The Dungeons & Dragons Virtual Table

[Raunalyn]

*Perks*

I knew it!! I was pretty sure that this would be the next step after the online CB. I can definitely see where this is all going now, and I am now officially excited.

How do I get in on that beta action?

 

[Stoat]

I've been playing online using one VTT or another for about 5 years.

The VTT I'm using now (d20 Pro) lets me import my own .png's or .jpeg's to use as maps/tokens. Its got a nifty tile feature that makes it super easy to build maps on the fly or to customize existing maps. It tracks initiative for me. It handles the math for attack and damage rolls for me. It's necessary to do a little data entry when I add a new monster to the program, but the process only takes a few minutes, and it saves a library of every NPC I've ever used. The program is stable and rarely crashes. On the rare occasion when it does crash, it gets back up and running quickly and usually without losing any game data. It took a while to configure my router to allow my players past my firewall, but after I did, I've never had any problems getting folks connected to the game. I think I paid $30 for it three or four years ago.

I sincerely hope that WotC can do better. Frankly, I'm not holding my breath.

 

[mudbunny]

How do I get in on that beta action?

So....how do we get in on that beta action

Right now, from what I am hearing from WotC, the initial stages is a simple Friends and Family beta. After that, there will be invites sent out to Insiders.

From Trevor

Hey all. I see a few questions about the future step of the beta where I mentioned we'll be inviting D&D Insiders. To be honest, we don't know yet how many we'll be inviting. I know that at some point we'd like to invite all D&D Insiders to some portion of the beta, but I don't know if that's every going to be a reality. We need to get through this first stage of the beta, or at least further into it, before we know exactly how many D&D Insiders we're going to invite and when.

 

[keterys]

I love being a VCL right about now.

So... did you already get your invite? Impressions? Are you restricted to playing with 100% invited people at the moment (ie, can't use your online group)?

Do other VCLs automatically get, or should I poke someone.

Anyhow, I run weekly VT games and I'm thinking I'd love to see how this works. I suspect two of the people in the game will have invites but not the others.

This is one of the few things that I am pleasantly surprised on - was not expecting this at all anymore.

 

[Festivus]

*Perks*

I knew it!! I was pretty sure that this would be the next step after the online CB. I can definitely see where this is all going now, and I am now officially excited.

How do I get in on that beta action?

You can click on this link here:

https://accounts.wizards.com/AmLogi...ds.cfg/php/enduser/doc_serve.php?2=betasubmit

 

[the Jester]

This is one of the few things that I am pleasantly surprised on - was not expecting this at all anymore.

Same here, and it's the thing I was looking forward to the most out of all the pre-release talk.

I would love to play a game with my group of old, now spread throughout the world, on a good VTT.

I sincerely hope it will be a part of DDI- that's something that might make the difference in whether I renew next spring if the new CB isn't up to snuff yet, there's no new Monster Builder tool and the content of Dungeon and Dragon hasn't picked up.

 

[Ktulu]

Yeah, that's pretty awesome. I don't have a lot of use for the VT, as we always get together, and I have plenty of tiles, maps, minis...but this is still damn cool.

My two oldest gaming buddies recently moved just too far to make it to regular games. This may cause us to get back together for regular sessions.

 

[mudbunny]

So... did you already get your invite? Impressions? Are you restricted to playing with 100% invited people at the moment (ie, can't use your online group)?

The invites haven't gone out yet, I think they are sending them out this afternoon PST.

Do other VCLs automatically get, or should I poke someone.

I have no idea if they are being sent out to all VCLs automatically, or only a select few.

 

[Riley]

(From a guy who's main reason for canceling his DDI subscription was the lack of interesting adventures and fluff articles in Dungeon and Dragon...)

I have an honest question for people who want/wanted (or are already using) a VT: where do you see this fitting into your games?

EDIT: Never mind; I guess that question would be better as its own thread.

 

[TerraDave]

I like that they are going with something that will work this time.


Or should I say hope?



(jesterdog: I hope they mean nonDDI will have a way to access)