! As I am also switching to online DMing and have been fearing having to learn roll 20. Would love to see a video of you blending discord, Avrae and OB rodeo in real time. thanks again.
Thanks Mike! I heard about this on your Eberron prep video and instantly started using it. I was super intimidated by the bells and whistles of other VTTs. In my home games, I use a dry erase map, no minis. So Owlbear is perfect because I can set up a map overlay in seconds. Something I always tell my players "just because you don't see it on the map doesn't mean its there, tell me what your character is looking for." This helps us build really inventive combat encounters without me having to detail every item on the map. Thanks for the recommendation!
Honestly this was exactly what I was looking for when trying to make my DND campaign go online and it’s been working for me so well that I can’t believe this isn’t more widely used
Just had our first session with OBR last night and it went great! Both for myself as the DM and my players, things definitely felt more intuitive and streamlined than any other VTT I’ve used so far. Thanks for the guide!
Found Owlbear Rodeo a few weeks ago and ran my first game using it last week. Worked amazingly. Second game is tomorrow and will be using it again.
The updated version seems even better with the ability to use line of sight in fog of war (looking through windows etc.) and having the ability to make tokens unseen to players (ghosts, traps etc.).
Couldn't agree with Sly any more, Owlbear Rodeo understands its place in the current market and imo does it fantastically.
I'm using it currently for a campaign and it's just such a great tool. It scratches an itch, Roll20 and the others are not able to scratch and I'm really glad it takes up some traction
I agree!
Wow Mike, thank you for highlighting this tool! There are only so many hours in a day, only so many nickels in the bank, and the really popular VTTs just have too much overhead of both types for me. Owlbear Rodeo looks like exactly what I want to finally run my first online game (yeah, it's been a D&Dless couple of years). Again, thank you.
oh wow and here i was setting up the map in advance by drawing fog in sections
100% my favourite battle map software at this point
I've discovered this tool last week, thanks to the channel WASD20, and it's just perfect for me and my players. We play on Skype and never used any VTT, because we didn't wish to face their learning curves. However, I wished to give them more immersiveness in the game and was looking for something simple, the equivalent of mat and tokens/miniatures. Owlbear Rodeo gives us this, but with the important added benefit of the fog of war. We are all very enthusiastic about it and we'll keep using it for a long time.
About to DM my first online session. Thank you for this!
Awesome!
This was great! Thanks for your time and info. You answered all of the questions that I had. Keep up the good work.
I'm primarily a theatre of the mind DM. I'm not looking for a nitty gritty war game, so Owlbear Rodeo looks perfect for what I need it for: mainly exploration but also more complex combat encounters with multiple enemies or environmental hazards etc etc. Great video!
Thanks for sharing this great find, Mike! I've been enjoying your content since the 4e days, and I look forward to trying this out at some point when I'm able to play D&D again.
Awesome, thank you!
Just watched your excellent video, some comments:
When you're in the default drag mode (the hand), right mouse activates the laser pointer mode, which is nifty
Thanks for your demonstration of importing the map with 10' squares and setting the grid to 5' - I didn't even think of that!
OBR's token system can also be used for dungeon turn tracking, initiative tracking etc (they have a tutorial video on RUclips)
Really digging OBR for its simplicity
(Edit: Posted this before finishing your video, so I removed the comment about the dice tray)
Many thanks Mike for the great tutorial video on Owlbear!
It was so easy to follow and covered all the main things I want to do with it.
Thank you for discovering me this vtt, Sly. This is really a time-saver. After spending around 400 hours in roll20, I don't have the time nor the encouragement to go back to it or start with foundry anymore. I think this vtt does a wonderful job staying simple, because as years go by, the one-whole-package vtts are just not that useful for me. Specially after everyone is so used to dndbeyond while no big vtt has an easy-enough implementation.
Looks awesome - thanks Mike!
