Looks like there is !dnd_lfg but I feel like there’s not enough traction over there yet to be super useful. Maybe a matrix chat would be a good thing to put together?
It’s an unrelated messenging platform. Not unlike a federated discord but best used for chat right now. VoiP is still an early feature if I understand correctly. Right now matrix is the best alternative to DMs if you’d like to keep your conversations private.
Yes, because all my players have PCs with 3d acceleration and are wiling to install a multi-gigabyte client /s
Roll20 has basically supplanted all other VTTs simply by the virtue of being accessible though the browser. All you need for a session is a way to illustrate the scene, roll some dice, maybe have a character sheet upload feature, and that’s it. This seems like a way to shove microtransactions down the user’s throat and a whale milking machine. No thanks.
I like foundry. I also liked astral. I didn't like r20 much. Owlbears is OK. Playing in just a Mural is also more than fine.
The dnd vtts purpose is to be a walled garden that only plays dnd, ever, and keeps you playing dnd and putting microtransaction in front of you so you pay and play only dnd EVER
Thanks for the tips, I forgot that you can take other class cantrips!! I’ve got an artificer with guidance, so we’re good there.
I’m interested in shape water thematically, but I don’t really see how this spell can be used to really solve problems. How are you supposed to utilize this spell?
By forging documents I mean like make a piece of paper look like whatever we need upon an inspection, temporarily of course— sorry for the confusing wording!!
I agree about the saving throw cantrip. I’m considering mind sliver for that so the other casters have an easier time with their attacks, but the toll the dead damage is respectable too. I’ll probably save this for my level 10 cantrip though, since my party is mostly casters and we will get decent non-attack roll cantrips without me.
So I think with shape water you can freeze the water? And again, DM dependent, this might mean you can break locks, traps and other delicate machinery (or maybe even stone blocks and the like). Frozen water can form steps. Animating the water can be fun too - remember that minor illusion can’t move.
I’m pretty sure it’s widely seen as being completely useless. If you have allies who are also proficient in the social skill they can give you advantage, and then you don’t have an angry NPC realise an enchantment spell is wearing off and come at you.
It’s interesting to me that we could already see the signs of some of this just based on what they defined to break the VTT-specific rules of the OGL update, which was anything that had effects that made it too video-game-y. Showed they fundamentally misunderstood what VTTs are for and do six months ago, and it seems that hasn’t changed.
I’m up for anything as long as it isn’t unnecessarily tedious like Tomb of Annihilation. I like stories with enough lore to dive into if I’m interested, but not so much that it takes time away from other things.I’m fine with violence, nudity and stuff like that as long as it has a purpose within the story.
The map is on paper, using a poster/plotter printer I have access to through work, and the backing is foamboard. Only $40 in materials all said and done.
I had been struggling with figuring that out, but cotton balls with a bit of poster tack to keep them attached will be perfect! Thanks for the idea. I was going to do black cardstock with each room cut out, but your suggestion is 1,000,000× easier
Anytime! And FWIW we've used cotton balls in the past and they worked perfectly. Even looked like fog of war lol. You could even spray paint them black/grey if you want to go the extra mile.
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