Recent content by smiteworks

It is super easy to host. Just create or load a campaign, choose Cloud, give it a password (recommended), and click Start. Players will join you by GM Name or find you in the list.

Voadam is correct. You typically need to use an extension that loosens the built-in restrictions of what is shown as available within any given ruleset. There is a free extension on the FG Forge called Universal Module that you will subscribe to and then enable when you load your campaign. I...

The lowest price ever for the license that was $150 not too long ago. Now it is $12.50 during the sale (down from the new $50 price point). No subscriptions and no locked out functionality. Even if you are not looking for a virtual tabletop for online play, Fantasy Grounds serves as an...

Yeah, you could just set something like VISION: 60 for the darkvision people and VISION: 10 for PCs without darkvision. That would still remind them they would be better served with a lamp or torch. If they use a lamp, just update the non-darkvision folks to VISION: 30, or whatever. That is...

It's optional, but yes to see the beautiful color with lighting and vision enabled they will have to bring a torch or lantern.

For sure. We implemented it so the maps show up in grayscale within your darkvision range and you only see color if there is natural light from lamps, spells, or ambient sunlight.

When the map starts showing characters with darkvision more than characters without, then you start seeing people create more non-human races. It's pretty eye-opening how important that little feature is when you start delving into dark dungeons. Torches and lamps are fine, but darkvision is...

I played in an in-person 3.5E version game of the D&D Classic Steading of the Hill Giants. The DM built an elaborate full-scale model of the entire steading with hand-carved wall posts. He actually has a video up below. The funny thing is that we entered the steading back by the kitchen and...

Paizo set up a program that sort of does that. If you own the PDF at Paizo.com, you can sync your account and get a fairly significant discount on the FG version of that same product. It is normally around the price of the PDF, so $15 or $20 off for core books. For adventures, that means you can...

If you had an old license (pre-2018) then that would be FG Classic. There is a new version of the software now that you would need, but anything you bought for FG Classic would get loaded into the new version. No need to rebuy modules if you had the older D&D modules or other stuff. Many of...

This is what we have been trying to do at Fantasy Grounds as an iterative step towards full 3D that is fully integrated. Our system allows you to easily swap between top-down 2D and 3D token view or free-camera views. We started with NPC and PC tokens/avatars first and recently added objects for...

Tasha's sold like hot-cakes for us on Fantasy Grounds when it launched in November 2020. Counting the pre-orders along with the first week sales for the PHB puts it at a higher rate than TCE if it remains this high for the whole month -- but for us, Tasha's outsold the PHB on its day 1 release...

To be fair, it is not too far off from journalism we see splattered across the web. Clickbait titles that don’t match the actual story, no verification of facts, and little attempt made to determine the true story are probably more common than true journalism. What would be nice is if AI could...

Welcome to the party!

We have added new All-In Bundle reward levels that include everything unlocked so far. We are ticking down to the end with 18 hours to go. Check out the campaign now that we have Werewolf, Hunter, and Vampire the Masquerade all unlocked and integrated for a complete World of Darkness experience...