New Player Questions

[Hendra]

Hello, new to the VTT, Last played when D&D 2nd edition..! :D My we have we came a long way since then..! My real name is David, and I currently hail from Florida in the Emerald Coast aka hurricane alley.. I have loved this game for many years and would now like to enjoy it again and make some friends..

I have checked out a few videos from digital dungeon master and CoreRPG and so far I am understanding some of the bare basics but Im not quite sure of a few things.. what to get once I get a FG license.. The complete core class pack? Do I need a certain kind of adventure pack? Is there one that's played more often? Tokens are a new concept for me as well.. I don't want to purchase stuff I don't need to play or purchase items that no one is playing.. but am willing to invest money to have a good experience with like minded gamers..

I think I prefer D&D 5E game play but that could be just because that's what I maybe most familiar with.. I am looking to play with pretty much any style of rule sets but I would like to find a group or someone to get me going in the right direction.

So if I used the template given in the Looking for games forum this is what it would be..

LFG,
FG -Full license
Time Zone: Central
Weekend play is best but can sometimes do a weekday
Voice and video chat available
D&D 5e or pathfinder
Character type preferred: human
About me: I come from 2nd edition world and I never DM'ed but it was always battle heavy and lots of role play, fast play, somewhat serious, I keep my appointments and always on time.. prefer to pay with 18 or older and would love to grow a character and watch him evolve over time.

Thank you in advance!

[dulux-oz]

Hi Hendra, and Welcome! to the Community,

First of all: purchases. You don't really need to purchase anything (apart from an FG license - and even then, maybe not) if you are a player. If you are a GM, then again, you don't really need to purchase anything. However, like with real-life (RL) gaming, the GM has an easier time if they use published adventures, have all the source books, etc - because it all helps.

FG comes with the basic rules, etc for 5E, plus a few generic tokens (think RL "miniatures"), etc - and you can enter in everything else manually (adventures, monsters, etc, etc, etc).

A generic-style answer, yes, and someone else will be along shortly with more detail, but really I'd say play a few games first and you'll work out what YOU want and need and can't do without :)

And, if you haven't done so already (but I think you said you might have), let me encourage you to take a look at some of the great Tutorial Videos available on the Fantasy Grounds Wiki (and on YouTube). Damn's are good, as are Xorn's, and people seem to like mine as well (mine are also available from the links in my sig, below).

Start with the ones on the CoreRPG, because the CoreRPG forms the foundation of just about all the RPGs we play with Fantasy Grounds - so by learning how to use FG with the CoreRPG you'll learn about 80% of what you'll need to know to play any RPG with Fantasy Grounds. Once you've gone through the CoreRPG Videos you can then go on to Videos about your chosen RPG.

When you get familiar with the basic Fantasy Grounds product the next step is to check out some of the Extensions (Plug-Ins) for FG, such as the DOE: Sound, DOE: Locations, DOE: Weather and DOE: Organisations Extensions (to name a but a few - and a Shameless™ Self Plug).

And keep on asking questions - we're a pretty friendly lot here, and we love answering questions.

Cheers

[JohnD]

Welcome! You are most definitely in the right place.

[Hendra]

Hey thank you dulux-oz!! love a warm welcome.. My full name will be Hendra Tok..

I see your good points.. however I dont need anything for character creation other than FG? So a token is your visual representation of your character on the board I'm gathering but FG only has a few classes to begin with?... Im watching a few more videos now..

[Hendra]

Hello JohnD!.. tell me more about Castles and Crusades..

[Nylanfs]

C&C is closer to 2ed than 5e is. :)

[JohnD]

OSR style ruleset. Old adventures convert 90%+ without much if any changes. It doesn't have the might of WotC pushing it though so not many people have found out about it.

[Erin Righ]

Hi Hendra, and Welcome! to the Community,

And keep on asking questions - we're a pretty friendly lot here, and we love answering questions.


And stay off my lawn!

[Hendra]

I see, then I'm game for sure JohnD!

[Hendra]

And stay off my lawn!

Ha... you in California or something? but sure no problem..

[Erin Righ]

Ha... you in California or something? but sure no problem..

Lol, no, I am the resident Grumpy Old Fart. I have been known to call people on their idiocy, not that you've shown any, get threads shut down, stuff like that, but to be honest, this is an AWESOME community, just beware of T.R.E.N.L.O.E he is the AI that Doug built to serve the community, but we are fairly convinced he is out to take over the world from his CPU in Denver

[Hendra]

Lol, no, I am the resident Grumpy Old Fart. I have been known to call people on their idiocy, not that you've shown any, get threads shut down, stuff like that, but to be honest, this is an AWESOME community, just beware of T.R.E.N.L.O.E he is the AI that Doug built to serve the community, but we are fairly convinced he is out to take over the world from his CPU in Denver

yeah everyone thus far has been really cool.. I have yet to see T.R.E.N.L.O.E appear yet.. we shall keep a look out for him..

[LordEntrails]

yeah everyone thus far has been really cool.. I have yet to see T.R.E.N.L.O.E appear yet.. we shall keep a look out for him..
Recently I have come to the conclusion that after TRENLOE moves beyond proof of concept, it will be known as SkyNet.

[The Hawk and Sparrow]

Hello! You sound like me about 2.5 years ago. At the time, I was looking for a way to continue a long standing game with my remote son. I also came from 2E. Steam led me to FG... next thing I know, I DM'd a game for over two years with folks from all over the world. It was a blast. I'm taking a break now due to a busy schedule, but we should stay in touch. I have a lot of lessons learned. I'm in GA and can chat pretty much anytime... plus use ring central to share my screen if you want to see how I prepare / use existing modules / used the system to run just like the old days etc. Just let me know. Cheers!!

[dulux-oz]

...just beware of T.R.E.N.L.O.E he is the AI that Doug built to serve the community...

Actually, that's my code.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

[Erin Righ]

Actually, that's my code.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

I don't believe you, if it were your code it would be called DOAI - T.R.E.N.L.O.E

[dulux-oz]

I don't believe you, if it were your code it would be called DOAI - T.R.E.N.L.O.E

Two possible replies:

Touché, or
But that's what I wanted you to think so I could keep people off balance

Now, which one is it, hmmmm? :p

[Hendra]

Hello! You sound like me about 2.5 years ago. At the time, I was looking for a way to continue a long standing game with my remote son. I also came from 2E. Steam led me to FG... next thing I know, I DM'd a game for over two years with folks from all over the world. It was a blast. I'm taking a break now due to a busy schedule, but we should stay in touch. I have a lot of lessons learned. I'm in GA and can chat pretty much anytime... plus use ring central to share my screen if you want to see how I prepare / use existing modules / used the system to run just like the old days etc. Just let me know. Cheers!!

Man thats cool! Love the modern age of this style of gaming.. I have noticed that screen management is a big part of this... I took my son 14 years old to his first baseball/football card shop that also had comics and games. I too had not been to one of these shops in a long time... Well the day we went it must have been a big game day.. They had tables full of kids and adults rolling dice and boards out.. I instantly flashed back.. It got me thinking though.. I dont really have the time to drive the 35 min on the weekends to play. So I thought I wonder how its being done in today's world.. a few youtube videos later I found this place..

very cool.. and people are very welcoming.. you dont get that on a lot of the forums sometimes..

[LordEntrails]

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very cool.. and people are very welcoming.. you dont get that on a lot of the forums sometimes..
These forums are one of the top 3 reasons I chose FG :)

[dulux-oz]

These forums are one of the top 3 reasons I chose FG :)

I know I'm a big boy, but I didn't know I was the other two :p