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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 5778545" data-attributes="member: 10177">I know I am going to come across sounding like I am knocking Fantasy Grounds, but here is why I do not buy FG, or BG.You talk about licensing. Well, I already own a ton of adventures. So I have already paid my dues, so to speak, to all the gaming publishers. So when I want to run something I either scan in the relevant maps, or use the PDF copies I have of the relevant adventure. Or, I use all the tile products I have bought, and in many cases scanned, because a PDF version was not available. So between all of the resources I already paid for, I can put together my own modules, built precisely how I want them built. Then with some sets of Campaign Macros, I can easily make the rolls I need for monsters and NPC's.So sure, if someone has money to burn, buy Fantasy Grounds, or Battlegrounds, pay you guys to save people some time. I don't have money to burn, so I build my own stuff. My gaming group does not have money to burn, so we play Maptools. This way, I burn all my money on RPG companies and the print/PDF products they produce. Which is my licensing.So thats why I go with Maptools. I find it easy, gets the job done, and lets me have money to spend on other gaming stuff.But if I had money to burn, and didn't have or want to take the time to create my own Macros and set up my own adventures, and wanted everything to look as pretty as possible, I'd invest in Fantasy Grounds, or maybe Battlegrounds. But as it is, Maptools allows me to do what I want, and for free. Plus its licensed. Since I use stuff I bought legally, and for personal use.</blockquote>

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