I play entirely online. I use Foundry for for Character Sheets, rolls, initiative tracking, etc. But I have a second webcam for physical Terrain and minis. I have the camera lower and close to the scene. Almost giving my players a boots-on-the-ground view. They have described it as being very immersive.
I use Foundry for my online games, but also really enjoy using it in person as well. We have a TV for virtual maps that another player will cast to the TV with a module that hides all UI and I'm running the GM instance as my dashboard for initiative, stats, etc.
We always have in-person sessions, but used VTT (Foundry) from the start. there are a few reasons here. firstly, it is so easy to make stuff really cool, especially the animations, effects, sounds, etc. but I think probably the biggest part of this is that it makes the math SO easy (especially with some addons). It allows my players to mainly worry about the rolls (manual rolls addon), and the system takes care of like 99% of the math, etc. It allows us to basically focus on WHAT happens, and not all the math behind it. Some groups might not like this, but this is such a big thing for my group
also it's good for local games, since you can start at half past seven after dinner with the family. Also "I'm gone for half an hour, I need to put the children to bed" is doable, and single parents can join without finding a baby sitter.
Me and my group have been playing using vtt's consistently every week for a year now and I've only ever had one absence people usually tell me way in advance that they're not showing up to the game.
I play entirely online. I use Foundry for for Character Sheets, rolls, initiative tracking, etc. But I have a second webcam for physical Terrain and minis. I have the camera lower and close to the scene. Almost giving my players a boots-on-the-ground view. They have described it as being very immersive.
I use Foundry for my online games, but also really enjoy using it in person as well. We have a TV for virtual maps that another player will cast to the TV with a module that hides all UI and I'm running the GM instance as my dashboard for initiative, stats, etc.
We always have in-person sessions, but used VTT (Foundry) from the start.
there are a few reasons here. firstly, it is so easy to make stuff really cool, especially the animations, effects, sounds, etc.
but I think probably the biggest part of this is that it makes the math SO easy (especially with some addons).
It allows my players to mainly worry about the rolls (manual rolls addon), and the system takes care of like 99% of the math, etc.
It allows us to basically focus on WHAT happens, and not all the math behind it.
Some groups might not like this, but this is such a big thing for my group
also it's good for local games, since you can start at half past seven after dinner with the family. Also "I'm gone for half an hour, I need to put the children to bed" is doable, and single parents can join without finding a baby sitter.
Me and my group have been playing using vtt's consistently every week for a year now and I've only ever had one absence people usually tell me way in advance that they're not showing up to the game.
This is one heaping helping of Assumption Fries there fella.
But you're yutoober it's to be expected.