Dice Throwers? HOW MANY WE GOT?

[Bumamgar]

I DM a weekly DnD 4e session. The sessions have been going on for ~ 5 years now. Started with Age of Worms (DnD 3.5) and when we fnished that entire campaign we switched to 4e and I've been running a converted Temple of Elemental Evil -> Against the Giants campaign.

We play using Fantasy Grounds virtual tabletop software and Ventrillo.

[Rhalous]

Originally Posted by Bumamgar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We play using Fantasy Grounds virtual tabletop software and Ventrillo.

Fantasy Grounds is really pretty good. I have used it and Vent for 3.5E sessions a few times. We are really picky about who we game with, so we usually just wait to play when people are in town, or use Fantasy Grounds.

[ShadowWulf]

Originally Posted by Rhalous [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Fantasy Grounds is really pretty good. I have used it and Vent for 3.5E sessions a few times. We are really picky about who we game with, so we usually just wait to play when people are in town, or use Fantasy Grounds.

Reeeeealy? Tell me more. Ive gotten out of gaming because of travel time and whatnot, ive been looking at their website and it looks interesting.
How easy is it to find groups at large who 1. dont suck and RP like 14 year olds 2. use this software?

[rockhopper]

Yeah, used to play quite a bit.

D&D
AD&D
Star Frontiers
Gamma World
Twilight:2000
GURPS
Shadowrun
Earthdawn

[Rhalous]

Originally Posted by ShadowWulf [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Reeeeealy? Tell me more. Ive gotten out of gaming because of travel time and whatnot, ive been looking at their website and it looks interesting.
How easy is it to find groups at large who 1. dont suck and RP like 14 year olds 2. use this software?

Well, I really have never tried to find a group besides the core group that I've played with over the last 11 years or so. We started in high school and only play maybe 8 times per year or so, but I absolutely recommend buying the FG software. If you are DMing, you'll have to do a good bit more prep work at first, but if you get into it, you will start to find a lot of shortcuts. You can import almost anything you want when it comes to rule books and maps, etc. We play 3.5E because we think its already as close as we want to perfection. I just don't see the big deal with 4th edition, but there are probably books to import for that, as well.

Originally Posted by Brund the Decrepit [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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ADnD Player's Handbook FTW!

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[Bumamgar]

Originally Posted by ShadowWulf [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Reeeeealy? Tell me more. Ive gotten out of gaming because of travel time and whatnot, ive been looking at their website and it looks interesting.
How easy is it to find groups at large who 1. dont suck and RP like 14 year olds 2. use this software?

The software is pretty easy to use, although it's also very customizable so if you like that sort of thing, you can get as complex with it as you want.

It comes with both a 3.5 and 4e ruleset out of the box. The 3.5 ruleset includes all the OGL rules, the 4e ruleset has no 'rules' but the player sheets etc are designed with 4e in mind. You can obtain modules for all of the 4e rulebooks if you look around the net, or you can use Tenian's parser to create your own from a DDI subscription.

To your first question, every time we've had an opening for my campaign, a simple post to the FG forums has always yielded ~10 responses and for the most part everyone we've encountered this way has been a solid addition to the group. There was one guy who played for a few sessions then disappeared without a word, not sure if he didn't like our play-style or if something else happened, but even he wasn't a dick or anything during the actual game [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've tried a few virtual tabletops over the years, and I strongly recommend Fantasy Grounds, it's got a great mod community and strong developer support, and a pretty active user community as well.