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sdg · **Posted:** Tue Dec 08, 2020 23:27

Tonight I had a zoom call with my friend (the one who shared the DnDBeyond library with me). He was showing me Foundry VTT, a rival virtual tabletop platform to Roll20 which is spoken highly of and gets a lot more ongoing support than Roll20 does but costs $50 up front so I hadn't wanted to commit to it when I didn't know if I would get the use out of it.

He showed me what it looks like as a player and then showed me the DM tools and it looks great so I've purchased a license and I'll spend the next week trying to do some tutorials and learn the tools. I might not be ready to transition the campaign into Foundry by Monday but I'll see how far I get. If I can get a couple of hours to mess around with it, I should know enough to muddle through with what he showed me tonight.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Dec 08, 2020 23:42

Sounds good!

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2020 0:32

Sounds gud!

Look at this lovely filth

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2020 2:20

Also, I forgot to mention the powerful and emotional mending of Kruung.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:40

Sounds gøød

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:50

Dimrill wrote:

Also, I forgot to mention the powerful and emotional mending of Kruung.

If a Druid can’t unsplit a potato’s arse then he is not worthy of the name.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2020 10:11

It's only Wednesday :'(

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Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2020 17:00

Zardoz wrote:

It's only Wednesday :'(

It's just another DnDless Wednesday
ohhh oh oh
I wish it was Monday
ohhh oh oh
Cos that's our fun day

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2020 21:02

Some really nice wheelchair inclusive characters here: https://strataminiatures.com/shop/?stor ... -c59621132

I'd link to the Dakka thread announcing them, but it's full of horrific people being horrific.

sdg · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2020 21:30

Dimrill wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

It's only Wednesday :'(

It's just another DnDless Wednesday
ohhh oh oh
I wish it was Monday
ohhh oh oh
Cos that's our fun day

sdg · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2020 21:36

Dimrill wrote:

Some really nice wheelchair inclusive characters here: https://strataminiatures.com/shop/?stor ... -c59621132

I'd link to the Dakka thread announcing them, but it's full of horrific people being horrific.

Matt Mercer, Critical Role DM, used a combat wheelchair character design that someone had made for public use and made an NPC who used it. It was brilliant, he did it seamlessly without drawing loads of attention to it, it was just matter of fact. There was the same result of horrific people being horrific but I think the majority response was really positive.

I love these designs you’ve shared and I love that people are making them!

I saw a Twitter thread earlier about a gift drive for kids who won’t be getting Christmas presents so I searched for something in my area and found one. I was browsing through it and saw the D&D starter set on the list. They’d put multiple copies on and the comment was about it being a great gift for teenagers. I hope the kids who get them get to play lots of D&D and find a new lovely community of people.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2020 21:46

It's amazing how arsey people can be about others relating to the character they decide to play. "Am I supposed to tell the DM I have asthma and am a burden too?!" Horrible.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2020 23:01

Great looking minis! Nice to see something new.
Sad as fuck that there are those out there who feel the need to be abhorrent about such things.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Those minis are awesome

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Couldn't resist looking up the thread... so many cries of "but it's not realistic!!!" while talking about D&D.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2020 5:06

*fidgets impatiently*

Zardoz · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2020 11:46

*sharpens berries*

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2020 20:09

Hopefully Myp's gaping anus will distract the Beholder long enough for us to tip toe past it while it's getting one of its eyestalks RIGHt up there.

sdg · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 11:54

I think I've got the game world setup in Foundry with the Tresendar Manor hideout map which is where we pick up tonight.

I've not enabled all of the functionality yet but if we use it tonight, if I've set it up correctly, you should be able to see the tokens on the map, move around the map and interact with doors.

There's a useful video here that explains Foundry for players. The most important part of this video is probably the section on movement. I'm still figuring out how to link a character sheet so if it works we'll probably just use it for positioning context tonight and I'll play around with it more this week.

sdg · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 13:11

Players, please check your DMs.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 15:41

sdg wrote:

...interact with doors.

