WotC Roll for Combat got to try the 3D vtt and he seems to like it. Live streaming now.

[darjr]

The vod is live now. https://www.youtube.com/live/wGa4AJmcgjg?si=iutS7VSuyhzyDX8c

 

[Parmandur]

I mrmean, these guys approval would be pretty huge, there were pretty down on the idea last I checked.

 

[Oofta]

I mrmean, these guys approval would be pretty huge, there were pretty down on the idea last I checked.

Been watching, and even they are kind of shocked how much Stephen changed his mind.

I think the best description was that it's like playing on a table top with dwarven forge minis. More positive than I expected, it will be interesting to see it in person.

 

[MockingBird]

I'm curious to hear Prof. Dungeon Master's opinion. He's been very skeptical about this.

 

[darjr]

I'm curious to hear Prof. Dungeon Master's opinion. He's been very skeptical about this.

He did post some quick points. I'll see if I can find them.

 

[Nightfly]

I'd really like to watch this, but it's well over 2 hours, so it ain't happening.

So thanks for the summary!

 

[Justice and Rule]

Not run the whole of a 30 room dungeon but one or two rooms at a time. Small sections

This is interesting. Might be a function to keep the need for hardware down, but not a bad solution, in all honesty. Also keeps other VTTs viable if they can actually have a full dungeon on the table. But this reminds me of how Critical Role does their setpiece fights. Does mean people get to make some "You must gather your party before venturing forth" jokes. lol

 

[Oofta]

This is interesting. Might be a function to keep the need for hardware down, but not a bad solution, in all honesty. Also keeps other VTTs viable if they can actually have a full dungeon on the table. But this reminds me of how Critical Role does their setpiece fights. Does mean people get to make some "You must gather your party before venturing forth" jokes. lol

Yeah, they wanted to be able to run on as many devices as possible so they limit memory requirements. It would work for me because I do TotM for exploration. It was something they talked about, how annoying it was to slowly move tokens around.

The other main takeaway was that there's very little rules enforcement and implementation, and that it's a good thing. They have things like spell animations and lava "tiles" but an example given was a character failing so they just moved the mini. Just like you would in a real game.

In any case, the minimal implementation is something I'd actually prefer after having used roll20 and learning about what people do with automating VTTs.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Yeah, they wanted to be able to run on as many devices as possible so they limit memory requirements. It would work for me because I do TotM for exploration. It was something they talked about, how annoying it was to slowly move tokens around.

The other main takeaway was that there's very little rules enforcement and implementation, and that it's a good thing. They have things like spell animations and lava "tiles" but an example given was a character failing so they just moved the mini. Just like you would in a real game.

In any case, the minimal implementation is something I'd actually prefer after having used roll20 and learning about what people do with automating VTTs.

I don't even use Maps on Beyond because I don't want to have to set up a Campaign.

I just want to pick a Map, pick some PC icons, Pick some Monster Icons, plop 'em all down and move 'em around with a mouse. Give me something that can do THAT and I'm IN.

 

[Parmandur]

I'm not particularly interested in a VTT, personally, since I'm more of a TotM person, but I think a lot of folks have been underestimating EotC odds of bringing something exciting to the (virtual) table here. After Arena, WotC is a major software developer.