wheelmanforhire
June 24th, 2006, 22:19
I've created a set of free FG tokens that I also find helpful in PnP D&D.
They can be downloaded at: https://www.computerdinker.com/FantasyGrounds/DungeonBlocks v1.zip
Here is an example of the gray blocks:
https://www.computerdinker.com/FantasyGrounds/DungeonBlock_Gray.png
https://www.computerdinker.com/FantasyGrounds/DungeonDoor_Gray.png
https://www.computerdinker.com/FantasyGrounds/DungeonColumn_Gray.png
https://www.computerdinker.com/FantasyGrounds/DungeonDiag_Gray.png
https://www.computerdinker.com/FantasyGrounds/DungeonBlock2_Gray.png NEW
https://www.computerdinker.com/FantasyGrounds/DungeonBlock3_Gray.png NEW
https://www.computerdinker.com/FantasyGrounds/DungeonBlock4_Gray.png NEW
I've excerpted bits of the ReadMe file below
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---===ORIGIN===---
Besides minis and a mega-battle mat, the other major staple for our PnP D&D group, is a box of painted gray and black cubes (1 inch on a side) affectionately called "Dungeon Blocks".
We use them mostly for walls and doors, but they've been used to represent, caverns, trees, mounts, flying minis, rubble, crates, tables, etc, and even huge or gargantuan sized monsters when there is no suitable mini.
These tokens will give you the same flexibility in Fantasy Grounds. In this pack you should find 4 different shapes in an assortment of colors.
Tones & Colors:
Black
Gray
White
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet
Shapes:
Classic Block (Cube)
Door (Half Cube)
Column
Diagonal
4 Blocks in a row
3 Blocks in a row
2 Blocks in a row
---===INSTRUCTIONS===---
Extract the contents to the Tokens/host folder.
-or-
Drag the "DungeonBlocks" folder from the archive to the Tokens/host folder.
---===TIPS===---
1) To keep down the clutter of minis in the Fantasy Grounds mini box, you may just want to install only the Black & Gray subfolders - these two colors should accommodate 99% of your needs
2) An alternate way to re-organize the Dungeon Blocks would be by shape instead of by color.
3) I put the gray cube, black cube and gray door into my hot keys for immediate access to the Dungeon Blocks I use most often.
4) If you don't want to spend the time in-game placing individual blocks, you can pre build the rooms. Or you can prebuild the room and take a screen shot and just used the resulting (cropped) screen shot for a map. Here is the general process
a Create a New Map
b Draw out a grid (50)
c Plunk down a dungeon block and Lock token scale
d add more Dungeon Blocks to quickly define a building,
cave or whatever.
e Resize drawing as needed to expand it.
f Turn off the grid.
g Take a Screen shot and crop and save image for a new
map.
---===UPDATES/PATCHES===---
1.2 a) Added lengths of 2, 3 and 4 blocks (thanks
for the suggestion Scout762).
1.1 a) removed ampersands & spaces from sub folders -
this was preving maps from reloading and finding the
blocks.
b) Grouped blocks in subfolders strictly by color.
They can be downloaded at: https://www.computerdinker.com/FantasyGrounds/DungeonBlocks v1.zip
Here is an example of the gray blocks:
https://www.computerdinker.com/FantasyGrounds/DungeonBlock_Gray.png
https://www.computerdinker.com/FantasyGrounds/DungeonDoor_Gray.png
https://www.computerdinker.com/FantasyGrounds/DungeonColumn_Gray.png
https://www.computerdinker.com/FantasyGrounds/DungeonDiag_Gray.png
https://www.computerdinker.com/FantasyGrounds/DungeonBlock2_Gray.png NEW
https://www.computerdinker.com/FantasyGrounds/DungeonBlock3_Gray.png NEW
https://www.computerdinker.com/FantasyGrounds/DungeonBlock4_Gray.png NEW
I've excerpted bits of the ReadMe file below
-------------------------------------
---===ORIGIN===---
Besides minis and a mega-battle mat, the other major staple for our PnP D&D group, is a box of painted gray and black cubes (1 inch on a side) affectionately called "Dungeon Blocks".
We use them mostly for walls and doors, but they've been used to represent, caverns, trees, mounts, flying minis, rubble, crates, tables, etc, and even huge or gargantuan sized monsters when there is no suitable mini.
These tokens will give you the same flexibility in Fantasy Grounds. In this pack you should find 4 different shapes in an assortment of colors.
Tones & Colors:
Black
Gray
White
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet
Shapes:
Classic Block (Cube)
Door (Half Cube)
Column
Diagonal
4 Blocks in a row
3 Blocks in a row
2 Blocks in a row
---===INSTRUCTIONS===---
Extract the contents to the Tokens/host folder.
-or-
Drag the "DungeonBlocks" folder from the archive to the Tokens/host folder.
---===TIPS===---
1) To keep down the clutter of minis in the Fantasy Grounds mini box, you may just want to install only the Black & Gray subfolders - these two colors should accommodate 99% of your needs
2) An alternate way to re-organize the Dungeon Blocks would be by shape instead of by color.
3) I put the gray cube, black cube and gray door into my hot keys for immediate access to the Dungeon Blocks I use most often.
4) If you don't want to spend the time in-game placing individual blocks, you can pre build the rooms. Or you can prebuild the room and take a screen shot and just used the resulting (cropped) screen shot for a map. Here is the general process
a Create a New Map
b Draw out a grid (50)
c Plunk down a dungeon block and Lock token scale
d add more Dungeon Blocks to quickly define a building,
cave or whatever.
e Resize drawing as needed to expand it.
f Turn off the grid.
g Take a Screen shot and crop and save image for a new
map.
---===UPDATES/PATCHES===---
1.2 a) Added lengths of 2, 3 and 4 blocks (thanks
for the suggestion Scout762).
1.1 a) removed ampersands & spaces from sub folders -
this was preving maps from reloading and finding the
blocks.
b) Grouped blocks in subfolders strictly by color.