When playing on a VTT, it’s easy to screw up this particular bit of immersion-creation. I know I’ve done it. I still do it often and need to remind myself that, every time the PCs enter a new area or discover a new thing, they need to have it described. It’s easy to get inadvertently […]
The title says it all…but you may be wondering why. Let me give you an example that recently happened to a friend of mine, a DM who is also running a virtual game on a virtual tabletop. One of the benefits of virtual dice over physical dice is that, when someone rolls publicly on a […]
Interesting thought: Back in the OD&D through B/X and the beginnings of 1E, back before Ravenloft and Dragonlance unleashed the potential of actual storytelling and logic for roleplaying games, the games were not that far from boardgames that you could play without the board, but often used a ‘board’ (map) anyway. The biggest difference between […]
Finally! A post about VTT stuff from the VTT DM! I’ll take care of the cons of digital dice rolling right up front: You lose that awesome visceral sensation you get from rolling actual dice, in person with other people, and cheering as you see that last tip-over on an edge puts the 20 on […]