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<blockquote data-quote="LordEntrails" data-source="post: 9698266" data-attributes="member: 6804070"><p>Nice post. Got me re-thinking about a few things you mentioned.</p><p></p><p>Sound... I've tried this before and my players found that after a few minutes it was repetitive and they just turned it off. How do folks keep the music fresh and not spend hours per session prepping just for sound? Fantasy Grounds has a Syrinscpae integration, but I haven't tried it yet, I don't mind paying, but I don't like subscriptions.</p><p></p><p>I've been dabbling with sessioneer.cc for Discord transcriptions, but it's one of those things that I wonder, do we need session summaries? Would anyone bother reading them or even refering to them? Maybe if I loaded them into my Google LM Notebook... I'll probably worry about this sooner than most of the other ideas.</p><p></p><p>As for Roll20, why'd you pick it over the other options?</p><p>Like others, I've found it to have significant issues and it's much more experience than the other top tier VTTs. Fantasy Grounds is $25 right now for a one-time license. And Foundry is only $50 for a one-time license. Both have everything you say you are using plus a lot more. And their are free ones that have FoW etc if you are looking for something simple.</p><p></p><p>Campaign management... why not just do this in the VTT? Is Roll20 not capable of it? I use FG and just build what I need in there. It's good but not great at it, but then I never have to transfer between a campaign tool and the play tool.</p><p></p><p>What about map making? I've used Campaign Cartographer for a long time. It's excellent for capabilities, but it's not simple to use. It can be quick, depending upon how familiar one is with it and how much you want to find a unique style for the map. What do others do for maps?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LordEntrails, post: 9698266, member: 6804070"] Nice post. Got me re-thinking about a few things you mentioned. Sound... I've tried this before and my players found that after a few minutes it was repetitive and they just turned it off. How do folks keep the music fresh and not spend hours per session prepping just for sound? Fantasy Grounds has a Syrinscpae integration, but I haven't tried it yet, I don't mind paying, but I don't like subscriptions. I've been dabbling with sessioneer.cc for Discord transcriptions, but it's one of those things that I wonder, do we need session summaries? Would anyone bother reading them or even refering to them? Maybe if I loaded them into my Google LM Notebook... I'll probably worry about this sooner than most of the other ideas. As for Roll20, why'd you pick it over the other options? Like others, I've found it to have significant issues and it's much more experience than the other top tier VTTs. Fantasy Grounds is $25 right now for a one-time license. And Foundry is only $50 for a one-time license. Both have everything you say you are using plus a lot more. And their are free ones that have FoW etc if you are looking for something simple. Campaign management... why not just do this in the VTT? Is Roll20 not capable of it? I use FG and just build what I need in there. It's good but not great at it, but then I never have to transfer between a campaign tool and the play tool. What about map making? I've used Campaign Cartographer for a long time. It's excellent for capabilities, but it's not simple to use. It can be quick, depending upon how familiar one is with it and how much you want to find a unique style for the map. What do others do for maps? [/QUOTE]
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