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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3727530" data-attributes="member: 22779">To answer your question, yes, my tabletop does track all these things.&nbsp; I use OpenRPG, DM Genie and a host of other goodies to make my life easier.&nbsp; Why should an app like this be worse than what I can already get?&nbsp; WOTC has the chance here to really, really shine.&nbsp; Programs like Fantasy Grounds and OpenRPG show exactly what you can do with a VTT.Put some real money into it, make it better and I'll be a happy camper.&nbsp; Otherwise, why on earth would I care?&nbsp; As I say, I can already get everything for free - rules hypertexted for ease of lookup, initiative is tracked, with simple commands to add in spell durations and whatever, hp and AC listed in the player window so I never, ever have to say, &quot;Hey Bob, what's your AC?&quot; but can just say &quot;The creature smacks the crap out of you Bob!&quot;Add to that, I can use any image format to create maps, minis and effects, hosted locally or on sites like Photobucket, add in sound and music in any format - mp3, ogg, wav - use the program on ANY system, and you get a pretty robust VTT that can stand up to anyone's tabletop game any day of the week.I hear a lot that people would never trade table top for VTT play.&nbsp; I can respect that, but, I think it has a lot to do with people not actually having experienced VTT play.&nbsp; It's different, I won't lie about that, but, it's also not second fiddle.I have pretty high standards for what a VTT should be and right now I'm hoping that WOTC will not drop the ball.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 3727530, member: 22779"] To answer your question, yes, my tabletop does track all these things. I use OpenRPG, DM Genie and a host of other goodies to make my life easier. Why should an app like this be worse than what I can already get? WOTC has the chance here to really, really shine. Programs like Fantasy Grounds and OpenRPG show exactly what you can do with a VTT. Put some real money into it, make it better and I'll be a happy camper. Otherwise, why on earth would I care? As I say, I can already get everything for free - rules hypertexted for ease of lookup, initiative is tracked, with simple commands to add in spell durations and whatever, hp and AC listed in the player window so I never, ever have to say, "Hey Bob, what's your AC?" but can just say "The creature smacks the crap out of you Bob!" Add to that, I can use any image format to create maps, minis and effects, hosted locally or on sites like Photobucket, add in sound and music in any format - mp3, ogg, wav - use the program on ANY system, and you get a pretty robust VTT that can stand up to anyone's tabletop game any day of the week. I hear a lot that people would never trade table top for VTT play. I can respect that, but, I think it has a lot to do with people not actually having experienced VTT play. It's different, I won't lie about that, but, it's also not second fiddle. I have pretty high standards for what a VTT should be and right now I'm hoping that WOTC will not drop the ball. [/QUOTE]

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