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<blockquote data-quote="L R Ballard" data-source="post: 7710036" data-attributes="member: 40307">Free access to the SRD beats looking up information online and calculating and organizing by hand.Combat tracking is always near the top of my list for character tools. I like being able to set up NPC parties--particularly high-level enemies--and then run them through mock combats against a group of &quot;good guys.&quot; The combat tracker becomes a playtester, and there's no need to buy a VTT like Fantasy Grounds just to have access to the combat tracker for playtesting purposes. That's why I bought DM Genie years ago. And that's why, thus far, I haven't bought a subscription to Fantasy Grounds but am writing an adventure using free online resources.Here's a friendly suggestion for DnD Beyond: Consider pricing access to the combat tracker to make it more affordable than access to similar tools on VTTs. Perhaps make the combat tracker available after a certain dollar amount of data-set purchases. I like the restraint DnD Beyond has shown in not doing a VTT. That decision also shows respect for Fantasy Grounds and Roll20. However, DnD Beyond will lose market share if it offers a subscription for the combat tracker that costs the same as a Fantasy Grounds subscription. In that hypothetical scenario, why not just subscribe to the VTT and all the slick content already available on Fantasy Grounds?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="L R Ballard, post: 7710036, member: 40307"] Free access to the SRD beats looking up information online and calculating and organizing by hand. Combat tracking is always near the top of my list for character tools. I like being able to set up NPC parties--particularly high-level enemies--and then run them through mock combats against a group of "good guys." The combat tracker becomes a playtester, and there's no need to buy a VTT like Fantasy Grounds just to have access to the combat tracker for playtesting purposes. That's why I bought DM Genie years ago. And that's why, thus far, I haven't bought a subscription to Fantasy Grounds but am writing an adventure using free online resources. Here's a friendly suggestion for DnD Beyond: Consider pricing access to the combat tracker to make it more affordable than access to similar tools on VTTs. Perhaps make the combat tracker available after a certain dollar amount of data-set purchases. I like the restraint DnD Beyond has shown in [I]not doing[/I] a VTT. That decision also shows respect for Fantasy Grounds and Roll20. However, DnD Beyond will lose market share if it offers a subscription for the combat tracker that costs the same as a Fantasy Grounds subscription. In that hypothetical scenario, why not just subscribe to the VTT and all the slick content already available on Fantasy Grounds? [/QUOTE]

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