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What tools can you not live without for playing around the table? (self.pathfinder)

submitted 6 months ago by Zagorath to c/[email protected]

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(Posts for GMs and for online play to come later.)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Recently, the Pocket Bard app for music and ambiance. You can select a setting like a town, dungeon, forest, etc. and it will pick thematically appropriate music. It has an intensity slider that will subtly change the music on the fly, becoming more soothing/playful at low levels and chaotic/dramatic at high levels. You can switch between exploration and battle music depending on what players are doing, there's even victory music for after a battle.

It's definitely a step up from shuffling between various YouTube playlists.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I use a sound board (Custom Soundboard on Android) to do the same. Need to provide my own sounds, but I like that for me.

It's been a big hit at the table.

Just wish I had a sound system. My bluetooth speaker is not good enough.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

seconding pf2easy.

Also Foundry VTT - it's really slow but better than printing or drawing maps.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Foundry tab, pf2easy tab, and the adventure PDF open on the side in case I need a quick reference.

[–] Zagorath 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh interesting. How do you use Foundry in IRL games?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Not OP, but my buddy built a table with a recessed TV. On the DM’s side, there’s an HDMI splitter; One split goes to the TV, and the other goes to a portable monitor mounted next to the DM. So the DM can see what is on the TV, without worrying about rotating everything 180° to face the players.

The advantage of dual screens is that you can run multiple instances of Foundry on a single PC. So the DM’s main laptop screen (which the players can’t see) is the DM side, then a second instance (displayed on the TV and external monitor) can be the players’ view. It allows the DM to sequester the players’ view just like an online game.

[–] Zagorath 2 points 6 months ago

I'm a GM and have only every played PF2 as a GM, but my players all use Pathbuilder 2e since it integrates nicely with tools I use as a GM. I'm wondering what tools others might use and enjoy?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I haven't played physically before but I imagine AON would be just as indispensible as it is for online play.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

For sessions, I actually think pf2easy is better. It's faster, amd it presents creatures as stat blocks

[–] Zagorath 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh hells yeah! AoN is so essential it didn't even occur to me to think of it as a tool. It'd almost be like saying "my dice"!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Well I play online, but before every session I open two browser tabs: Foundry and AON.

Edit: why the downvoting?

[–] Zagorath 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Edit: why the downvoting?

No idea. Looks like someone went through and downvoted all the comments?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I noticed this in a couple of the other posts, too.

We're just starting to really make a little noise in here, and someone's complaining that it's too damn loud.