Thank you, I'm about to dm my very first session and so am only familiar with the player side of owlbear, this definitely helped me feel more prepared for the upcoming session
Great video! Thanks for explaining all of the functions and giving your opinion, i'm definetly going to use this on my games!
Wow what a find. Thanks for sharing!
DM'd with it yesterday. 10/10
I love how concise you are with explaining this. Definitely subscribing for more!
Great guide! Looks like a simple and flexible tool.
Good News: this video has today introduced me to Owlbear Rodeo, which is something I've been looking for without even knowing it
Bad News: the way it explains OR's Fog of War system is outdated
Yeah.
Great video. Needs to be updated for 2.0. Lots has changed and been added.
I use the same tools! I love Owlbear Rodeo!
Wow. This looks great. Thanks for the video!
Thanks so much, very informative and helpful.
The only info I think you forgot to add to this vid, would be a detail regarding the grid system. Whenever you edit the number of columns or rows in the grid, it also changes the size of the tokens. This means, that you can easily edit the size of the maps you upload without actually changing the resolution into something huge and ridiculous - which is extremely helpful for those with larger parties.
I have a very specific situation where I am looking to DM a campaign for a larger party (Over a dozen!) and most of the battle maps on dyson logos are pretty tight, with many hallways 1 square wide - which just isn't conducive for large battles.
Don't mean to be nitpicky on an otherwise extremely helpful vid, I just know I was looking around everywhere for a couple hours now for a way to do this, when all the time it was right in front of my face. So if anyone else has this need, hopefully this will help them too.
Keep up the great work, Lazy Dungeon Master! Much love from Baltimore!
Yeah. I need to update the video.
Thank you so much, this is super helpful!
This was a great overview. Thank you.
I'm already invested (both time and money) into fantasy grounds, but this looks really easy to use! Awesome!
Planning on using this for my next game. The ease of use was definitely the selling point.
This was incredibly helpful!
I just want to say Holy Cow, man! Thank you! Me and computers are not best friends and I tried but could not figure this out. You made it easy for me. I appreciate it. I watched some of your other videos too. wonderful. I so agree with your story driven philosophy. I've played DnD regularly since '78 and it's a meaningful part of my life and you have enriched that for me. I thank you. May you be blessed by the Queen of the Demonweb Pits. Now I just gotta figure out how to Patreon you, or however it's said.
It seem really a simple tool done right, so it will be powerful to use. I will try it ASAP
Damn that has sold me on it.
Thanks! It's what I have been looking for!
Awesome!!
Thanks for this, I'm a new DM with little resources and this is just fantastic for my table in so many ways.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video. Concise, informative, straightforward. And really, Owlbear Rodeo looks JUST like what I'm looking for.
I've only just started playing around in it, but it's going to be great. I don't want to spend a ton of time developing maps and making them perfect. With D&D Beyond character sheets, etc., whatever method of communication we use and Owlbear, we will be good to go.
Thanks
Es increíble que contigo aprendí a usar discord con tu otro video. Ahora entiendo por qué el cambio y obviamente es mejor!
Thanks, Mike. Great video. You have probably already seen this in the past year since you did the video but you can edit the hyperlink address after /game/ to an easier to use name.
Thank you for this helpful video
I am deciding between owlbear and Foundry. This was super helpful.
No reason not to try Owlbear since it’s free and low drag.
I got the essentials box a few months ago and still trying to figure out how to give it a go. I think this could help me. Rather than have to focus on where everything is, I can learn the actual rules and combat first.
Thank you so much for this!
Glad it was helpful!
This is amazing! Thank you so much!
Glad you like it!
@@SlyFlourish I used Owlbear Radio in a session for the first time and everyone loved it. It is a perfect fit for what I needed. Thank you!
thank you for showing this to us, this is exactly what I have been looking for, I have dungeon draft for making my maps, this will allow me to show my players and keep it simple while we roll with DNDbeyond or with discord
Awesome! I'm glad you like it!
