Maybe i need a demo to try. 
Battlegrounds: RPG Edition (virtual tabletop software)
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RSKennan
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I want to say that if you added 3d rendered dice as an option, I'd probably buy a GM's license. I use Fantasy Grounds right now, but Battlegrounds has some features it's lacking. The only thing keeping me with FG is it's 3d dice. There's something cool about picking up the dice and watching them roll.
heruca
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I agree, FG's animated dice rolls are very cool. If you could hear the dice roll, it would be perfect.
The dice in Battlegrounds are photographs of real dice, not 3D renders. Battlegrounds, since it's created in Adobe Director, could theoretically support realtime 3D rendering and even do some physics simulation (using Havok) to make the dice roll and bounce realistically. Unfortunately the limiting factor in this case is not the authoring environment but my programming knowledge. Perhaps I will get around to adding this in v2.
On the other hand, there's also something to be said for BRPG's ability to handle sophisticated dice mechanics with absolutely no scripting involved. For example, rolling 5d6 and 1d8, dropping the lowest die automatically, sorting the remaining dice, counting anything above a 4 as a success, and looking up the result on a chart. That's something you can't really do if you're limited to just dragging and dropping virtual dice to roll them.
The dice in Battlegrounds are photographs of real dice, not 3D renders. Battlegrounds, since it's created in Adobe Director, could theoretically support realtime 3D rendering and even do some physics simulation (using Havok) to make the dice roll and bounce realistically. Unfortunately the limiting factor in this case is not the authoring environment but my programming knowledge. Perhaps I will get around to adding this in v2.
On the other hand, there's also something to be said for BRPG's ability to handle sophisticated dice mechanics with absolutely no scripting involved. For example, rolling 5d6 and 1d8, dropping the lowest die automatically, sorting the remaining dice, counting anything above a 4 as a success, and looking up the result on a chart. That's something you can't really do if you're limited to just dragging and dropping virtual dice to roll them.
heruca
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There are two new third-party artpacks for BRPG. Both are map packs from Scrying Eye Games. Specifically, they are bundles of their Ravenlands series of maps, created by one of the leading mappers on the Dundjinni forums, BluDragn.
Read all about "Ravenlands Map Pack 1" here.
Read all about "Ravenlands Map Pack 2" here.
There are preview images at both of those links.
Read all about "Ravenlands Map Pack 1" here.
Read all about "Ravenlands Map Pack 2" here.
There are preview images at both of those links.
heruca
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Free sample adventure for BRPG re-released
The free sample adventure, "The Quick and the Dead", has been re-released in artpack format. This was the first official adventure module published for Battlegrounds, and it has now been updated for use with newer versions of the software.
Download it and read more about it here.
The free sample adventure, "The Quick and the Dead", has been re-released in artpack format. This was the first official adventure module published for Battlegrounds, and it has now been updated for use with newer versions of the software.
Download it and read more about it here.
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