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    Default Greetings!

    I'm new to the forum, interested in learning mapmaking for my weekly D&D game. It's play by chat, so I have some unique challenges when it comes to showing my players the lay of the land. Hopefully I'll get good quick so they see things the way I see them. Any tips for a total noob are appreciated, and tips for running a game via chat are too, although so far we're doing pretty well.

    - Leylia

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    hi Leylia, welcome to the guild ... check out our tutorial and when you're ready to map yourself post in a WIP (work in progress) thread for help and critique.

    I've used fantasy grounds for playing D&D online with friends, it features dice-rolling a chat window and the possibility of showing pictures and maps (or parts of maps) to your players ... a lot inhere commend Map Tools as well - haven't tried that but it looks good and also have fog-of-war feature (not showing things your players can't see).
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    Welcome Aboard!
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    Quote Originally Posted by tilt View Post
    a lot inhere commend Map Tools as well - haven't tried that but it looks good and also have fog-of-war feature (not showing things your players can't see).
    Maptool +1 (Note that I am a fairly regular contributor to Maptool source code over the past year and a half.)

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    Always nice to see a new member join us! Welcome! Grab your tablet like a shield and the pencil like a sword and you're all set! (If you have a tablet, that is)
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    I wish I had a tablet. It would make everything a lot easier. I recently downloaded AutoREALM, so if anyone can give me a review (good or bad are both helpful) on that I'd appreciate it. I also own Corel Painter X, which I've used a little bit for some artwork, but might be handy here too.

    What is Fantasy Grounds? It sounds like a program for running a game in. If this is the case, I need to get it a year ago.

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    Researching it, it looks like Fantasy Grounds would solve most of my problems.

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    There are several very good VTT programs out there.
    Fantasy grounds you have already heard of.
    Maptools is the number 1 free vtt out there (http://www.rptools.net)
    Ttrpg is another good free one out there (do a web search)
    D20pro is another excellent paid program (http://www.d20pro.com)

    Good luck

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    But being free, MapTools is my likely choice. I hope it does everything I need. Thanks again everyone for the tips.

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    Heres Herucas VTT comparison chart which lists some of them.

    http://www.battlegroundsgames.com/compareVTT.html

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