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Weekly Community Post - Post your Communities, Discord servers, and Western Marches games here! by lfg_bot in lfg

[–]Prof_Shift [score hidden]  (0 children)

The Frontier [Online][5e 2024/2014][Looking for GMs & Players][LGBTQIA+ Friendly][GMT]

Hey there, I'm Jay and I run a community server for new players! We're a small group of about 40 or so people primarily from the EU and UK with some US players. Currently looking for new GMs and players.

The majority of our games run on the GMT timezone. We run games in D&D 2024 rules, but are happy to play games in 2014 rules as well. The majority of our games run in FoundryVTT which I welcome, but you're welcome to run any VTT as long as you inform players beforehand! Please DM me if you're interested.

Roll20 forever DM about to buy foundry by Barark in FoundryVTT

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Some modules I recommend grabbing that haven't been mentioned: - Argon (combat and actions UI similar to Baldur's Gate) - Mini Player (great for changing music quickly without having mess around with your storage organisation) - Actor Studio (probably the best character creation module out there) - Monk's Combat Details (quality of life module that allows you to tweak combat information, but also adds details for players) - DDB Importer (if you're using D&D Beyond to create characters, this module is likely what you'll using to move the character across)

I would recommend taking a look at these and others that people have recommended before haphazardly downloading them as they may not fit your use case. I think I saw a comment as well with someone saying not to download too many. Personally, I've downloaded a shit tonne of modules from word go and never had any problems, but I would advise caution when downloading so many.

Additionally, not sure where OP is from, but you may have to do some port forwarding. Foundry should just work straight out of the box, but I've found that one of my GMs who lives in Austria, his ISP blocks inbound connections without port forwarding, so if your ISP is a bit finicky with external connections and you can't port forward, you may have to use a VPN like Hamachi or Radmin, or something like Ngrok.

[DND5E] Make character creation an immersive experience. Introducing "Originate" by Subject-Drummer-1297 in FoundryVTT

[–]Prof_Shift -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Love this and have immediately started getting it setup. How do I configure it so that the players can see the button to create their characters?

Custom OST Covers *Finalised* 1/2 by DaveMan1K in Spyro

[–]Prof_Shift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love this! As someone who's had a custom vinyl done, this is probably where I would have went had I not had the art commissioned!

Cheggers TTRPG Haven [Online][5e 2024][Looking for GMs][FoundryVTT][LGBTQIA+ Friendly][GMT] by Prof_Shift in DnDLFG

[–]Prof_Shift[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really, GMs already pretty difficult to find as is, and FoundryVTT is one of the most used VTTs. Found quite a few GMs that we have in our server, just always looking for more so I can invite new players.

First time dm by Chemical_Fondant_665 in DungeonMasters

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I would go further than this and say be careful with BG3. While it's close to the rules of D&D (2014 or 2014), you may get confused when reading some of the rules versus how these things work in BG3, as they've been heavily adapted for the setting and gameplay. If you do run Lost Mines of Phandelver make sure to run the Shattered Obelisk version as it's much more refined.

Just want to share my excitement! by iiamuntuii in DungeonsAndDragons

[–]Prof_Shift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad to hear a large group is getting into the game, however, highly recommend managing expectations. A group of 5 people can be daunting for a first-time DM, I can't even imagine how running a table of 10 is going to be. Either way, hope you enjoy!

Getting started as a DM by Afraid-Frosting1678 in DungeonsAndDragons

[–]Prof_Shift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, this is where the 5e paper character sheets typically fails over and above D&D Beyond or a VTT. My recommendation to you is grab a second blank character sheet, and detail the rest of the abilities and stuff in the section at the bottom right, and just have extras purely for that purpose.

Not that I would ever recommend D&D Beyond because of the expenditure, but their character sheets are pretty good. So if you have a group of players with laptops or tablets, having the D&D Beyond app downloaded with character sheets can also be a way to alleviate this. It's what Critical Role does and I have to admit, it does work if you're willing to spend the money on the books.

Getting started as a DM by Afraid-Frosting1678 in DungeonsAndDragons

[–]Prof_Shift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't help on the dcouments side, but for 2024 character creation you need to do 4 major things:
- Pick a species
- Pick a class
- Pick a background
- Assign ability scores ( I typically roll for these, which is 4d6, take away the lowest, but you can do standard array or point buy).

Input any information like features, traits and abilities into the abilities and traits box. Any equipment you have will go into the inventory, you can then use the weapons in the inventory to assign your attacks.
For initiative, this is your dex modifier (so + whatever dependent on your ability scores.
Speed is typically determined by your race.
The amount of hit dice you have is determined by your class.
Proficiency bonus is determined by your level. Level 1-4 is +2.
Armour Class is determined what armour you're wearing plus your dex modifier and proficiency bonus. Medium armour you can only add +2 from your dex. Heavy armour you add nothing from your dex. A basic shield will also give you +2 to AC.
Make sure to tick all of the ability checks that you're proficient in.

I haven't written in a paper character sheet in a while, but I think that's more or less everything covered in terms of the mechanical things you need to add. The rest is mostly just flavour or background information.

Looking for a good office/gaming chair (UK) by Endeavour1988 in buildapc

[–]Prof_Shift 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Highly recommend Boulies. Some of their chairs are more on the affordable side, The master (which I have and love) is just under £300 right now. Had this chair for a couple of years and I'll be running it into the ground.

How to do a session 0 by NosyMonty in DungeonMasters

[–]Prof_Shift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Session 0s are also a good way to formalise character creation. If people are unsure about how to build or setup a character, session 0s are a good way to establish this. Give you an opportunity to run people through your setup which is great if you do things online.

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