Foundry Did WHAT With D&D?! | D&D 5e Update 3.0 Overview 

Of course the one button I didn't try! 😆 Thanks for the tip!

I'd definitely recommend using Foundry if you plan to use it as a TV battlemap displayer. 😁 And if you use the Automated Animations and JB2A mods, then it really adds to the immersion for your sessions in my experience! 🧙‍♂️ P.S. I LOVE your music and ambience! I use them in literally every session. 🎶

I use foundry VTT with a table with a screen built in, and play music through foundry vtt with your music! Would highly recommend great for fog of war, initiative tracking, quick access to monster sheets, automatically switch to combat music, setup town music when you pull up the town, and all sorts of other things.

​@@Dionysus. Oh right, fog of war! I need that. Currently I just stand up and draw more rooms on the whiteboard x) As for the audio, our new tool Opus does more than Foundry (even with mods), but it's certainly already much better than Spotify and RU-vid haha.

I do think Foundry has some safety behind it due to its use for Pathfinder and other TTRPGs that aren't WOTC, it would be stupid if Foundry gave that all up just for WOTC, so there's some layer of protection there of stuff they wouldn't be willing to do.

Hey thanks! 😁 And oh sick!! I didn't know Atropos said that, but happy to hear it cuz...Yeah the NPC sheets need some love. 😆

Happy to hear that it was helpful! 😁

It's made by James's RPG Art, link in the description. 🌳

You can create a party actor the same way you'd normally create an NPC or player actor, but you can change it to be a party actor instead. And as far as I know, there isn't a way for players to loot an NPC in vanilla 5e (yet).

You just have to click and drag the journal onto the map and it will create a journal on the map that you can make visible by clicking the little bookmark looking journal entry button on the left tool bar. It takes a little bit of time to set up all of them for a map, but I assure you that it's worth it.

Happy to help! 😁

I've been using the mod DnD Beyond Importer for that kind of content, but I believe Foundry plans on bringing most (if not all) of that content to the platform eventually.

If you havent seen it yourself yet I saw on different forums they are waiting to release the books on foundry until the 5.5e update so they dont have to port them and them update the ports immediately after. But thats just what I read not first hand information so take it as you will.

It's definitely possible that they will create a paid, premium module in order to access that content (and probably more likely than not, considering WotC's track record), but in the meanwhile you can use a mod called DnD beyond importer that allows you to download any and all content you have on Dnd beyond over to Foundry. I've been using that mod basically the whole time I've been on Foundry, and it's worked great in my experience. 😁

Yeah I'm curious to see if they'll separate the game system versions and give us a 5e legacy module (or game system or something), or if they'll combine it all and only update their 5.5e/6e/one D&D/5e forever module/game system. 😆

@@nattertot I saw the legacy 5e in foundry now that other day. That said, I’m giving other game system a try go before I consider 6e.

In my opinion Foundry does a good job of teaching you the basics with their built-in tutorials, and there are tons of fantastic how-to videos here on YT. I'm not sure when you tried it last, but I personally think the learning curve isn't too bad...as long as you don't download 100+ mods for your first session. 😅 Plus Foundry is verrrry flexible in terms of how you want to use it, and how complicated/automated you want your sessions to be. Alchemy is GREAT for theater of mind since they try to focus more on the ambience and immersion aspects of TTRPGs, and less on the combat and resource management parts. It's still fairly minimal when it comes to some things like combat tracking, it doesn't have mods, and they're still adding basic features to it (like it's missing a draw tool for example), but if you run a theater of mind game then you don't really need that stuff anyways. 😁👍 But with that being said try them both out, ya know? See which one works best for you. I think Foundry has a demo version you can try out, and Alchemy is free, unless you subscribe to their Alchemy Unlimited (I think). 🤔

