Countdown on FB...

[JohnD]

So there appears to be a countdown happening on Facebook.

What does everyone think? Official 5e support or beta for Unity? Something else?

[Trenloe]

The end of the world as we know it?

[Mellock]

Perhaps it's the kickstarter? If so, I may have to reconfigure the budget for next month a little to fit it in.

[Tel Arin]

Unity crowdfunding?

[Mask_of_winter]

It has D&D 5e font and color. And someone mentioned that if it's a countdown, day zero coincides with the release of Princes of the Apocalypse.

It's still too soon for Unity.

[damned]

I thought it was a countdown to Easter Eggs!

[Mellock]

I would love for it to be a 5e product announcement. Almost as much as free chocolate easter eggs.

[Nylanfs]

Yum, free 5e chocolate eggs.

[GunnarGreybeard]

Anything chocolate would be good . . . something 5e related, even better.

[Mellock]

Aaaaagh, the suspense! The suspense!

[YAKO SOMEDAKY]

Only to don´t miss the joke.
Dyn Light?
LOL.

[JohnD]

Looking forward to whatever the countdown leads to tomorrow.

[GunnarGreybeard]

It's time . . . . . :p

[Nylanfs]

All the posts were at 12 my time, so 22 minutes more.

[Nylanfs]

DUDE!

https://ow.ly/LiKWz

[Zeus]

DUDE!

https://ow.ly/LiKWz

Now you know why we've been so quiet lately, busy busy busy ....

:) Doug will be along shortly with an official update

[Mellock]

Mein Himmel! All the PHB spells at my command! I must simply... slobber all over you! Bit pricey to get both the PHB and MM in one go, but I can get the MM next month. I will sacrifice some dice on my nerd-altar here to beg for more adventures at a future date :p .

[Mellock]

And apparently I don't even need to install anything, the updater takes care of everything beautifully :p

[jshauber]

Well done guys!!!!!

[Zeus]

@Mellock Outside of whats available already on the store we also have the DMG, ToD: HoTDQ + RoT in release approval and EE: PotA in development :)

[Mellock]

Oh, that is SO sweet. I'm just gonna get Lost Mines of Phandelver then to bridge the gap, and play some more instead of converting the Tyranny of Dragons ones :p

[JohnD]

I hope the company you licensed 5e from is doing some prominent promotion on their official forums and website (I no longer know who is calling themselves what).

Congratulations!

[shemantis]

I am absolutely dying with joy over this. And I am just so pleased that you guys were able to do this.
I have a lot of questions, though, like: Can we get some better screenshots? and Will we able to change the text in the modules? I like to delete, add, change wording, etc. in my games.
And also: Are the D&D Basic Rules, D&D Complete Core Class Pack or D&D Character Customization Pack going to be required for *all* "official" modules...?

[ddavison]

shemantis, it will depend on the module. The Lost Mine of Phandelver and also the HotDQ and ROT have all the monsters included in a basic form already. Princes of the Apocalypse seems to split from this trend and will require access to the Monster Manual or the appropriate packs to take full advantage of it.

[Nylanfs]

shemantis, any changes would reside in your campaign. Ie you drag the encounter, text etc into your campaign tabs and then you can change it there for your campaign.

[Nylanfs]

Also anyone else want to help the new to FG people on EnWorld understand how this will work?

https://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2515-FANTASY-GROUNDS-Virtual-Tabletop-s-D-D-License!&page=2#comments

[Tel Arin]

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/images/news/fantasygrounds-wizards-banner2015.jpg

Ouh Yeah!

[GunnarGreybeard]

Lets hope that this will spur many of the other RPG companies out there to get their systems licensed for FG as well.

[Trenloe]

Lets hope that this will spur many of the other RPG companies out there to get their systems licensed for FG as well.
Indeed. But it also needs people to convert them as well. SmiteWorks have agreements for quite a few products that haven't seen the light of day because they don't get completely converted - either devs not completing the task or no one taking it up to start with. There's a list of products waiting for devs here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?11156-Want-to-produce-official-FG-products-adventures-rulesets&p=80392&viewfull=1#post80392

[ddavison]

Trenloe is right about that. We just don't have the bandwidth to push out stuff for every game system out there.

[JohnD]

Also anyone else want to help the new to FG people on EnWorld understand how this will work?

https://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2515-FANTASY-GROUNDS-Virtual-Tabletop-s-D-D-License!&page=2#comments

Not too many obvious trolls yet, perhaps there's hope yet.

I don't use 5e, but this is a great development for everyone.

[damned]

Not too many obvious trolls yet, perhaps there's hope yet.

There be Trolls under all ye bridges! Poke them with big sticks I hear ye say?


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[Trenloe]

There be Trolls under all ye bridges! Poke them with big sticks I hear ye say?
I remember one of the early C&C sessions I played with you. The party came to a big stone bridge and I said "There's bound to be a troll under the bridge or nearby" and there was! :)

[Nylanfs]

Just got reminded why I avoid Reddit like the plague...

[Treegreen]

Just got reminded why I avoid Reddit like the plague...

Reddit in and of itself isn't that bad, but the issue are the various people screaming about how they can get everything for free. If I had a dime for every person who apparently can't wrap their head around why a featureless free Roll20 is incomparable to FG I'd be a rich man. You obviously cannot get the functionality of FG for free, if for no other reason that any other VTT out there would require you to enter in all of your D&D 5e information manually.

[damned]

I remember one of the early C&C sessions I played with you. The party came to a big stone bridge and I said "There's bound to be a troll under the bridge or nearby" and there was! :)

Of course! Its old school.

[damned]

Just got reminded why I avoid Reddit like the plague...

Havent been brave enough to look just yet...