Nov 23, 2020, 3:31 AM

Hey folks,

I wanted some advice! Since we're going into yet another not-a-lockdown lockdown I'll try to pull some real life friends into a D&D virtual tabletop campaign, and I was looking at Fantasy Grounds Unity (but please feel free to suggest alternatives).

So questions galore!

  • Is the $149 version worth it? Note the price might be lower if there's a Black Friday sale this year.
  • Some of the players will be newbies. Is it user friendly to allow folks to create/level up characters? Does it keep track of stuff like XP, item drops, etc and store the character sheets? Because that'd be awesome.
  • As the potential DM I'd like tools to make my life running combat smoother. Does it have tools to generate balanced encounters, help with tracking HP totals for the NPCs, etc?
  • Are virtual table-tops fun? I haven't done it, and I'm concerned it's going to be lackluster compared to the RL experience of rolling dice alongside pizza boxes.

I'm open to suggestions based on your experience. 🙂