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Message: <blockquote data-quote="damned" data-source="post: 6656767" data-attributes="member: 6672312">I havent played that much on Roll20 - about 6 sessions only and no 5e.Roll20s strengths are in my experience -* the free option (though its not really free - you are being subsidised by those who are paying the subs - they stop paying and join the ranks of free users and then the service stops) is hard to beat* dynamic lighting, this is not available in Fantasy Grounds and probably wont be for at least another 12 months* better dice macros, you can build exploding and keep and reroll dice pools easier in roll20, this is likely to still be the situation for another 12 months* integrated video client, whilst video is not for everyone - being able to *see* who is speaking and their Char name is handy* no firewalls to setup which a Fantasy Grounds GM does have to do - mind you Roll20 also blue screens my computer if I use Chrome and not Firefox so it aint all plain sailing!I have played a lot of sessions on Fantasy Grounds and have purchased several DLC packages including 5e.Fantasy Grounds strengths are in my experience - * outright purchase option is much cheaper than an ongoing subscription - but the subscription option is there also* GM prep is so much easier on Fantasy Grounds* pins on maps is just such an intuitive way to prep your campaigns* encounter setup makes game play so much smoother and cooler* effects for those rulesets that support them (like 5e/4e/3.5e/PF in particular) are just amazing* the system supports things like damage reduction, resistance, immunity to specific damage types - eg skeleons and piercing/slashing/bludgeoning weapons, creatures that can only be hit by magic, or fire, or silver, creatures that either resist or take additional damage to damage types like cold, radiant, magic etc* the core DLC for 5e is just brilliant. its not a character builder - and the main reason for this is because most people house rule *some* aspect of their games so forcing 100% legal builds on you would be limiting - but it does do a good chunk of pointing you in the right direction. full equipment, spells lists. full monsters all statted up. abilities and proficiencies etc.* the prebuilt modules - Lost Mines of Phandelver, Hoard of the Dragon Queen, Rise of Tiamat and Princes of the Apocalypse are all ready to run. Everything is ready to sit down and play - including the Pre-Gens, Maps, Encounters, Descriptions etc etc.And contrary to what many people think - you absolutely can play unsupported games on Fantasy Grounds. CoreRPG by itself or with some extensions can support you playing, very effectively, a lot of games that people dont think you can run on Fantasy Grounds.And community members also create and release community rulesets that add a huge amount of system specific framework and interfaces for other games. Last month a DCC and a ShadowRun 4 ruleset were both made available by community members.Another system that is very well supported on Fantasy Grounds is Savage Worlds - an awesome ruleset with lots of settings and variants available.We just ran FGDaze! 2 weeks ago where we (community members) ran a day of one shots aimed squarely at new comers to Fantasy Grounds. We ran 5e, Pathfinder, Star Wars, Maelstrom, ShadowRun, Savage Worlds and more - totally free for everyone to play - even those with only a free/demo license. We will be running another event in August and then FGCon7 will be running in October.</blockquote>

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