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What VTT are you using? Does it allow you to pause the game to prevent movement? For example, in Foundry you just hit the space bar and it pauses the game, preventing tokens from being moved.

Just put on this mask and start taking notes in a notebook...

I love rolling physical dice, but even more, I love everyone being able to see the role. Not to avoid cheating, I'm not worried about that with my group. It is just more participatory. In Foundry I use the Dice So Nice module which has 3D dice clacking across the play area when you roll. I miss...

When I was running Rappan Athuk, a mega dungeon with over 100 maps and some of those maps were huge, this was pretty common. It can work very well in some situations. Foundry allows the GM to pause the game and prevent movement by hitting the space bar, so if someone runs into an encounter...

Yeah, it helps to have good bandwidth and high-quality headsets, which not everyone can afford. We use Discord and push-to-talk really helps. It is much easier and more natural than trying to constantly click the mute button on and off during the game. But even push to talk only gets you so far...

Yeah, something anyone who has participated in online meetings can attest to. For TTRPGs I find this more of an issue with one-shots with strangers or at the beginning of a new campaign with new people. I find, however, that after a few sessions most groups fall into natural patterns and it...

That came from personal experience. But I was the guilty party. I wasn't cheating, just overly enthusiastic. I was playing in an on-line convention game set in the Mouth of Doom (extra area in later editions of Rappan Athuk). The DM was using Fantasy Grounds with manual fog of war. Out of combat...

I think for most is that they just find it more social. The game is about hanging out with people as it is immersion. I kinda find having cameras on distracting. When I'm playing in online games with cameras on it is usually in a separate program than the VTT, usually discord, and I never look...

Thanks, I'll have to check out Eleven Foot Pole.

I tried to stick to things that are more VTT specific, though I'm sure I'm being inconsistent here. I suppose this applies to more than telling people how to play their character. Some people can be overly "helpful" with telling people how to use the software. As a long time DM and Foundry...

Like everything else on the list, I think that this is highly dependent on the expectations of the group. As a legal technologist I've worked with attorneys and legal assistants continue to struggle with software even when their jobs depend on it. There are people for whom certain technology...

This. I don't mind if I can't hear it. A lot depends on what you are using for the microphone. But generally, if you are eating while gaming, push-to-talk is your (and your fellow player's) friend. Same for when you have a noisy background and are not using a high-quality...

In my monthly game that I GM we go off camera. I actually think it is more immersive. But nearly all games I've joined as a player have expected cameras to be on. Some people feel very strongly about it. Not much different than work video calls. In my current and prior job, it would be...

Love seeing the picture of Petra. My trip to Jordan may be my last trip given health conditions.

There have been a lot of threads about gaming etiquette and bad GM/player horror stories in EN World, but I don't recall any specific to VTTs. I'll be interested in how my fellow EN Worlder's feel about some of these occasionally divisive online play etiquette rules. Also, if you have any...

We've seen this cave before...

For me, my legs are cursed. You'd think there would be more distribution of injuries. I'll be kind, however, and save you all from a selfie of my legs.

Having a dedicated, specially made gaming table with a display built in did work for the multi-purpose area where I ran my games when I was running them in person. Also, I wanted the option to continue to make use of digital battlemaps when away from home, so I had gaming case made. I used...