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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brak" data-source="post: 8102272" data-attributes="member: 33550">Due to social distancing, etc. I researched VTTs extensively and settled on Foundry VTT for the following reasons that are important to me, but may or may not be important to others:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">One-time purchase of $50, no ongoing subscription or features locked behind a paywall </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Only the DM needs to buy it. The players don't need any software. They just connect up to his server via a web browser.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Self-hosted. I don't have to worry about a company cutting support for it, making my investment into it worthless - if you don't want to self-host there is a paid hosting solution available for it through The Forge.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Extremely extensible! If you know a bit of Javascript, HTML, and CSS you can make it do whatever you want. If your RPG system isn't currently supported (it currently supports 67 systems!), either just wait a while or make your own module to support your system of choice. The dev makes the API fully available and gives documentation on how to develop for it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The community support is incredible. People are churning out free add-on modules and system support at an amazing rate. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I find the UI very intuitive, though others may not find it so</li> </ul>There are some drawbacks though. It may require a bit more technical knowhow that other VTT solutions, re: hosting, etc. Unlike Roll20 and FG it currently has no licensed support from WOTC or anyone else to buy pre-made adventures and sourcebooks, although there is a module that allows you to import data from D&D Beyond if you have a subscription. The 5e support is SRD-only unless you either add in additional content yourself (easy, but time consuming) or import books from DDB. I believe the developer is working towards getting licenses with WOTC, etc. though it is still early days (Foundry was just released in May). However even though I can't buy premade adventures, using Foundry in conjunction with Dungeondraft (there is export/import functionality that preserves walls, etc.) allows me to crank out good-looking maps quite quickly and I have close to no artist talent.It's hard to get a feel for it by poking around the demo server on its website. I suggest watching some of the YouTube videos put out by EncounterLibrary and others to really see what it can do and decide if it right for you.Brak</blockquote>

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