Posts made by Jeshin

@Sparks

1. Foundry is hosted via a server or computer. Players connect to it via a simple ip/30000 port link.
2. Full script and module support allowing customization
3. Refactored code supporting complex layered maps, lighting, and other 'premium' R20 features without the crippling lag associated with them or the price tag.
4. You own it outright, 1 time fee 50 or less when it finally releases. Right now it's 5 dollars a month to be a patreon to get access. You can just pay 1 month and get access to whatever version is available and use that forever. Once you have the software you have it there is no version control or being held hostage to a developer. Only 1 user is required to own the software and likewise during beta only 1 user needs to have access to the beta to run games.
5. The community mod support is pretty strong. As of right now there are player designed plugins, scripts, and modules to do things like import content from R20 campaigns to ease the transition. Improved NPC/PC sheets compared to the base module support. Improved chat macros and dice mechanics. So on so forth.

In my opinion based on my experience with R20, Maptools, theater of the mind, and a few others I straight up cannot remember the name of... Foundry has been the highest amount of support with the least amount of headaches for VTT platforms. The best part of course being all the current functionality is just 0.3.3 version so it's not full release and more features along with ease of use is planned.

EDIT - http://foundryvtt.com/pages/api.html Might also answer a lot of your GM customization questions.

@Thenomain

I know some WH40K Dark Heresy 2.0 groups, I know one person who wants to run deadlands (but no voice), I know no WoD people. I know someone who wants to do a Witcher RPG tabletop.

EDIT - Unless you mean will there be other ruleset modules at which point yes there will be. In the Discord there are other games being discussed. It's just that the main dev team is supporting 5e as their beta test module but the core design is still game agnostic.

EDIT 2 -
[2:27 PM] Atropos: pathfinder, warhammer fantasy roleplaying, zweihander, and .... um
[2:27 PM] Atropos: I think I'm forgetting something, but someone is working on a sort of sci-fi system

@Auspice

My schedule is basically completely shot the last 2 months with work but I've been able to maintain friday Storm King's Thunder (as a player) and then Saturday Tomb of Annihilation along with a Sunday Ghost of Saltmarsh as a DM. All 5e, though I am hoping 2077 sourcebook is good because I'd like to do a cyberpunk when that comes out next year.

EDIT - If you are looking for a game, I can help you find one! I know people, people addicted to DMing worse than me.

@Seamus 3D rendering for maps is pretty slick. Gives a better playmat with friends at home feel to it. Whoever is doing their textures has a good sense of tongue-in-cheek and realism too.

Hey,

Are you sick of Roll20?

Do you want to have cool maps with people online?

http://foundryvtt.com/

It's a non-game specific virtual tabletop with a dnd 5e module during development. I've been using it for my 5e dnd games the last month and the quality of life improvement is pretty big.

Also if you have roll20 or foundry and use dndbeyond check out Beyond20 which lets you roll to both directly from your sheet so you don't need to split your investments. If anyone is interested in experiencing foundry or 5e for the first time, I plan on running some one-shots in August so leave a message here or in PMs!

@Kanye-Qwest

I'm open to better comparisons, do you have any?

@Kanye-Qwest

So excluding trans/non-binary people would make the staff or owner bigoted because no pre-existing setting exists which could justify that decision?

Excluding groups based on the work of Tolkien does not make the staff or owner bigoted?

^ I think this is the basic question of where do you cross the line and where are you alright. It's not a defense of doing it just answering where the community thinks it's acceptable and where it's wrong.

I think @Tinuviel is saying whether he excluded red heads, irish people, black people, gay people, etc etc. That the specific group excluded doesn't matter to the question of whether excluding a group makes the game owner and/or staff bigoted.

For example lets say you were doing China in the rise of the Han Dynasty. You would presumably exclude certain non-historical groups. Lets say you're going Tolkien. Certain physical features are associated with certain kingdoms/areas which have allegiances to dark powers or not. Does not waiving those associations make the game staff bigoted? Shadows of Isildur had a complaint about that once.

EDIT - Or in his proposed example it appears he's excluding a group because of the fetishization of the group and the lack of respect the average player gives to their roleplay?

@crayon

He still pokes me to see if I'll come back (I'd like too) and he was indeed one of those bittervet types. Horrormu saved my friend from being a killjoy. Thank you @Botulism !

@Ephemera

Thank you!

Is anyone familiar with the Chrome OS environment and what MUSHing clients are usable on it?

Typing up posts only to delete them because my inner voice says... No... That way is only pain.