YES!
I am so happy to see this. Thank you to everyone involved in making this happen.
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Why not roll20?
Why not roll20?
I don't think they do official partnerships of this sort. They're a primarily free model, after all.
I am very excited for this innovation.
This is great news! Most of my Pathfinder play these days is done with Fantasy Grounds, so I'm really happy to hear this.
Awesome. I hope we get an announcement for a single-player PC-based Pathfinder RPG Game made by Bioware or some other company later in 2017. :D
Awesome. I hope we get an announcement for a single-player PC-based Pathfinder RPG Game made by Bioware or some other company later in 2017. :D
You have no idea how down I'd be for that. I think that would sell extremely well if done well.
Although, I'd prefer it to be like Neverwinter where you could co-op too... not just single player.
(P.S. This is great news too)
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Why not roll20?Patience.
-Lisa
This is you're my favorite CEO. :)
As a holder of an Fantasy Grounds Ultimate license and someone who has been slowly but surely creating a Pathfinder version of Conquest of Bloodsworn Vale in Fantasy Grounds? This is FANTASTIC NEWS.
I'd also forgotten that not only do I have a full version of D20PRO as well but I supported their Kickstarter for d20PRo Unlimited .
CHOICES!!!
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Just to clarify - you will not get a universal license for all VTTs directly from Paizo.
If you buy material on FG it will be good for FG, but not d20Pro, and vice-versa.
Roll20 will be a totally separate license when it arrives as well.
Also, This is APs and Modules for now, and not currently PFS scenarios, correct?
Can you guys clarify that, @Lisa, et al, Pretty Please? ( I'm already being hit with a lot of questions. :)
I'm really hoping that Curse of the Crimson Throne is one of the modules for sale eventually. I really want the 10 ft. square maps in high quality.
Otherwise I will probably start picking up most of the Paizo content on Fantasy Grounds to make my life easier.
I wonder if there would be any market for sanctioned Society games on Fantasy Grounds (and maybe eventually Roll20).
I've always been interested in society games but my schedule at work makes it hard to work around usual group times.
So does this mean all this wonderful material I have now will be overpriced on Fantasy Grounds.......
Why not roll20?Patience.
-Lisa
This is all I needed to hear. Thankyou. :)
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I wonder if there would be any market for sanctioned Society games on Fantasy Grounds (and maybe eventually Roll20).
I've always been interested in society games but my schedule at work makes it hard to work around usual group times.
There is sanctioned play online as we speak, on Roll20 and FG.
We even have an online con coming up in January TPKon.com .
I'm the VC for online play, drop me a line and we'll hook you up. :)
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Will this impact upon the current arrangement for PFS Scenarios with the ability to share the engine constructed versions when you exchange proof of ownership?
One of the perks I've used is tossing people Confirmation/Wounded Wisp etc. when they express interest in running a game (and show the purchase).
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Likely they're dipping their toes in pay-to-play communities in d20pro and FantasyGrounds first before going for a freemium model. That's not a bad opening move given these players pay for content compared to the number of pirated modules I see used in r20.
If it works out, then other freemium VTTs will open up. Personally I like SkirmishVT for a freeform, and FG for a more complex game.
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Also I believe Pathfinder is officially supported in d20pro and in FG, while not officially supported, there's a large PFS community there. Both good testing grounds compared to roll20 which is the larger overall pool. Also roll20 kinda started officially supporting 5e ~ 1 year ago, and it's not too much for paizo to expect the same treatment when they roll out there. The ball is probably in roll20's court.
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For anyone interested in Pathfinder Society Play Online, I am the Venture-Captain for PFS Online Play and I am always available to help anyone who has questions or interest.
You can contact me via email at Jesse@PathfinderSocietyOnline.com
You can also join our Discord Chat Server at:
...and the community there will be happy to help you get started in online play.
If anyone needs any help getting started with Online Play, or a specific VTT, please let me know and I can put you in touch with someone who can help, for PFS or general Pathfinder games.
Fantasy Grounds has an active PFS community - you can find them here:
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?71-Pathfinder-Societ y-Games
d20Pro has a Pathfinder forum group here:
http://forums.mesamundi.com/index.php?forums/pathfinder.21/
And if you are looking for a good centralized place for Online Games, the oldest group online is here at The PFS Online Collective:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pathfinder-society-online-collectiv e
And of course, keep an eye on our official Online Play PFS forum here on Paizo at:
We also have an online convention coming up in January, using Roll20.net, for those interested.
You can find information on the online con in the TPKon channel on the Discord Server at PFSChat.com
As stated previously, if you have any question at all or need any help getting started in online play, or have any VTT question, don't hesitate to drop me a line and we'll get you hooked up.
A question for those of you that have used either of these.
I run our home game through a projector pointing down at the tabletop.
Currently I have been using Syncrpg, a mod of Maptools to do this, but have been thinking about switching. Paying a few bucks to cut out hours of prep is worth it in my book.
So what one would work better for a projector?
What I do with Syncrpg is have a GM session on my laptop, with the projector showing a second copy of the program joined as a player.
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Both d20Pro and Fantasy Grounds have been used for projection and Flat Panel play for some time - my own experience would say that Fantasy Grounds will give you a bit more community support (since it has already been done quite a bit there), but d20Pro is perfectly equipped to do the job just as well. It will just come down to whichever VTT has a certain feature you like more.
A question for those of you that have used either of these.
I run our home game through a projector pointing down at the tabletop.
Currently I have been using Syncrpg, a mod of Maptools to do this, but have been thinking about switching. Paying a few bucks to cut out hours of prep is worth it in my book.
So what one would work better for a projector?
What I do with Syncrpg is have a GM session on my laptop, with the projector showing a second copy of the program joined as a player.
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A question for those of you that have used either of these.
I run our home game through a projector pointing down at the tabletop.
Currently I have been using Syncrpg, a mod of Maptools to do this, but have been thinking about switching. Paying a few bucks to cut out hours of prep is worth it in my book.
So what one would work better for a projector?
What I do with Syncrpg is have a GM session on my laptop, with the projector showing a second copy of the program joined as a player.
Currently, only D20Pro has some version of vision/vbl. (and it is in the semi-early phase.)
Fantasy Grounds has Fog of War, but it is extremely basic.
OpenRPG's vision is the best I've seen, and if you're using it for that, I would go with D20Pro over Fantasy Grounds.
Fantasy Grounds has much better rules automation, but since you're running live games, I assume that's not as much a necessity. (They have. however, recently added a feature allowing you to enter the player's die roll and use the automation to figure out all the modifiers so you can spend less time remembering them, so that could be useful for a live game.)
Will the products be compatible with MapTool and Roll20?
