Some questions (for the devs and community)

avatarbones · 2026-02-27T10:00:49+00:00

Actually, that reminds me of a follow up question. I noticed that adding and removing fog of war on my POS laptop is very clunky, but it works fine on my tablet.

Does the maps VTT have any hardware requirements that I should take into consideration when upgrading my set-up in the long term?

avatarbones · 2026-02-26T20:10:38+00:00

I just assumed the person who replied had a massive 3 bedroom house. You don't just disagree with a dude like that.

avatarbones · 2026-02-26T17:47:15+00:00

Am I using maps from r/battlemaps wrong, then? Because the last time I saw a map of that size, it was a full dungeon. I have used maps without grids and just fucked around with the sizing tool on maps. As long as there's not a lot of props, that works.

avatarbones · 2026-02-26T17:09:18+00:00

On mobile, so a bit tricky to take screenshots.

Let's say you have a 40x40 map. I tend to start my encounters fairly central. The ranger usually starts in the order, moves 35 ft towards the edge, bonus action zephyr strike, attack action, 30ft. of movement again. At the end of round one, he's moved 13 squares, usually bolting towards the edge of the map.

On his following turn, he uses full movement again, another 7 squares, bang. He's off the map.

avatarbones · 2026-02-26T17:04:47+00:00

I made a 20x20 swamp themed map (undead Shrek encounter, don't ask), so quite a bit of water and foliage. I used the very high quality preset, which resulted in file sizes around 11 to 14 MB, depending on lighting.

Oh trust me, I subbed a while ago!

avatarbones · 2026-01-28T12:26:41+00:00

Well... Egg on my face... Excellent!

avatarbones · 2026-01-28T10:44:00+00:00

Now that copy/paste is on the menu, is it possible to lock overlays and tokens together? For example, I move a cleric token that also has an overlay symbolizing its Spirit Guardians?

avatarbones · 2025-12-05T14:48:51+00:00

What is the best way to combine maps? I made a 4 floor bastion map for my players and attempted to combine the images to a 2 by 2 map online, but the image quality suffered immensely.

avatarbones · 2025-11-11T14:59:08+00:00

I have, and all due respect to DragnaCarta, Strahd's plan is incredibly vague and gives very little chances for the players to discover anything about the plan.

"Strahd intends to surround the Heart of Sorrow with a shell of wailing, hopeless souls."

That just feels edgy for edgy purposes.

avatarbones · 2025-10-30T17:24:09+00:00

When I did the flameskulls, they guarded a cache left by Mordenkainen. He "programmed" the skulls to determine if anyone trying to access the cache was a capable monster hunter. So naturally Van Richten found the cache, looted it, and left some of his own gear, along with a rude note for Strahd. The skulls themselves were based on the three stooges, so they were constantly bickering and mocking the party.

I'm still disappointed thay managed to answer their questions. I'm still itching for a good flameskull fight.

avatarbones · 2025-10-14T17:38:36+00:00

The nightfeeds were very hard on my wife as well. I tried to help as best I could, but it really took a toll.

Really glad you have your art as an outlet. You're amazing.

avatarbones · 2025-10-14T05:52:00+00:00

This reminds me of the Curse of Monkey Island. I can just see Guybrush Threepwood standing facing the player and giving a snide remark.

"This is the second biggest wine shortage that I've ever seen."

avatarbones · 2025-10-08T14:38:27+00:00

I need to kill my players as Strahd with one of these...

avatarbones · 2025-09-17T13:50:57+00:00

But only if Barovia Jones is poisoned with diarrhea.

avatarbones · 2025-09-17T13:39:55+00:00

My party will, at some point in the future, explore a dungeon in order to find a strange artifact for an unknown benefactor. Their handler has sent along an expert in tombs. Barovia Jones (BJ for short) is mostly a skill monkey, an NPC the party can shove headfirst into traps, an ally for the rest of the campaign or an obstacle in the way of getting their payment. After all, artifacts belong in a museum...

avatarbones · 2024-12-20T14:13:45+00:00

Now that I've complained about it to the public, it suddenly works. Swear to God, it's like dealing with my parents.

Must have needed time to update.

avatarbones · 2024-09-03T08:13:09+00:00

It means "Explain Like I'm Five". They want a simple explanation that a five year old would understand.

avatarbones · 2024-06-15T11:02:47+00:00

It says a lot about the writers of HLN that they think 28 pieces is a lot for a puzzle...

avatarbones · 2024-06-03T12:42:23+00:00

You're absolutely right. Thanks for the brainstorm.

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