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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Full Bleed" data-source="post: 6223895" data-attributes="member: 89831">Depends what exactly you need to do with the cards.  MT has had table support forever, so you can load a deck into a table and draw a random card very easily.  What you do with the card besides display it in the chat window is where you'd have to learn a little bit about the macro system.  But there are several frameworks that use decks for some pretty complicated stuff... and, recently, someone put out a custom build with new some card-friendly functions.  I use Paizo's Crit and Fumble Decks in my games but that's pretty simple stuff so I'm not really the one to cover current card support.I will say that, given time, there isn't anything you couldn't do with cards using the macroscript... it's just not a native part of the program.This is very true.  Maptool is aptly named.  It's a well build set of tools.  You can do more with it than any other VTT out there if you're willing to learn a few things about how to use those tools and the community is very helpful to get you through the tough spots (though they do expect people to watch a few tutorials and read a FAQ or two before trying to re-invent the wheel).Honestly, if only the very basics of VTT gaming is in someone's future I usually suggest they look at Roll20 for the ease of use and pretty interface.  But if you've ever used a VTT and said, "Man I wish it would do XXX" chances are some else has said the same thing and figured out a way to do it, and hundreds of other things you haven't thought of yet, in MT.</blockquote>

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