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Beginners Guide to Foundry for Players
Welcome to my beginner's guide to Foundry VTT, the ultimate platform for playing D&D and other tabletop RPGs online! In this video, I walk players through everything you need to know to get started with Foundry. Whether you're a first-time player or switching from another virtual tabletop, this guide covers essential tips on character sheets, rolling dice, using tokens, and exploring maps. Master the basics and get ready to jump into your next adventure with confidence
00:00 Logging in
01:14 Sidebar Tour
03:07 Configure Settings
04:45 Character Sheets
09:30 Using you Character
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5 EASY Ways to Join Online D&D Games NOW
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Join my Discord: discord.gg/8guNYnBdzQ Looking for ways to find and join online D&D games? In this video, I break down the 5 best methods to connect with Dungeon Masters and players, whether you're new to D&D or a seasoned adventurer.
A New Way to Play D&D
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Looking to play more actual games of D&D? Champions Guild may be the place for you. Champions Guild is an Open Campaign, meaning you are free to come and go as you please, sign up for games when you have time and take breaks as needed. It is a on going campaign where everything is connected and every session COULD impact the world. System: D&D5e Setting: Eberron VTT: Foundry Discord: discord.gg...
The Peoples TTRPG | Best Upcoming
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With all the upcoming TTRPGs coming out, which is the one I'm most looking forward to? That's what we're looking at in the video...It's DC20 DC20 Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thedungeoncoach/dc20 DC20 Info videos ua-cam.com/video/vz7Iq4q9z-8/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/ud9b2HnLvDE/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/u8r6cBlV5ss/v-deo.htmlsi=-NGf_RcOU2H4GVCm&t=110 ua-cam.com/video/FjqVpGfSu...
Foundry Basics: Setup
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Beginners guide to setting up Foundry. I recorded this for the DMs on my Discord server but figured it would be a useful starting point for others as well. Midi Settings: drive.google.com/file/d/1tdZVgiGCt_3hOgm7r9lwHvIGaYu5X63Q/view?usp=sharing Mods List: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UPn1YNWsNdf-7q1KeiYDvrPxAOWnlbUN/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111766674097537729026&rtpof=true&sd=true Discord: dis...
Watch Before You Update Foundry | DnD partner with Foundry VTT
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Dungeons and Dragons partner with Foundry VTT. The new update to Foundry's DnD5e system makes some changes you should know about before you update. Make sure you know which of you mods will be affected by the update and maybe give them so time to adjust to some of the changes before YOU update.
What Makes Shadowdark's Spellcasting Great AND How to Use It
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Shadowdark has one of my favorite magic systems. Here is how it works and why I love it. Magic in most TTRPGs is super predictable (which is fine) but in Shadowdark they really capture the chaotic and dangerous nature of magic which I love because it makes it feel more interesting and risky. Who doesn't like a little risk in their games? (I know. A lot of people don't, but I like it and that al...
Where Evil Lives Vs Flee, Mortals | Watch Before You Buy
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In this video, join me as I dives into the world of fantasy RPG literature, reviewing the new 'Boss Battle' book, Where Evil Lives by MCDM. We'll compare it to the popular monster book 'Flee, Mortals' and help you decide which one is the best fit for your gaming needs. Whether you're a seasoned dungeon master or a newcomer to the realm, this video will provide you with insightful analysis and d...
