VTT (Virtual Tabletop)? (lemmy.8th.world)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
 

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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[–] 27 points 10 months ago (12 children)

You probably already know, but FoundryVTT is pretty fantastic. The software/base VTT itself is not open source, but the rule systems and modules (QOL add-ons) mostly are. I self host my own server.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 10 months ago (11 children)

    Yes, but it is closed source and I heard of plug in to add games and so... I don't want to have a table for few stats and items.

    Still thank you for the idea.

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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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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago

    I've long since switched to foundry, but I used to use

    https://www.rptools.net/toolbox/maptool/

    It's not web based, but the clients are available for linux mac and windows,

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    I use Owlbear Rodeo. It doesn't do character sheets (unless there is an extension that does), but I find the tabletop with tokens and fog easy to use.

    https://www.owlbear.rodeo/

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    Not OSS, but you could self-host Foundry that would allow for that. There's a lot of plugins for different TTRPG systems

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Thank you but it isn't self-host-able.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Yes. The backend service they rely on has changed its API and they said that they have no plan at all to follow. I discovered them only after they left peerJs (an alternative, which is interoperable and open source).

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I know the developer got disenchanted with the project and is focusing on his games. Didn't know there were technical issues. Is it easy to self host?

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago* (3 children)

    decorum: a solemn request that questions use question marks.

    why: differentiation - between "hey. look at what I made" posts and "anybody know how I can?" questions.

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  • [–] [S] -1 points 10 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    From the looks of things, your best options are either Linwood Setonix, Dungeon Revealer, PlanarAlly, QuestPortal, Alchemy, Cauldron, SpellCanvas, Arkenforge, and MapTool. That's all I could find as of right now. Maybe it's pottible with Mythic Table, but don't really know too much about it.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Me personally, I really liked using maptool. https://www.rptools.net/toolbox/maptool/

    Its got a bit of a learning curve and doesnt look great, but it gets the job done and is Foss.

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