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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3726748" data-attributes="member: 22779">I have absolutely no interest in this program if that were true.You have an incredible opportunity in the VTT programs.&nbsp; They can handle ALL the math for you.&nbsp; All of it.&nbsp; Tracking your initiative, hp's, attacks, iterative attacks, rolling 16d6 for that spell, power attacks - EVERYTHING.Why in the name of little fishies wouldn't you want the table top app to do that?&nbsp; Think about it, you could finally sit down and play your game with all the fiddly mathematical bits in the background.&nbsp; I play over OpenRPG and have for years.&nbsp; I know what a VTT is capable of and it's a heck of a lot.&nbsp; Every attack I roll as a DM comes with an additional explanation if it needs it - such as a giant spider's web attack; it causes entanglement, so, why not include the text for the Entangled condition right in the die roller?&nbsp; Spells are listed with exact ranges, save requirements and descriptions and sent to the chat window - no referencing books.&nbsp; The Hypertext SRD plugin autolinks hot words to the Online SRD, so when I type in &quot;fireball&quot;, it shows up as a hypertext link that when clicked, takes me to the Hypertext SRD and the Fireball spell.My minis map allows me to hide minis so that I can do an entire module beforehand, placing each and every monster on the entire map and the players cannot see them.&nbsp; Fog of war allows me to hide sections of the map as needed.&nbsp; I can actually have an entire dungeon map (or outdoor or whatever) set up beforehand and react to the player's actions with ease.All of this I can do for free right now.&nbsp; WOTC's VTT is going to have to rock on toast if they want me to pay for it.We don't want a fancy chat program, we want an ap that will handle as much of the grunt work of D&amp;D as possible and leave me, the DM the freedom to deal with the good stuff.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 3726748, member: 22779"] I have absolutely no interest in this program if that were true. You have an incredible opportunity in the VTT programs. They can handle ALL the math for you. All of it. Tracking your initiative, hp's, attacks, iterative attacks, rolling 16d6 for that spell, power attacks - EVERYTHING. Why in the name of little fishies wouldn't you want the table top app to do that? Think about it, you could finally sit down and play your game with all the fiddly mathematical bits in the background. I play over OpenRPG and have for years. I know what a VTT is capable of and it's a heck of a lot. Every attack I roll as a DM comes with an additional explanation if it needs it - such as a giant spider's web attack; it causes entanglement, so, why not include the text for the Entangled condition right in the die roller? Spells are listed with exact ranges, save requirements and descriptions and sent to the chat window - no referencing books. The Hypertext SRD plugin autolinks hot words to the Online SRD, so when I type in "fireball", it shows up as a hypertext link that when clicked, takes me to the Hypertext SRD and the Fireball spell. My minis map allows me to hide minis so that I can do an entire module beforehand, placing each and every monster on the entire map and the players cannot see them. Fog of war allows me to hide sections of the map as needed. I can actually have an entire dungeon map (or outdoor or whatever) set up beforehand and react to the player's actions with ease. All of this I can do for free right now. WOTC's VTT is going to have to rock on toast if they want me to pay for it. We don't want a fancy chat program, we want an ap that will handle as much of the grunt work of D&D as possible and leave me, the DM the freedom to deal with the good stuff. [/QUOTE]

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