How I use Midi QOL for D&D 5e - Beginner Guide to Midi QOL
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The settings I use for Midi QOL, and why I like them. If you're just starting out with foundry or D&D 5e, mods can be a challenge and Midi QOL is one of the more confusing ones to set up. I hope this video helps you get up to speed faster and running some awesome games! For anyone that just wants to copy my settings as a starting point, I have linked my settings below. My settings json: drive.g...
Why I Quit the Campaign | Part 2 (Communication)
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But how important is communication really in a D&D game? Hello fellow DMs and GMs, this is kind of a follow up to my last video and shares some of my views on Communication, how to get feedback from players and how important all of that is...which is very. It's hard to get better as a Dungeon Master (or Game Master) and improve our D&D games if we don't know where we are falling short or ho our...
Why I quit the campaign...
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I quit a D&D campaign and wanted to share my experience to help you not make some of the same mistakes this DM made. I have no negative feelings towards this DM, I truly believe they were doing what they thought would make the most fun, it just wasn't fun for me...or most the other players. So here is some DM (Dungeon Master) advice from my time as a Dungeons and Dragons player. Hopefully this ...
Top FREE Mods for Foundry VTT
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Top FREE Mods for Foundry VTT
Lessons Learned as a GM | Don't Make The Same Mistakes
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Lessons Learned as a GM | Don't Make The Same Mistakes
Variant Rules You Missed | D&D 5e
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Variant Rules You Missed | D&D 5e
Is Flee, Mortals! changing the Game? | Is it worth buying?
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Is Flee, Mortals! changing the Game? | Is it worth buying?
Top 5 Tips For Online D&D
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Top 5 Tips For Online D&D
Should YOU try Shadowdark RPG?
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Should YOU try Shadowdark RPG?
New Cairn 2e - Is it worth it?
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New Cairn 2e - Is it worth it?
Best VTT For YOU
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Best VTT For YOU
Best Free VTT - Owlbear Rodeo 2.0
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Best Free VTT - Owlbear Rodeo 2.0
Fix Multilevel Maps in Foundry V11 - Levels Guide
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Fix Multilevel Maps in Foundry V11 - Levels Guide
How to FIX Multilevel Buildings in Foundry V10 | Multilevel Tokens
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How to FIX Multilevel Buildings in Foundry V10 | Multilevel Tokens
Quick Fix for Multilevel Maps in Foundry | Multilevel Tokens
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Quick Fix for Multilevel Maps in Foundry | Multilevel Tokens
How to Deal with New DM Anxiety
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How to Deal with New DM Anxiety
Lies New DMs Tell Themselves
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Lies New DMs Tell Themselves
Honor Among Thieves "Mistakes"
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Honor Among Thieves "Mistakes"
D&D Honor Among Thieves Review
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D&D Honor Among Thieves Review
Tips for DMing at Conventions - Lessons Learned from 30+ hours at Comic Con
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Tips for DMing at Conventions - Lessons Learned from 30 hours at Comic Con
How to Transfer your Foundry VTT World OFF The Forge
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How to Transfer your Foundry VTT World OFF The Forge
Players Guide to Foundry
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Players Guide to Foundry

