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Paizo just wants to sell books, I don't think it matters too much which of their books they're selling. Their books fall into 3 broad categories: system, setting, and adventure. The market for the system books (Pathfinder 1 & 2) is somewhat limited, while the market for the setting and adventure...

That’s an appealing take on it, but I don’t think I’m willing to hand out the free damage boost from Large weapons. I give everyone a starting feat, so the cost isn’t high.

I took a stab at a feat that would enable a character who should be Large to actually be Large. This hasn't been tested, but it seems like a good start to me, roughly similar in net buff potential to the better racial feats. BIG Prerequisite: Strength 14 of higher, Constitution 12 or higher...

Shut up and take my money (and give me your software.)

The Unity program will cost about the same as the Classic program. If you already have a license for the Classic version, you get a discount on the Unity version. If you have only bought your Classic license within the last year (and a bit), the idea is that you haven't had very long to get your...

Will it be possible to have a layer (for example, a ship map) on top of an FX layer (for example, water ripples) that is on top of another graphical layer (like water)? Or will the FX always be on top, making the ship ripple in inappropriate ways?

The message I was replying to, though, was wishing for Paizo and Wiz to cooperate to get some old Dungeon stuff republished. AoW seems like an obvious first choice for that, though I have to admit I'd be leery of working directly with Wizards again if I were Paizo.

There are a few ways to use Fantasy Grounds in a face-to-face game. One popular use is to display the map on a TV, and some folks get really fancy and use a flat screen built into a tabletop, putting physical minis on it. There is an option to enable manual die rolls if you want to make full...

I'd throw money at a 5e Age of Worms hardcover.

The UI is heavily moddable and extensible, and there are a fair number of user-created extensions that add or change elements of the UI ranging from aesthetic themes to some pretty chunky mechanical alterations. I don't use any myself other than an occasional map layer add-on, but some of them...

This is absolutely the Unity version. The current program will continue on, by the way, as "Fantasy Grounds Classic."

The new features have been in the works for some time, but the thing that has delayed the development of the Unity version of Fantasy Grounds has been ensuring that it will be compatible with existing rule sets, assets, and campaigns. You will be able to take everything you have for the current...

Ideas I've been working on for swarms include having AoE wipe out the swarm entirely on a failed save, taking it to half on a success. I also think perhaps a swarm of vermin shouldn't attack, but if a creature begins its turn in the area of a swarm or enters that area on its turn, it makes a dex...

The new version of Fantasy Grounds was announced three weeks ago. It looks like it will have all the bells and whistles you would expect when it launches later this year. You'll notice that Doug made the announcement on April 1, but it is not an April Fool's joke...

You might also give Adventures Dark & Deep a try. It is sort of an "alternate universe" version of D&D 2e.

Another thing you can do for a high level party is to make the challenge of combat something other than the combat itself. For example, if your peasants are facing a band of goblin raiders you can challenge the PCs to get there in time to save the peasants; the goblins will die or run away...

At high levels, it is very difficult to meaningfully threaten the PCs. Even if you disintegrate one of them, the party will have access to wish spells, divine intervention, and other ways to recover. Hopefully, by this point in the campaign, you have made each of them care about something -...

I was pleased to discover that the Ravnica book has a lot of content (most of it) that is useful in any setting, since I have no interest in the Ravnica setting at all. I'm wondering how useful this book will be to people who have no interest whatsoever in opening some kind of franchise of AI. I...

Get off my lawn.

Fantasy Grounds can do what I think you are looking for, and does not require an internet connection unless you want remote connection (which you don't.) The software runs on your PC and all the maps and data are stored locally. Even better for what you're trying to do, as I understand it, is...