Thanks Mike. I will give this a try. When playing online I just do a theater of the mind style since I hate technical game prep (I focus on story prep) but this seem to hit Lazy DM sweet spot.
That works too!!
great video. 🙏
Great Video. Thank you very much. I think I can use this also for solo gaming and don't need to print my maps which I might use just one time. That saves a lot of paper and ink. 🙂
This is great! I just started using notion because of one of your videos and I have a feeling I will start using this tool as well! :)
My favorite by far!
Mine too!
Regarding adding tokens:
The current version of owlbear rodeo allows to drag & drop tokens directly onto the map, even directly from the output of avrae's !token command without saving locally first.
I started this after hearing about it from you and it works great. The dice roller didnt work. But we dont need it
Недавно начал играть в DnD, и в качестве подарка брату на День Рождения решил написать приключение на пару часов.
Все шло хорошо, но у меня возникли проблемы с игровым полем, решил что оно будет виртуальным.Проблема в том что я никогда не играл на виртуальном столе, а на русском ютубе нет обучающих видио на эту тему. И вот Одиннадцать вечера ,а я пытаюсь понять о чем идет речь.
Но в любом случае ,спасибо автору за видио , вы меня спасли!
Привет от российских настольщиков!
Recently I started playing DnD, and as a birthday present for my brother I decided to write an adventure for a couple of hours.
Everything went well, but I had problems with the playing field, I decided that it would be virtual. The problem is that I have never played on a virtual table, and there are no training videos on this topic on Russian RUclips. And now it's Eleven in the evening, and I'm trying to understand what is at stake.
But in any case, thanks to the author for the video, you saved me!
Greetings from Russian board gamers!
Great video, thanks for sharing. Subscribed!
Awesome, thank you!
Heard this is pretty solid as a virtual tabletop. It'd be pretty helpful for a more beginner friendly approach compared to roll20 while feature rich can be a bit much to learn at first.
Just discovered this myself. Love it for the interactive map abilities...and the shared audio for background mood music/effects. Discord for audio (their video is trash).
I like it best.
I use a homemade system that other VTTs just don't like
I'm really intrigued by OBR but I've always played theatre of the mind. I like the ability to improv environmental hazards or tactical features. My players ask me if there's anything they can take cover behind, guess what, there are now some barrels in the corner.
I do see the benefit of battle maps in particular and OBR is the closest thing to converting me but I don't know if I'm trying to fix a problem that doesn't really exist and if I'll be losing a lot of creative freedom in the process.
Now with the Import/Export features it is pretty much the best little VTT out there.
Great review, thx! Liked and subscribbed.
Awesome, thank you!
I've been using OBR for the last couple of game sessions. We have one player who is on a tablet and can't use most VTTs but this works great and I find it far easier than Roll20. I used the Share Audio feature last night and everyone agreed that it worked fine. You do have to click the Share Audio check box in the pop up screen to make it work.
I'm late to the party on this one, thanks for the tutorial.
I don't want to diss on any particular vtt but your first statement about "this app understands it's part of an ecosystem" is exactly the issue I have with the popular vtts, where they are trying to be a bunch of different tools at the same time, yet because of this it still somehow feels like no one part of the vvt feels polished or complete
The only thing I don’t care for in Owlbear Rodeo is that it lacks a way to show notes, hit points or conditions in a central place. Like a note card in the corner where I the GM can write: Paladin: frightened 3; Wizard: Slowed 1 or whatever.
It has the ability to drop notes on the map for stuff like that. I change the monsters name to track HP and use emojis for status effects. Owlbear 2.0 has status effect rings.
OK this just up my alley hate roll20 as I'm using a tablet
A lot easier than any vtt i have seen
I love owlbear rodeo, its simple, easy to learn, and very fast ...combined with discord and dndbeyond we are golden...we use avrae too! I just wish it had a way to organize maps and tokens into categories...that folder button isn't there
the folder button also isn't there for me. did u find a fix?
