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    D&D General My experience with popular D&D session summarizer tools

    Haven't heard of this one, will check it out thanks
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    D&D General My experience with popular D&D session summarizer tools

    That's a really impressive setup you've got - having it automatically export to your world journal is brilliant. I can definitely see why you wouldn't want to redo that whole process. I'm curious how your experience would be with Google Meet handling the business meeting vs D&D session context...
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    D&D General My experience with popular D&D session summarizer tools

    Yeah I tried one of these Meeting tools and has the same problem too. I think an issue with those is that they're too business focused and tend to try and get 'action items' or tries to match character/spell names with business jargon. Have you found any workarounds for the character/player...
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    D&D General My experience with popular D&D session summarizer tools

    I'm also thinking of doing another review specifically for VTT tools. I've currently got Roll20, Foundry VTT and Fantasy Grounds on the list. If anyone else has recommendations to try please let me know
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    D&D General My experience with popular D&D session summarizer tools

    I've been testing session summarizer tools over the last 2 months across my campaigns, and I figured I’d share my experience in case anyone is looking to explore these tools which seem to be relatively new. disclaimer: All of these offer free trial sessions, so I'd strongly encourage trying...
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    D&D General Can I use your character for an NPC in my new market?

    Yes essentially, they'll likely be coming here alot which is why I want to introduce alot of characters for them to meet
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    D&D General Can I use your character for an NPC in my new market?

    That's totally fair. I was trying to keep it super open-ended, but you're right, some context helps. I'm imagining a Shifting Sands Market – basically a big, ever changing melting pot in a temperate, coastal city. Think medieval fantasy, but with enough flexibility for all kinds of races and...
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    D&D General Can I use your character for an NPC in my new market?

    I'm building out a city market for my world and need about 30 unique NPCs to make it feel alive. Random generators are fine, but I'd thought it might be fun to reach out to the group and populate it with some actual characters If you're open to sharing give me a name, species, class, and one...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Dispel Evil and Good cleric spell 5th level in use

    Okay, for Dispel Evil and Good and the "touch" part, you handled it pretty well. RAW, "touching a creature" for a spell usually implies a melee spell attack if they're unwilling and you're in combat. It's not just a freebie. Giving advantage for the dragon's size was a good call. The barb's...
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    D&D General How do devils actually get to the world from hell?

    Mostly, devils get to the world because some idiot wizard summoned them, or they slip through a rare, already open portal; normally they can't just pop over when they feel like it
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    D&D General My experience with paid D&D tools after 3+ years as a DM/Player

    @Lanefan apologies I missed this one, its a good question! Here's my personal thoughts on its tech/bandwidth requirements on all of the tools I mentioned. For context I run everything on my 2022 Macbook Air. Obsidian Tech: Low, though YMMV. I've had no performance issues ever even with many...
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    D&D General My experience with paid D&D tools after 3+ years as a DM/Player

    Thanks for sharing, I might have to try it out sometime. I'm okay with closed source/paying a little premium if it means a better experience. This sounds promising.
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    D&D General My experience with paid D&D tools after 3+ years as a DM/Player

    I've only tried Saga20 which doesn't record sessions itself - you upload your own recording after the fact. If its for online sessions that might be where something like Archivist (mentioned earlier in the thread) might be better since it seems like it supports it (I haven't tried it, only...
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    D&D General My experience with paid D&D tools after 3+ years as a DM/Player

    Its not a Discord plugin, you basically just upload your session recordings and it generates summaries with NPCs, locations, plot points etc. It even tries to match voices to specific players in my subsequent sessions which works surprisingly well most of the time. The tech is pretty impressive...
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    D&D General My experience with paid D&D tools after 3+ years as a DM/Player

    No shame in using what works! If you're already deep in the Google ecosystem for work it makes total sense to stick with what you know. Sometimes the best tool is the one you'll actually use consistently How's NotebookLM working out for campaign prep? I've heard some interesting things about...
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