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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 7662045" data-attributes="member: 45197">Hiya.WARNING! : Negativity burst below! Curmudgeonia-Grognarditis flare up! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; Mr.Naysayer here... I don't see the point. Honestly, I (and my players) want to get together every Sunday to roll some dice, have a few laughs, and do some imaginative roleplaying. We enjoy all the &quot;RPG&quot; stuff, but we are also sitting around the table for that face-to-face connection. We can see each others faces. If I draw out a quick sketch of an area on a sheet of paper, we can all see it and everyone can make marks on it, point to stuff for questions, etc. It's a group engagement; a collective activity, with no digital wall between anyone. Now, I'm probably just an old fart, but when I DM and describe some awesome view the PC's are encountering...after I'm done and ask &quot;So what do you want to do?&quot;... when I look up from my notes, I want to see their faces looking back at me. I don't want to see their noses buried into a tablet. And, honestly, repeating You see, this. 50 times over an evening would get ridiculously boring from a DM'ing point of view. I'd much rather explain what they encounter where I can use inflection, tone, volume, dramatic pause, etc. It is MUCH more entertaining if you ask me.&nbsp; When we are playing, we all want to engage each other...y'know, using facial expressions, eye contact, and all that other stuff that humans have developed over tens upon tens of thousands of years. This tool seems to think that taking away that and replacing it with pretty pictures on a digital screen is somehow &quot;better&quot; for the social dynamic that is at the core of every roleplaying game group.&nbsp; Don't get me wrong. A tool for managing a campaign is useful. But one that is intended to be used during the session... again, I just don't see the point, desire, or need. Maybe I'm alone in this, I don't know. But we definitely won't be using this.^_^Paul L. Ming</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pming, post: 7662045, member: 45197"] Hiya. WARNING! : Negativity burst below! Curmudgeonia-Grognarditis flare up! :) Mr.Naysayer here... I don't see the point. Honestly, I (and my players) want to get together every Sunday to roll some dice, have a few laughs, and do some imaginative roleplaying. We enjoy all the "RPG" stuff, but we are also sitting around the table for that face-to-face connection. We can see each others faces. If I draw out a quick sketch of an area on a sheet of paper, we can all see it and everyone can make marks on it, point to stuff for questions, etc. It's a group engagement; a collective activity, with no digital wall between anyone. Now, I'm probably just an old fart, but when I DM and describe some awesome view the PC's are encountering...after I'm done and ask "So what do you want to do?"... when I look up from my notes, I want to see their faces looking back at me. I don't want to see their noses buried into a tablet. And, honestly, repeating [I]You see, this.[/I] 50 times over an evening would get ridiculously boring from a DM'ing point of view. I'd much rather explain what they encounter where I can use inflection, tone, volume, dramatic pause, etc. It is MUCH more entertaining if you ask me. When we are playing, we all want to engage each other...y'know, using facial expressions, eye contact, and all that other stuff that humans have developed over tens upon tens of thousands of years. This tool seems to think that taking away that and replacing it with pretty pictures on a digital screen is somehow "better" for the social dynamic that is at the core of every roleplaying game group. Don't get me wrong. A tool for managing a campaign is useful. But one that is intended to be used during the session... again, I just don't see the point, desire, or need. Maybe I'm alone in this, I don't know. But we definitely won't be using this. ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]

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