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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jacob Lewis" data-source="post: 8615013" data-attributes="member: 6667921">Sorry, I saw someone answer part of your question but I never got around to this. My favorite thing to do as a GM is to teach new people (new to the hobby, or new to the system) how to play. I did this in person with the Star Wars RPG for a couple years and had a blast. And I would certainly love to do the same with 4e again. I had hoped the pandemic would have calmed down in my area eventually, and was gearing up to do things in person again. Alas, that day still has not come for me. So I started thinking digital again.The thing with doing it digitally (for me) is I like to have things prepared. Its much easier for people (in general) to be distracted online and lose focus, especially if they're waiting on someone else. I want to be able to spend the least amount of time doing upkeep and looking for stuff that takes away from play, both online and in-person. That's how I am, and frankly why I have no problem calling myself "professional", even if I'm not being paid. I feel personally shamed if I can't/don't present myself as efficient, effective, and entertaining in my capacity as a GM to other people, especially strangers at a game table. Just another one of my debilitating quirks, I suppose. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Personal stigmas aside, if I were to suggest running a 5e (or most other editions) game right now, I could (have) purchase as much content as I needed, and get things up and running in a short amount of time. 4th edition, though... the edition that was made (and often accused) for grids and vtts and online play...? Nah! Not that easy. Not easy at all. Especially when you got so little to work with and little to support to help out. For the record, I'm not trying to be argumentative, or pessimistic, or whatever people want to say so they can dismiss me. I'm sharing my perspective so whoever reads my comments can (maybe) get a better sense of where I'm coming from. I don't want to be unhappy, or even complaining about things. But I'm not going to settle for anything that doesn't make me happy when I think it can (or could) be possible. I know I can be my own worst enemy at times, but I'm also my biggest (and often only) advocate.</blockquote>

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