• @[email protected]
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    There are tons of virtual tabletops that make this easy to do over discord. Check out Owlbear Rodeo, Alchemy or Foundry VTT, in reverse order complexity.

        • @ramenshaman
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          Ah ok. I’m in my first campaign along with several other newbies and we’re using roll20. Going to let them know about the other options.

            • @magnusrufus
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              I love foundry but “a bit more” is a wild understatement.

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                It depends on your comfort level with technology. It only took me an afternoon to set up the first time, and the updates are fairly straightforward.

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    Even without a gameboard, and even without finely tracking movement at all, you can still have players with movement builds and make them feel powerful. Describing opponents like longbow users and warmages as being within range of a move action “for you, but not for the others” is just one basic way to make them feel fast. Things like difficult terrain being an effective nonissue for them is good to keep in mind. Just remember to describe how fast they are in combat, and give them fun things to do with that speed.

  • @qarbone
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    221 year ago

    There are so many free(mium) alternatives for playing RPGs and specifically 5e over the internet that playing virtually without a map is almost a conscious choice*.

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    ROLL20

    USE ROLL20

    You don’t need to take the game itself off Discord, but Roll20 is free and does exactly what you want it to do: Easily track the position of everything. It’s what I do and it improved my experience to the point it felt like a whole different game.

  • Melmi
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    You’ve gotten some good advice, but I want to add that if you’re feeling masochistic you can use the discord bot Avrae to do your maps in discord chat.

    Joking aside, Avrae is great and I really recommend you check it out if you aren’t using it… but using it for maps is kinda miserable. Using a dedicated virtual tabletop like Owlbear Rodeo will serve you much better.

  • Dettweiler
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    I’ve played in a DnD group using Discord before. Google Sheets works surprisingly well as a gameboard. It also allowed us to move characters and point stuff out remotely, since it supports simultaneous live editing.

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    I open a map on paint.net, overlay a grid on it if it hasn’t one already, and place player/enemy tokens on it. Then I stream it to all the group.

    It’s 100% free and it’s relatively quick to set up and run.

  • @Breezy
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    Is dnd hard to get into? I once attended a local meetup with strangers but i was drunk so i didnt enjoy it, and im sure they didnt enjoy having me. I feel like i could love it but right now i don’t like it

    • The Picard ManeuverOP
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      It’s a little bit of learning at first, but it’s fun once you get the basics. Or if you have a good DM who is patient.

    • @[email protected]
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      dnd has the advantage of being the easiest ttrpg to get a group for, but i wouldnt recommend the 5e itself if you can help it. It’s primarily designed to milk money from you first and foremost.