Hey, guys. I've been trying to reunite some of my tabletop players who have moved away from my area. We have played through skype before, but I simply had to trust their rolls and it was a bit tough to explain positioning during combats with no visual representation.
Since then I have played on Roll20, but I find it lacking in certain features. I AM willing to pay for good software, but I'd like to make sure it suits all my needs before putting down any of my hard-earned cheddar. I've mainly been looking at iTabletop and D20pro, but even these don't seem to fully list the features I'm looking for.
My requirements are listed in order of priority:
1) Must include multiple chat window support. As we do text only RP, I like to be able to be able to keep group chats separated when the party is separated. It helps with immersion, kills metagaming, and allows for seperate IC/OOC chat instances.
2) Must be able to import content, such as maps from the Paizo AP I am using. It's nice when I can just load a photo to use for troll icons rather than sift through a library of poor quality representations. It also helps if it's easy to align squares to grid.
3) PF support is nice.
4) Easy setup/friendly learning curve/community support. I hate being frustrated whilst trying to se up my game.
It also helps if it's easy to align squares to grid.
That's my biggest hangup with roll20. Not sure why it vexes me so. Also being web based, when roll20 goes to the great website graveyard in the sky so does your campaign.
I really like Ttop which is simple and free. There is no multiple chat window support that I am aware of, and community support is nil, but that is offset by the easy to communicate with designer/programmer, ease of use, and it's free.