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<blockquote data-quote="TheOneGargoyle" data-source="post: 8162638" data-attributes="member: 6924207">I used to use MapTools for 4e but for 5e I've found I just use <a href="http://www.improved-initiative.com/" target="_blank">Improved Initiative</a> and Zoom.Zoom has a whiteboard I can use to sketch quick maps and diagrams and keep track of rough positioning in combat (which is all we seem to need as we do mostly Theatre of the Mind), and screen share to show pictures of things.Improved Initiative keeps track of who's turn it is in the initiative order, AC &amp; health, statuses &amp; conditions, notes and so on. It also has a nice player view which can be cast to big screen TV's when playing in person, or just linked in the Zoom chat channel and each person can view for themselves when playing remotely.I'll be honest, I love the results of using a VTT and getting right into setting up the maps and tokens and macros and all that stuff and did enjoy it in 4e but those days I ran more pregen campaigns .... these days I just don't feel like I have time (and/or energy?) to put that much work into it especially when I'm running solely homebrew campaigns.If WotC got their Encounter and Combat Tracker out of alpha/beta and got them all polished/finished, I'd be tempted to use D&amp;D Beyond but I think that's still a while away.I've asked my players if they would like to use VTT's but they all seem pretty happy with what we're doing atm so I'm kinda just doing that.&nbsp; Huge kudos to you guys who are putting in the work to use them.&nbsp; Like I say, I love the results they give ..... maybe one day some day when life quietens down a bit .... bah ... who am I kidding ?? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheOneGargoyle, post: 8162638, member: 6924207"] I used to use MapTools for 4e but for 5e I've found I just use [URL='http://www.improved-initiative.com/']Improved Initiative[/URL] and Zoom. Zoom has a whiteboard I can use to sketch quick maps and diagrams and keep track of rough positioning in combat (which is all we seem to need as we do mostly Theatre of the Mind), and screen share to show pictures of things. Improved Initiative keeps track of who's turn it is in the initiative order, AC & health, statuses & conditions, notes and so on. It also has a nice player view which can be cast to big screen TV's when playing in person, or just linked in the Zoom chat channel and each person can view for themselves when playing remotely. I'll be honest, I love the results of using a VTT and getting right into setting up the maps and tokens and macros and all that stuff and did enjoy it in 4e but those days I ran more pregen campaigns .... these days I just don't feel like I have time (and/or energy?) to put that much work into it especially when I'm running solely homebrew campaigns. If WotC got their Encounter and Combat Tracker out of alpha/beta and got them all polished/finished, I'd be tempted to use D&D Beyond but I think that's still a while away. I've asked my players if they would like to use VTT's but they all seem pretty happy with what we're doing atm so I'm kinda just doing that. Huge kudos to you guys who are putting in the work to use them. Like I say, I love the results they give ..... maybe one day some day when life quietens down a bit .... bah ... who am I kidding ?? :) [/QUOTE]

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