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Virtual Table Tops – Which for Pathfinder (Pros/Cons)?
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<blockquote data-quote="IronWolf" data-source="post: 5369057" data-attributes="member: 21076"><p>As far as VTT's go I have had good success with <a href="http://www.rptools.net/index.php?page=maptool" target="_blank">MapTool</a>. It is Java based so will run on a number of platforms. The community is pretty supportive and it has some great mapping tools. You can get support for Pathfinder by using a framework that supports that system. </p><p></p><p>You can install the framework yourself or use a campaign file that already has it loaded which saves a lot of time. NeoFax, who hangs out here occasionally, has one posted in <a href="http://forums.rptools.net/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=16194" target="_blank">this thread</a>. You can download that campaign file, open it with MapTool and be up and running with the popular Pathfinder framework.</p><p></p><p>The VTT can be as easy or as complex as you want it. We've used it in my group for just the reason you have mentioned, sometimes it is just the only way to get some of us together. In those cases I don't rely on the framework as much. I just add my maps, add some tokens for my critters and some tokens to represent the PCs. Then we let everyone keep track of things via paper and roll their dice from where they are at. Our group has enough trust to not think someone is cheating on their dice rolls.</p><p></p><p>You can go above that though and use the framework to its fullest for doing the dice rolls, keeping track of hit points and all of that. It works pretty well, but it does take a little playing with it to get comfortable.</p><p></p><p>And if you want more than that, you can add in Fog of War and Vision blocking for even more effect!</p><p></p><p>GM prep times of course vary depending on just how heavily you use the tool.</p><p></p><p>Someone else has already mentioned that just using voice or video chat can work in a lot of cases. We do this frequently as well if nearly everyone but one person can make it to the game. We can just fire up Google Video Chat or Skype and play with them while they are remote. It works well for cases where it is the difference between the person playing or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IronWolf, post: 5369057, member: 21076"] As far as VTT's go I have had good success with [url=http://www.rptools.net/index.php?page=maptool]MapTool[/url]. It is Java based so will run on a number of platforms. The community is pretty supportive and it has some great mapping tools. You can get support for Pathfinder by using a framework that supports that system. You can install the framework yourself or use a campaign file that already has it loaded which saves a lot of time. NeoFax, who hangs out here occasionally, has one posted in [url=http://forums.rptools.net/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=16194]this thread[/url]. You can download that campaign file, open it with MapTool and be up and running with the popular Pathfinder framework. The VTT can be as easy or as complex as you want it. We've used it in my group for just the reason you have mentioned, sometimes it is just the only way to get some of us together. In those cases I don't rely on the framework as much. I just add my maps, add some tokens for my critters and some tokens to represent the PCs. Then we let everyone keep track of things via paper and roll their dice from where they are at. Our group has enough trust to not think someone is cheating on their dice rolls. You can go above that though and use the framework to its fullest for doing the dice rolls, keeping track of hit points and all of that. It works pretty well, but it does take a little playing with it to get comfortable. And if you want more than that, you can add in Fog of War and Vision blocking for even more effect! GM prep times of course vary depending on just how heavily you use the tool. Someone else has already mentioned that just using voice or video chat can work in a lot of cases. We do this frequently as well if nearly everyone but one person can make it to the game. We can just fire up Google Video Chat or Skype and play with them while they are remote. It works well for cases where it is the difference between the person playing or not. [/QUOTE]
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