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  • @nkyrstnn
    @nkyrstnn 2 дні тому

    how do you stop the players from seeing the other levels through lets say a window if the map is like a house or something

  • @jefffisher1297
    @jefffisher1297 4 дні тому

    Best explanation of Shadowdark I have heard, great video.

  • @GregerMoek
    @GregerMoek 14 днів тому

    I realize why you prefer to import even the ground level as an image now rather than universal VTT after trying the latter option myself. Because importing as universal VTT makes the walls from the first layer go from infinity to infininty, meaning you have to adjust them anyway. Resulting in almost the same amount of work as just making the walls from scratch. Anyway great and helpful video, even a year later.

  • @bri.g.5105
    @bri.g.5105 Місяць тому

    so how do create the actor and get to the editor

  • @crashtke
    @crashtke Місяць тому

    What is chanpion's guild?

  • @jameshobbychannel
    @jameshobbychannel Місяць тому

    What mod are you using to show the character cards across the top of the screen and the order of initiative?

  • @tomkeegasi
    @tomkeegasi Місяць тому

    I do not understand for the live of me why foundry can't just give me a box for rows/columns instead of PPI and pixels. I mean its the freaking standard that most map makers give you rows/columns. So annoying, but thank you for clearing up the relation to foundrys scale in this.

  • @bas7977
    @bas7977 Місяць тому

    Great video! I am currently planning running my first D&D campaign with Foundry (my first campaign as DM actually), and most, if not all, of my players will be new to Foundry too. So this video will be a great help for them to understand the basics. I would like to know what mod you are running for the character sheets, as you show a lot of what your sheets look like, and they are different from the standard sheet (small tip: for a beginner's guide it would maybe better to show the standard stuff that are not based on a specific mod the DM may or may not be using) But otherwise, very helpful guide!

    • @DungeonMasterJosh
      @DungeonMasterJosh Місяць тому

      For the Sheets I'm using Tidy 5e Sheets. The reason I show it with that mod instead of just the standard is I have an open campaign on my Discord and I have a lot of new players joining, so I wanted to show them Foundry with the sheet I use. I also thought the video could be helpful for others players just getting into Foundry. Good luck with your campaign!

  • @samuelrogers9913
    @samuelrogers9913 Місяць тому

    We back baby!!!!!

  • @Anshu-Kajika
    @Anshu-Kajika Місяць тому

    Dnd Beyond is garbage, I ordered 2 x from them and they canceled my preorders... don't know why I paid and you can't contact them for clarification... I will personally not do business with them only other content creators!!!! DND beyond is out let's put them out of business!!!!

  • @YaMaTo999Vir
    @YaMaTo999Vir Місяць тому

    That mode more suit only for dnd5 or you can setting it up for other systems too?

  • @MarkCherkowski
    @MarkCherkowski 2 місяці тому

    Great breakdown. As a DM I have loved the chaotic nature of the magic in ShadowDark!

  • @kylethoren1949
    @kylethoren1949 2 місяці тому

    The Summon Import Wizard has never done a single thing for me. I follow all the directions, point to the files, hit Analyze, and it sits at 0% forever.

  • @Brahlam
    @Brahlam 2 місяці тому

    It is actually the installation part that would be interesting to know... since there is nothing in the readme how to do that.

  • @what_Love_Drew_forth
    @what_Love_Drew_forth 2 місяці тому

    Can you use this process to transfer to someone else’s macho for them to use a world you have created on their Foundry account?

  • @raven_glass
    @raven_glass 2 місяці тому

    How do you transfer it to a linux server?

  • @Redthesaiyan
    @Redthesaiyan 2 місяці тому

    Can you use custom classes on your server?

  • @Joshuazx
    @Joshuazx 2 місяці тому

    5:34 to 6:27 I think you misunderstand the intent of Cairn. The game is narrative over mechanics. The game is played through conversation and description. You do not make dice rolls to determine success of an action, ever (for example, all attacks hit and only damage is rolled). Instead, you describe what you do and how you do it, and the Warden determines if this is sensible or not. If it's sensible, it happens. A warden might decide that you simply cannot sneak past a guard dog, which is perfectly realistic, and the game says for difficulty, you should default to realism. You only roll saving throws, less than or equal to your abilities, to avoid harm.

  • @DávidCsölle
    @DávidCsölle 3 місяці тому

    This was insanely helpful, and all of that in just 7 minutes. Cheers!

  • @VengerSatanis
    @VengerSatanis 3 місяці тому

    *CHA'ALT*

  • @brianc9374
    @brianc9374 3 місяці тому

    The most passive aggressive power trippers I've ever played with were all in adventure league games

  • @benmoss5876
    @benmoss5876 3 місяці тому

    Hi im new to d n d and really keen to join my first game. Ive joined the discord and im going to sign up later today. Just a quick question do i need anything before i start such as dice or the players handbook?

    • @DungeonMasterJosh
      @DungeonMasterJosh 3 місяці тому

      If playing online you won't need any dice or books. I encourage people to watch a video or 2 and the basics of rules but even that is needed as most DMs are more than happy to teach the game to new players.

