I bet this question gets asked a lot. I have been DMing an in person group for a couple months now. My first game back since around 2008 or so and I’m hooked again. The downside is that we’re all parents and scheduling is a nightmare (per the norm). We are only meeting once a month or less.

So I want to look into running another game online. I tried roll20 with a one shot that I wrote for the purpose and being that it was my first time using the platform it just kind of got in the way. I want to pick one platform (roll20, Foundry VTT, or whatever) and really do a deep dive to learn it so I can run an online game with a steady group. Setting up the self hosting of Foundry is no problem for me but I’ve read that players can find it confusing to use. I want players and myself to be able to manipulate the platform as seamlessly as possible.

Before I keep rambling on forever, what in your opinion is the easiest VTT to run and to play? I would like perspective from players and from DMs.

  • BozeKnoflook@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    If you’re playing Pathfinder then Foundry is hands down the best option in my opinion.

    If you’re running D&D 5e then Foundry with an addon named plutonium followed by the word that may or may not be import is the best option (you may have to dive into Discord to get it downloaded, but I promise it’s the best VTT for D&D 5e… yarrr).

    After those, Roll20 is okay. It works, it’s alright.

    • felbane@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      I’ve been hosting 5e on Foundry for my regular group for years and have used it both as a player and as a GM (with both premade modules and my own custom setting). It’s pretty great, but can be a bit overwhelming as a GM at first. As a player it’s pretty intuitive but it doesn’t hurt to run through a tutorial video or something to become aware of the non-obvious controls.

      I’m hoping to run a Pathfinder game later this year (when oir current DM decides to promote himself to player) and after playing with the setup in a sandbox I’m pretty excited about it.

    • uid0gid0@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      Word of warning, do not go to the foundry discord with anything related to plutonium. Don’t mention it, don’t have any screen shots showing it, pretend it doesn’t exist. They are a WOTC partner and will not tolerate distribution of copyright material without a license.

    • iconic_admin@lemmy.worldOP
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      5 days ago

      Another point for Foundry.

      I have never played Pathfinder. I’m mostly focused on D&D right now while I’m getting back into the hobby but I live to run a Cyberpunk Rd game at some point.