Is there one paizo put out or supports?
Im still trying to research VTTs but for me the larger problem is the maps. I have zero (and I mean zero) experience with photoshop or any similar program so my making maps is not looking promising.
Currently, Im thinking about D20Pro (not free) or Maptool (free). Im still trying to find maps for the AP Im planning on running (Rise of the Runelords) and have so far found the ones for Burnt Offerings but they are all D20Pro.
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Im still trying to research VTTs but for me the larger problem is the maps. I have zero (and I mean zero) experience with photoshop or any similar program so my making maps is not looking promising.
Currently, Im thinking about D20Pro (not free) or Maptool (free). Im still trying to find maps for the AP Im planning on running (Rise of the Runelords) and have so far found the ones for Burnt Offerings but they are all D20Pro.
- Gauss
If you have the PDF's you copy the map directly from the PDF and put it in the VTT and go.I am currently running RotRL and we just started book 5 and almost 100% of the maps are the ones directly from the book.Send me a PM if you wanna take a peek in D20Pro and I can show you what some of the maps look like.
There are none that are officially endorsed by Paizo, but my group currently uses Maptools. You can use it to be as simple as just doodling the maps and rolling dice, or as complex as utilizing fog of war, lighting, tracking initiative, and programming macros to automatically calculate and roll your attacks, damage, skills, and other rolls.
I was trying that in Maptool but I couldnt get the grids to line up right.
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If you're a Hero Lab user, you can try my Tokenlab utility to import characters from Hero Lab into MapTool, with all the macros built up for you. Big time saver for the working GM.
I've been loving MapTool and it took me probably about 2-3 hours to really understand well. If you take the time to download their 'starter' image libraries (also free), you have a lot to work with and can easily get any still missing textures/tiles from a quick Google image search.
Also, remember to get tokenizer with MapTools to quickly create tokens for your monsters, npcs, and characters.
When we aren't using a battle map, I also like to throw general images onto the screen with MapTools for mood. It's great. And free. And you can even play with line-of-sight stuff.
All that said, take into account that I'm relatively computer savvy (I work as a computer programmer) so may or may not be underestimating the difficulty in getting going with MapTools.
TOZ refers to the fact that on PaizoCon convention that is finishing now there is a banquet where Lisa and Vic and rest of folks make various important announcements, like what will be the AP after the next AP (Irrisen AP will start on January 2013) or that Paizo is making their own free to use Virtual Table Top that will be accessible through the Paizo forum (which they have just announced).
Dammit. I just copied the link and you had to be faster.
I wasn't aware that US Military includes ninjas :/
d20pro doesn't support Pathfinder as fully as I would like.
MapTool can be really great if you either:
a) don't want rules automation, but you do want measurement, vision, light, and fog of war (and maybe basic hit point tracking and a dice roller or
b) you are comfortable with HTML and a little scripting.
There are people who are in between who get by using other people's code, but it is not simple to do so.
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Well, it's way way too early to tell, right? Nobody can even play on Paizo Game Space yet, and it's only been seen publicly for five minutes in a brief demonstration. We're going to be working to make our VTT the best we can but there is no way we can please everybody.
And as far as we're concerned, whether you're using ours, or d20Pro, TTopRPG, roll20.net, Maptool, Fantasy Grounds or any of the dozens of others out there, as long as you're gaming, it's good for everybody. If you find something that works for you, use it!
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Don't get me wrong. I love VTT's and without them I would not have been playing for the past few years (cant find a group where I live). I use D20Pro religiously and will probably stick with it for running my games forever or until it becomes totally obsolete.
The biggest aspect for me will be for me to come here and find a game to PLAY in. Something that is very rare for me as a roleplayer over the last 32 years.
I've been using MapTool for my RotRL game for about a year now. We're about a third of the way through Hook Mountain Massacre. I'm planning to post a bunch of my MapTool maps for RotRL some time soon. Check the RotRL board, specifically the "community-created" thread-- I'll post there when I have them uploaded.
I'd recommend against trying to automate too much with MapTool: it uses a very weird scripting language that I've had a devil of a time trying to figure out. I use a couple of scripts I've grabbed from the MapTool forums, but none of the code I've tried to write works.
For those of you having trouble locating good VTT maps, we sell a number of VTT maps on Adventureaweek.com. All our adventures also include VTT maps which work well on Roll20.net, Fantasy Grounds, d20 Pro, and Maptools.
We're really looking forward to Paizo's VTT and hope they will be including 3PP in their plan! :D
Happy Gaming!
-Jonathan
After the PaizoCon banquet, I think the answer is "Paizo's own VTT". :)
Hey i know this thread is long dead but i have been trying to find a way to get into that game so that me and my friends can all start playing dnd again, i was hoping you might have some information about it or somthing?
After the PaizoCon banquet, I think the answer is "Paizo's own VTT". :)Hey i know this thread is long dead but i have been trying to find a way to get into that game so that me and my friends can all start playing dnd again, i was hoping you might have some information about it or somthing?
At this point, it's pretty much vaporware.
At this point, it's pretty much vaporware.After the PaizoCon banquet, I think the answer is "Paizo's own VTT". :)Hey i know this thread is long dead but i have been trying to find a way to get into that game so that me and my friends can all start playing dnd again, i was hoping you might have some information about it or somthing?
At this point, your speculation is just that, unsubstantiated rumors.
Have evidence to the contrary? Feel free to share.
At this point, it's pretty much vaporware.After the PaizoCon banquet, I think the answer is "Paizo's own VTT". :)Hey i know this thread is long dead but i have been trying to find a way to get into that game so that me and my friends can all start playing dnd again, i was hoping you might have some information about it or somthing?At this point, your speculation is just that, unsubstantiated rumors.
Have evidence to the contrary? Feel free to share.
It has been in development for years and they also said years ago that it'd be ready in a few months. Since then... silence or "still working on it". Which meets the definition of vaporware.
Or you could just check out the correct sub-forum on this messageboard dedicated to the thing, if you don't believe me.
Think Roll20 and google hangouts has become the standard, but I don't play much PFS online. I use it mostly for my home group. I did get in on the D20Pro Kickstarter, so we'll see if it gives me a reason to switch over.
Roll20 is fairly easy to use, but it does consume time. Works great with PFS since you just nab all the images from your scenario, paste them in, resize it, and grab tokens for your players/monsters.
But magnus is right, Paizo's VTT seems pretty much lost in absentia.
Yes, unless you really enjoy waiting, I'd say go to roll20.net.