Giphy "break on through to the other side":
https://media4.giphy.com/media/h4wmHT006LMi4DnWnz/giphy-loop.mp4

sdg · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 17:44

Players, my PM link should work now. I've been troubleshooting and hacking again.

Giphy "hacker":
https://media1.giphy.com/media/3og0ILLVvPp8d64Jd6/giphy-loop.mp4

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 17:45

I can't connect, but it has been 5 hours since you sent the message so I assumed you'd shut the lappy down. I was a sleep.

sdg · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 17:49

I was having firewall issues which should now be resolved, have you tried in the last few minutes?

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 17:58

I am a connected Dorf!

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 18:01

That looks fair bostin, bab.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 19:02

Gilly! When (if) you get around to putting some ambiencennncnecy musics on, make sure you have this in the inns.

sdg · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 19:06

Definitely when, not if! I can’t wait to try some of the other features!

sdg · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 19:07

Dimrill wrote:

Gilly! When (if) you get around to putting some ambiencennncnecy musics on, make sure you have this in the inns.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 19:20

I'm in but only with Firefox (Safari not getting past login) but all I see is black.

BLACK!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 19:21

sdg wrote:

I was having firewall issues

Hmmm let me dig into Safari again actually...

OK, let's try Chrome...

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 19:42

Zardoz wrote:

I'm in but only with Firefox (Safari not getting past login) but all I see is black.

BLACK!

I'm a fly lost in a jar of shadows!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 19:47

Hnnnnggngnn.... I've enabled WebGL on the browsers where it was disabled but still nothing... well I did see a nice texture on Chrome before it turned black.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 19:49

I see things!!! Turned off loads of graphics guff and I can see flagstones and tables.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 19:53

Back in Firefox and now I can see purple tinged blocks too!

This is only letting me choose a colour though.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 20:03

Huh, you should have a character to select. I chosed DImrill, then Ermintrude was listed.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 20:12

I think there are lots of things that should be working

sdg · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 20:20

That's not good, I'm using Chrome and it's working fine. You should see something like this.

Attachment:

Foundry view.PNG

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 20:25

Nah I get this.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 20:27

I think you've only added two "actors", Gill. As only myself and Mypticikekkeickkeik are listed.

sdg · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 20:39

I’ll have a look as soon as I’ve got the kids settled, hopefully it is as simple as access rights :/

sdg · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 20:50

Zardoz wrote:

Nah I get this.

That's a zoomed in view, although it's showing an area that should be obscured at the moment.

Does this help?
https://www.reddit.com/r/FoundryVTT/com ... t_connect/

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 23:28

FUCKING

AWESOME

:metul:

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 23:29

Awesome scenes.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 23:30

If I was an errand boy, I'd be kicking myself about missing out on the free equipment shed!

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6603

That was great, thank you all! Ermintrude cut multiple people in twain, Shuu had an inspired use of a driftglobe and Zardoth was a bear.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 23:36

Loot!

68 silver each!
50 gold each!!

A Nothic Eye
A Silver Scabbard
A +1 Greataxe called Tooth (claimed by Dorf)
2 potions of healing! (each member now has one, apart from Myp)
5 Malachite gems
5 Camellions
2 Peridots
1 Peh-rrrul!
2 scroll cases! (foisted upon Ivo)
1 scroll of Fireball (foisted upon Ivo)
1 scroll of Charm Person (foisted upon Ivo)
1 scroll of Augury (nabbed by Ivo)
3 rare reagents
- mercury
- dragon bile
- powered nightshade (~25g worth if we find a buyer)
Glassstaff's Glass Staff (claimed by Ivo)

and most devastatingly
-1 goblin ear.

(last week's coin loot was 8gold, 12 silver, 5copper each)

sdg · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 23:39

Our brave adventurers have reached level 3!Giphy "level up":
https://media3.giphy.com/media/kEX61jJgpvCyFMBBFX/giphy-loop.mp4

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2020 23:40

The way forward is to talk to all the spiders.

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