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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris633" data-source="post: 7464192" data-attributes="member: 6779018">Hosting an image on FG is not at all hard or as complicated as you are making out to be. Now I guess some of this will depend on a GMs organizational style. But it is easy on FG. If I am in my campaign, I go to my maps/pictures tab. Create a folder for whatever adventure I am running. Then just drag and drop all the pics I need. And there they are easy to find. Then I can share or not share as needed. It’s not hard or complicated. The key is just creating a folder for each adventure. Then you always know where to find the picture. If you don’t want to do that, also easy. Just have your own coding system for naming files if you want to keep one folder with one running list. Honestly, I think it all comes down to personal preference. We can argue back an forth all day over what program we think is superior. But it is personal preference. You are correct that you can’t do as much with the maps as you may be able to do in maptools (though that will be changing with the coming new version). But I don’t need those extras. I just need a battle map I can run combat on and that I and the players can see and manipulate. What I love about FG is the ease I can organize and share images (their interface works for me), create encounters, automate combat, manage the party, give rewards, players can make rolls only I can see, easy to use bestiary (official and custom). I also keep FG in full window mode and I can keep all the game windows up I need to run on a given night. I have my combat tracker up, list of maps, encounter list. It’s all right there for me to see and since I organize by adventure, there is no need to search for anything. For me it works well. But it’s all about personal preference. All GMs have differentiate  styles and comfort levels with software. Some programs are going to synergize better to certain GMs. In my opinion FG is the superior GM tool, but for you it is maptoolsand another is roll20. That’s cool. The original poster needs to try out each and see which program best suits his needs and play/GM style. It’s obvious that there are passionate supporters for each platform. So honestly, you really can’t go wrong. Each has strengths and weaknesses that can appeal or frustrate.</blockquote>

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