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Are You Excited for the Upcoming D&D VTT? (Patreon)

Published:
2023-09-14 09:15:23
Imported:
2026-06

Poll

Are You Excited for the Upcoming D&D VTT?

  • Yes! I can't wait! 4
  • Meh. I'll wait and see. 34
  • No. I prefer to play with humans and real terrain. 148
  • No. Theater of the Mind forever! 44
  • 2023-09-14
  • —2023-09-15
  • 230 votes
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Content

Just curious what people are thinking. You can vote on YouTube as well. 

Comments

ViggenCA

I went with TotM, only because there wasn't an option for "Other VTT". Currently using discord, but bought into the Alchemy KS and will be exploring that one more in the near future.

MrGunn

Dear PDM, possible unpopular opinion here: I am choosing not to vote b/c there isn’t an; ‘I don’t care about this topic at all’ choice. Personally I don’t care for VTTs in general, but lots of folks play using them and have a good time. Sure everyone is frustrated with WizBros, they are not proving to be very good stewards of the game, but that is just it, WizBros are not stewards, they are, for better or worse, the owners of DnD and are free to F’it up any way they choose, consumers are free to vote on WizBros work with their pocket books. For me, I am voting not to do business with WizBros for the foreseeable future.

Ted Keramidas

Should have a "just no" option. When I play online I have my system and that won't change when the vtt releases.

Scott Shinners

Yes, because it will be interesting to see what their version of the technology can and can’t do, even just to know where a part of the hobby is going. I’m curious to see if it will support solo too as I’m recently getting curious about that approach to the game.

Skyhammer

This is me in a nutshell: "Yes, because it will be interesting to see what their version of the technology can and can’t do, even just to know where a part of the hobby is going." "For me, I am voting not to do business with WizBros for the foreseeable future." Two sides of my brain are competing at the moment, LOL.

Trouqe

Its a Meh for me. It'll be for the newer generation to scrape the barrel of their funds they never had (sarcasm). WotC knows what they are doing with their bottom line, and microtransactions is the game they are playing. Regardless how the VTT does, the technology will reach the majority, but someone else will always make something better. AI will be the next phase for creation.

SJBehindtheScreen

I use VTTs (Owlbear, Fantasy Grounds) often, but I couldn't care less what VTT wotc tries to foist out there. Not interested, so I voted 'no', even though my group doesn't really enjoy TotM

Chuck Thorin

If I have to play online then it's Owlbear Rodeo.

Graymaulken

Im with the “I couldn’t care less” crowd. VTT to me isn’t table top and never will be. To me, that will always be in the category of “video games” which I also could care less about. I’m all about the camaraderie of fellowship around the table, sharing in my friends greatest victories and commiserating with them in their agonizing defeats. THAT to me is the beauty of TTRPG’s.

Daniel Gray Webb

I am part of a long running online group but roll20 is just fine for us.

James M Spahn

I don't play 5e and WotC doesn't get my money anymore after they tried to screw over the entire 3rd party publishing industry. So, that's a "No."

James C

It’s meh for me. I don’t mind change but so far I’m not seeing anything that stands out. I guess we will see.

Ben Waters

For me it would be, "No, because it won't support the games I want to play". I prefer in person but I do run a game on roll20.

Christian Lindke

If you had asked this question in 2020, or 2008, I would have said that I was extremely excited. During COVID I ran a game on Roll20 and while I like that platform, I wanted more from it in both functionality and in ease of use. Writing macros so my players could import characters and automate dice rolls wasn't my idea of a good time and eventually we ended up using the VTT map functions of Roll20, with audio on Discord, and using D&D Beyond for all dice rolling. It worked and was an enjoyable campaign that lasted a year and a half. I moved during the campaign and was still able to run it after the move which was really cool. In the mid-00s, I was jazzed about the potential of Gleemax. I liked how they were using the D&D Dungeon Tiles as a model for the online table top because it meant that I could run similar games online and at home. That excitement faded over time. Now, I'm all in on table top play with miniatures. When I started playing D&D we did a pseudo theatre of the mind where if we used miniatures we just put them in "marching order" and when we entered rooms etc. the DM (either me or someone else) would use a combination of marching order and random die rolls to determine who was attacked. Then I played Champions with a group that was VERY tactical minded and it blew me away how much was added to the game by using miniatures and fully leveraging a rules set. It was then that I began reading my old D&D rulebooks to see what the combat rules actually were and became familiar with the concept of zones of control (and other things) and realized how much I was missing from game play as represented by the mechanics. I run very role play heavy campaigns with funny voices, acting, and sessions where no combat occurs at all. When it does occur, I'm breaking out the minis and leveraging the rules set. For me, theatre of the mind doesn't come close. It becomes too arbitrary and less "shared" in overall experience. I wrote a post a while back about how every edition of D&D has incorporated some manner of a Zone of Control to reflect the underlying miniatures based mechanics of the system, a system I have come to love the more I read and use it. https://geekeratimedia.substack.com/p/dungeons-and-dragons-5th-edition

Ben Chance

I play games with friends. It's an aspect of socialization. If I wanted to do so online, I have video games to do that.

Keith
>>117515642

+1 vote for "No, because it won't support the games I want to play"

Callias

Meh. I mean, I’m still — after two years — mastering Roll20. Why on God’s green earth would I want to start a new learning curve, have my group move over, rebuy (or lease or whatever) assets…? I mean…why?

Graham Kane

I only play in person with terrain and minis so I could care less about WOTC's VTT. From what I've seen of it, it looks gimmicky and I think the novelty would wear off pretty quick. But I'll watch this space as I'm curious to see what they charge for it!

Guy D Stapp

I voted miniatures and terrain in person, but I also play miniatures and terrain online (with a 2nd camera). I also like theater of the mind as well.

Brian Grooms

So how I know that I won’t be playing VTT is because of Baulders Gate 3. It’s an amazing game and I love playing it. But in comparison with playing a live ttrpg, they aren’t even in the same world. Playing side by side with my friends, the complete out of left field events that can be carried out. I don’t laugh nearly as much online as I do in person, or get nearly as excited.

Ernesto

I dont GM 5e anymore and I already sold my soul to Fantasy Grounds years ago, so I don't care

Frederic Schmitt

I don’t play DND or any dnd-like game. And I rarely use terrain. And why oh why should I play a subscription video game with close to no animations. Give me one reason.

Michael Kosinski

Tried the VTT thing during covid. For my group they just didn't enjoy it. Even though we've been playing since 82 once it went to VTT they suddenly thought it should play like a PC game, they lost all patience if somebody was taking too long, They didn't like that they had to be much quieter so they could hear what others were saying. It took most of the fun that's inherent in in group play out.

Elvis Ramone

I am of a mixed mind. For those whose only choice is to game remotely it can be an amazing tool, it all depends on how it is implemented. My preference does not matter to those who may find a VTT necessary, or even preferable. There are other VTT's out there, but in all honesty, WotC's will be the 800lb Gorilla. This is why I am interested in it's execution. Where will it blur the line between outright video game and tabletop emulator? And where will others be able to capitalize on it's success or failure.

Christopher Gauci

I did not get to vote but here what I think: Meh.... don't really care for it. I play I. Real life every week soni don't really need a vtt. Maybe it will be ok as a visual aid but it seems like more work for me (the DM). I'll have a look at it once it rolls out but I really can't imagine wanting to use it let alone pay a subscription for it.