@@GeorgiKrastevMusic so what I learned is you open up the tokens or maps menu and drag one token or map on top of another one and it makes a folder, you can even name them
I have used this a couple of times, and I dig it. However, I wish the player interface had less options...
I had a player who came in, and just started messing around with my map. He found the map interface and pressed blank, and select. Just reset all I had set up, mid battle. Really annoying, why can the players do this?
Very interesting. Quick question, lets say you will need more than one map for the evening, can you set them up in advance (with the monsters and the fog of war) or is there a way to shut down the players visual for the couple minutes required to set up the next map? Thanks for sharing the wisdom! Cheers!
Yep! Each one can be saved separately
"If you have immature players..." ha, that never happens!
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I wonder if there is a way to deal cards for a Savage Worlds game using owl bear.
14:30 howd you know thats what we did the first time using OBR?
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Is there a way to use a map that has multiple levels? Like a tower or multi level dungeon? I have a map I drew specifically for an encounter in a highway underpass and want to be able to kinda toggle on and off the road above to see what’s beneath it. Tried turning the road into a giant token and it’s not a great solution.
You can load each level as a separate map into the tool, set up your tokens, and switch to the new map when you need it.
If you add a map during the game, can you add fig of war before shoring it to the players?
Have you tried AboveVTT?
I have. It’s great when you’re using D&D Beyond!
Hello, thanks for your video.
Is there a way to set bright light and dim light areas?
Not that I know of.
@@SlyFlourish thank you
I need them to let us use animated battle maps.
I feel you but if I were in their shoes, I'd think long and hard about every new feature I'd add so I didn't end up being a lesser version of Roll 20 or Fantasy Grounds.
Best way to use this on a TV table too?
Trying this but when i add tokens only some can be moved around the map and have options to names etc. The others seem locked and move the whole map with them & no option to unlock them or edit. Not sure why it is doing it any ideas otherwise going back to Roll 20
Any idea on why it keeps timing out on me when I try to load up the site? I'd love to check it out, but I can't seem to get their website to even load for me...
How well does this work on Mobile? Roll 20 is trash for mobile.
Pretty well
With respect to the fog of war feature, if you are playing solo, then I suppose you would allow that feature for the player to use (which is really yourself)?
How would you play DnD solo?
I am intrigued
@@thybobogaert7303 On DMs Guild, you can search for D&D Solo. Paul Bimler has several solo modules that work as a "Choose your Own Adventure" style of play. He gives you choices and then you click on the choice and its links to wherever the next section is located in the PDF. In addition, you get maps and with OBR you can import them into the program to set up tokens. Interstingly enough, the DMs Guide for 5e and Xanathar's Guide (p.88) both have a lot of random encounter and map building information in them.
There are A LOT of methods to play without a DM. I use Mythic Game Master (GME) as an "Oracle" to provide Yes / No and other answers to questions to take place of a DM. Many modules can be done without a DM, although its not completely "unknown" to the adventurer, since you will need to read the module through and may know some surprises.
If you want to set up your own maps, and populate them the Donjon is a great site to create dungeons and hooks - donjon.bin.sh/fantasy/random/
Beyond DND 5e there are several solo type games as well, such as Ironsworn. This guy runs Ironsworn (as well as another) solo - ruclips.net/video/zVxJ3exjfgI/видео.html
Hope this helps you out some.
it makes me curious if they are downloading anything
to your computer?
They are through the built-in database in your browser. More here: www.owlbear.rodeo/faq
For some reason I cannot change the scale when I select the Measure Tool
i'm missing the +/- signs on my fog of war ui... any ideas??
They recently changed it. Now you can draw a big box. Use the eraser or the cloud icons to set either turning fog on or turning it off.
@@SlyFlourish I don’t understand this. I tried using it yesterday and attempted to use the fog of war and it is less intuitive now. You can’t delete sections of it like you did in the video :(