Tayne
First Post
I'm curious to see how widespread the practice is. My buddies and I looked for a VTT for a long time and were never satisfied, but we're really enjoying Google Docs for all our simulated tabletop needs. It helps that we trust each other not to cheat.
A spreadsheet can work as a map, and there are character sheet spreadsheets out there too with formulas. I haven't played any other VTTs in depth, but you can't beat the convenience of google docs for being something almost everyone has access to already.
Here's a sample combat map
and here's a google doc pathfinder character sheet. Variants likely exist for different games. I only wish it calculated armor check penalties better.
https://docs.google.com/previewtemplate?id=0AjfaolOnvs6gdEZNenNDdVBTSDBPME04S1JranRSSEE&mode=public
I hope I've been helpful rather than redundant.
Oh, also, there's a nice dice roller on the chrome store called "diced" which saves various rolls and whatnot.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dggicnohpfnnnidofeemifbhjlpkbiel
A spreadsheet can work as a map, and there are character sheet spreadsheets out there too with formulas. I haven't played any other VTTs in depth, but you can't beat the convenience of google docs for being something almost everyone has access to already.
Here's a sample combat map

and here's a google doc pathfinder character sheet. Variants likely exist for different games. I only wish it calculated armor check penalties better.
https://docs.google.com/previewtemplate?id=0AjfaolOnvs6gdEZNenNDdVBTSDBPME04S1JranRSSEE&mode=public
I hope I've been helpful rather than redundant.
Oh, also, there's a nice dice roller on the chrome store called "diced" which saves various rolls and whatnot.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dggicnohpfnnnidofeemifbhjlpkbiel
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