@@nattertot Thanks for the reply, I definitely want to test both but im aware that during tests i wont see or test all things that will come 1 min after demo expires obviously! xD That would be just too easy, right? What about compatibility with DnDbeyond? as thats where I craft almost everything item and spell wise. Alchemy : As simple and nice as it seems, im afraid that for HB world without subscription it just wont work. And that's another cost on top of all my dnd books and supplements THAT I WONT GIVE UP! That nice ambient, effects, etc I got a feeling that after few sessions they wont be noticeable anyway since it's just "wow! something new!" and then poof magic of it just blends in and become static background. Foundry: I dont look for full automatization and all of that. I cant lie do - I do like good useful mod hahaha All port forwarding and server stuff seems a bit handy and scary on the start too. It doesn't seem so easy to handle and manage and that there is just "too much" ? at least for a vtt first timer? For me as DM, I want to be able to have few things in my vtt: Like i mentioned DnD beyond connectivity is a big part of my game. Then pictures of the place as background/front while they just go around and explore to set up a theme and they can think of streets, building and everything that surrounds them. Battle maps for bigger fights and important place where they might need to see shape or specific order of things to discover, solve puzzle. If so easy made fog of war, so no spoiler will happen :D Music integrated with it would be great so everyone can feel the mood and energy of the situation. Access PC character sheets so i can quickly check / help them out when they too lost in something. I dont pay attention to magical components or distance that much. But I heard from my players that formations, placement and distance to check is something that they would really like to have. Which VTT would you recommend for that ? :)

@@pheoxin Oh, well in that case it sounds like Foundry is definitely what you want. Foundry has a fantastic fog of war and dynamic lighting system, and there's a mod called DDB-Importer (by MrPrimate) that lets you import just about anything from D&D Beyond into Foundry. Some features are locked behind his Patreon, but if I remember correctly the core mod is still free (meaning you can import characters from D&D Beyond into Foundry.) And regarding port forwarding using Foundry, it's not too terribly difficult and I think Foundry has a guide on how to do that somewhere on their website. But I understand it can seem a bit daunting, especially if you've never done it before. But of course if you don't want to do that but still want to use Foundry, then there are a couple of great third party hosting services that you can choose from that are listed on their website. foundryvtt.com/article/hosting/ If you decide to use Foundry, the important thing to remember is to take things slowly. It's a very powerful VTT and can do a lot, but it's very easy to get carried away installing mods, learning how to use tiles, setting up character sheets, and then feel overwhelmed. Hope this helps, and happy gaming! 🧙‍♂️🎲

@@nattertot man you are mvp for sure :D thanks a lot for advices and encouragement. Ill take a closer look at it then :)

Yeah I have no doubt that they'll add and fix a lot of stuff just based on what the D&D FAQ says on the Foundry VTT website.

Shut up nerd

Meanwhile I'm just confused as to why they are using a previous editions name, 3rd edition refers to 3.0 and 3.5 while saying 3.0 specifies the original 3rd edition without the 3.5 revisions This seems deliberately confusing

He keeps calling 5e, just "D&D".

Like I'm sorry but this is already a thing, what is the guy who writes new numbers sick today so we just have to recycle one?

Hell I'd be happy if they offered a third subscription tier or an upgrade purchase where a $30 book becomes Foundry compatible for another $5 I just don't want to pay another $30 😪

Gonna add, Foundry has a premium module area, I'd also be happy just paying a monthly subscription for a module that contains monsters/tokens, Macro's traps and maps updated with content you own through beyond. Probably won't happen unfortunately

Makes sense I guess, which is funny cuz Maps (their VTT) is ages from being anywhere close to Foundry or even Roll 20 at this point. 😆

Maps was the VTT alpha that DnDb was working on when they were purchased by WotC @@nattertot

And there's ended up looking like bad roll 20 rip off lol

Title changed, sorry for the confusion. 🙏 The video is mainly directed towards the Foundry VTT community so I assumed, that most people who are in the community knew what I was eluding to with the title (that being the new big D&D 5e game system update). But of course, with game system versions, editions, and updates, it can be hard to talk about this stuff without some confusion since there's a lot of overlapping names and numbers. 😆

@@nattertot yeah they are definitely fans of making it confusing at this point. They took the crunch and complexity from 3.0/3.5 and pit it all into their new naming scheme is my theory

What's a bad Roll20 ripoff?

Believe it or not, my hair is naturally like this. 🤷‍♂️ I don't use any product to style it.

@@nattertot come on man. It just naturally sticks up two inches then flops down? Come on man.

@@Halfling.Paladin Deadass, dude. My family has naturally curly and oily hair, so I don't need to use product. 😆

Yeah like 3.0 was already a thing you can't hide the fact that what is getting released rn is infact 5.5e and this is the 2nd time we've had x.5 editions, what's ironic is the X and X.5s are traditionally the best recieved editions i know more tables that still play 3.5 than individual players who will admit to having played 4e.

It does...but it's pretty lackluster when compared to a powerful VTT software like Foundry for example. But hopefully Maps will reach a point where it can compete with Foundry! 😁

@@nattertot the point is they have their own. Either they should keep developing it, or should not have even bothered, but buy foundy, instead. They r now actively undermining their own service