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VTT (Virtual Tabletop)? (lemmy.8th.world)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I am playing TTRPG remotely. For this, I was using far.app, a js app, which permit to link Game Master and Players in order to share Character sheets, dice roles, some index cards (set up as a "scene").

Would you know an open-source software that I could self-host to basically have a board with multiple users at once.

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[–] 5 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Can you help us to understand why the plugins to add games is a problem for you?

Maybe I'm missing your meaning here, but it reads kind of like you're expecting some kind of situation where a single VTT would somehow support every game system out of the box?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 10 months ago (9 children)

    I would like to draw a table, add words and numbers, and that's all. I don't want to have to code anything. I am GM-ing Blades in the Dark, with Deep-cut, and some things we took from Fate and others. I want to be able to freely create anything, even in the middle of the session. We don't need automation. I want simplicity.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    So, it seems like the plugins don't really affect you either way then? If you don't want that added functionality, you're good to just not use it, right?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 10 months ago (5 children)

    I didn't see that I could just create character sheets and adapt then during a session. Can you?

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Depends what you want to do with those character sheets.

    If you just want a text file that people can paste their character sheet into, this will work: https://foundryvtt.com/packages/taf/ If you want to actually build full custom character sheets, you probably want something more like this: https://foundryvtt.com/packages/universal-tabletop-system/ Or this: https://foundryvtt.com/packages/custom-system-builder/

    There's also a general purpose PbTA system that's meant to be customised into different PbTA hacks: https://foundryvtt.com/packages/pbta/

    I guess in the sense that you have to load some kind of system to play, there's a requirement to use some sort of plugin, so maybe that's a dealbreaker. But it's generally not an issue. While premium content for Foundry exists, it's mostly in the form of rulebooks and scenarios that have been ported into it by the people who make and sell those games. The actual systems are all free, with literally only one exception (Brambletrek, for some reason).

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    So you want to be able to stream Gimp and have a shared drive with your PC's sheets, it needs to be open source and with no limitations?

    I'd just do gimp+Discord+google docs, but if you want it to be open source and all-in-one then go checkout Nextcloud. I think that's as free as you get, if even foundry is too limiting.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    I don't want to have to code anything.

    You don't have to code anything. You just look through the game system browser, pick what you want, and after a few seconds it's installed.

    We don't need automation. I want simplicity.

    Then screenshare over Discord while drawing things in MS Paint. It's simple and it's not automated, just like you asked

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