Fantasy Grounds - Discussion

Bison · March 04, 2016, 01:55:51 PM

Well I've taken the plunge and picked up a copy of the full client (not the ultimate). Just had the chance to play around a little bit, but holy moly is there a pretty steep learning curve.

bob48 · March 04, 2016, 02:04:22 PM

I'm very interested in seeing what can be done with it. Even if there is no way of my being taking part in anything that you manage to get up and running, I will be a keen spectator (and no doubt will chip in with gratuitous comments/advice).............

As mentioned previously, we did look at this last year and as a result, panzerde did buy it, although I can't remember which version he brought.

Bison · March 04, 2016, 02:08:07 PM

Well besides a $120 dollar difference. The major difference is that the full client allows you to be the player/DM with others who own the full/ultimate client or host 1 demo, but the demo has no save features. The ultimate client allows for unlimited number of demo clients to join and save to the hosts game files. I'm sure there is a bunch of other stuff but that's the jest of it.

Full comes with basic core rulesets for 3.5/4/5 D&D and Pathfinder. I'm still messing around with it so I really don't know much beyond that right now.

bbmike · March 04, 2016, 02:14:04 PM

I bought it in a sale a while back. Like you, I was was surprised at the learning curve. I also thought I would create a Gamma World ruleset for it. Then I saw the learning curve to do that. :o

Bison · March 04, 2016, 02:24:41 PM

Well the plan is to get a Grogheads RPG group together for a Pathfinder or maybe 5e D&D campaign. What I do know is that the Pathfinder/3.5 and 4e rulesets have more limited automated features than the 5e D&D but you pay a premium for it.

I'm hopefully going to be able to link up Double Deuce to get some hands on training. Otherwise there are a ton of youtube videos and the FG forums for tips and advice.

Bison · March 04, 2016, 03:16:25 PM

FG could become a full fledged hobby. /smh/ Just what I need is another distraction in life. But I guess it's easier than my plan to take up painting minis and much less messy.

Double Deuce · March 04, 2016, 05:31:47 PM

I think FG now comes with the newly released 5e D&D SRD so you can drag and drop a lot of stuff to the character sheet from there. I have the ultimate license so if we can arrange times, I would not have limits on the number of connections, even those who just have the demo. The biggest obstacle will be in scheduling compatible connection times.

Bison · March 04, 2016, 05:38:39 PM

I messed around with creating characters for both Pathfinder and 5e D&D. I'm not going to lie I might end up cracking and just going with 5e. It's just so much easier to deal with in FG. The price is painful since I'd basically have to double buy the books. 1 for FG and 1 for the actual table. /sigh/. I thought I'd broken away from WotC since I have bought or played MtG in a few months.

Bison · March 05, 2016, 12:08:15 AM

MD and I spend a couple of hours muddling through the FG UI. Hell we even did a combat encounter that was only half half-assed!

We both might need to read the 5e rules better. :P

MetalDog · March 05, 2016, 12:09:02 AM

Just spent a couple of hours playing around with Bison. Got some combat in, too. Looks really good.

MetalDog · March 05, 2016, 12:11:28 AM

Quote from: Bison on March 05, 2016, 12:08:15 AM
MD and I spend a couple of hours muddling through the FG UI. Hell we even did a combat encounter that was only half half-assed!

We both might need to read the 5e rules better. :P

I'll be a pro by the end of tomorrow night!

Double Deuce · March 05, 2016, 01:24:07 AM

Quote from: bbmike on March 04, 2016, 02:14:04 PM
I bought it in a sale a while back. Like you, I was was surprised at the learning curve. I also thought I would create a Gamma World ruleset for it. Then I saw the learning curve to do that. :o

I saw someone did a Gamma World to D&D 5e conversion but haven't looked at it. You could create a custom library and then use the 5e ruleset?

Yskonyn · March 05, 2016, 01:28:56 AM

I have used FG for about a year once our group ended up scattered around the country.
I like the system very much, but as its quite powerful the learning curve is rather big. Basic functionality to start playing is easy to learn though.
You will broaden your skillset by playing.

If you are more interested in a play- by-email kind if setup (which you could also use FG for as a campaign management system) www.tavern-keeper.com is a very nice setup.

bbmike · March 05, 2016, 08:48:19 AM

Quote from: Double Deuce on March 05, 2016, 01:24:07 AM
Quote from: bbmike on March 04, 2016, 02:14:04 PM
I bought it in a sale a while back. Like you, I was was surprised at the learning curve. I also thought I would create a Gamma World ruleset for it. Then I saw the learning curve to do that. :o

I saw someone did a Gamma World to D&D 5e conversion but haven't looked at it. You could create a custom library and then use the 5e ruleset?

I didn't see that. I was actually going to create the Gamma World 1st edition set. :D

Bison · March 05, 2016, 09:00:58 AM

I'm learning how to create adventures, which a challenge in itself. I wouldn't even dream of trying to convert and entire gaming system.