    • @benmoss5876
      @benmoss5876 3 місяці тому

      @@DungeonMasterJosh ok that's great thanks I have been watching a few campaigns on UA-cam kind of what got me hooked to it. I'll go ahead and finish the sign up and get started thanks again

  • @RIVERSRPGChannel
    @RIVERSRPGChannel 3 місяці тому

    I’m lucky to have an in person group or two to play in

    • @DungeonMasterJosh
      @DungeonMasterJosh 3 місяці тому

      Yeah, I think in person is the best if you can do it but sadly that isn't always an option...which is why I've played most of my games online. It's really hard to replicate the atmosphere and fun of being in the same room as the players.

  • @shiuanyuLo
    @shiuanyuLo 3 місяці тому

    Do you have any DM guides for Foundry, like a workflow? Thx.

  • @ZombieFood1337
    @ZombieFood1337 3 місяці тому

    Great summary of Shadowdark casting! just one small correction: the Bard's Magical Dabbler ability specifies that they roll a wizard mishap if they critically fail to cast a spell using a scroll or wand.

  • @BirgittaJalbert
    @BirgittaJalbert 3 місяці тому

    You make wonderful videos! 👏 I wanted to ask something unrelated: 🤔 I only have these words 🤔. (behave today finger ski upon boy assault summer exhaust beauty stereo over). I don't know what they are. What should I do with them? 🤷‍♀️

  • @DJcs187
    @DJcs187 3 місяці тому

    Fantastic tutorial, thanks!

  • @jeanna-l3r
    @jeanna-l3r 3 місяці тому

    Thanks for sharing such valuable information! Could you help me with something unrelated: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (air carpet target dish off jeans toilet sweet piano spoil fruit essay). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?

  • @iSlicer
    @iSlicer 3 місяці тому

    The best spell casting system in my mind is from Genesys. Plus, the ability to create narrative game play with the advantages / triumphs etc make the game far more interesting. (Only responding you comment about being one of the best magic systems). Other than that, I do love shadowdark.

  • @RottenRogerDM
    @RottenRogerDM 3 місяці тому

    Good overview. I been running Al since 2016. It is fun.

  • @odessaturner3030
    @odessaturner3030 3 місяці тому

    Im getting this strange problem where when editing drawn object stairs im only getting Height (Top) and not Height (Bottom) ? Has anyone else encountered this issue.

  • @DeviousHearts-nn3jd
    @DeviousHearts-nn3jd 4 місяці тому

    How would you go about just downloading assets from the Forge to your home computer?

  • @sovietstarfishproductions5019
    @sovietstarfishproductions5019 4 місяці тому

    So im having a weird problem where it’s placing all the layers as roofs, i have the Better Roofs module installed and i have the option selected to over write it but I can’t get it to work

  • @MattisCarlgren
    @MattisCarlgren 4 місяці тому

    Half of the video is just waffling

  • @uchihajunior5648
    @uchihajunior5648 4 місяці тому

    how do i apply the settings i just downloaded?

  • @AndyReichert0
    @AndyReichert0 4 місяці тому

    thank you for explaining this. i was considering not buying shadowdark because the rules seemed so confusing to me. but this was easy to understand.

  • @OptimusGPrime
    @OptimusGPrime 4 місяці тому

    Only if you care about having unlimited storage, not being held at the whims of an online server, and not being slowly bled dry, while having to pay monthly for a product you already own and could otherwise run for free...

  • @AshSuansing
    @AshSuansing 4 місяці тому

    how to transfer back to foundry from forge?

  • @dziooooo
    @dziooooo 4 місяці тому

    You started to lose me at "rolling under is not intuitive to D&D players who want to see big numbers" and lost me completely at the difficulty levels. You're rolling a SAVE, not a skill check. The whole point is that there's a threat you're trying to avoid. If there's no threat (passed out drunk guard), you're not rolling at all, unless your players do something that MAKES IT a threat (sneaking past while escorting a struggling prisoner they're kidnapping from the palace). In OSR games you're not supposed to roll for everything, if the players have a good idea or ask the right question, they just succeed. If you really feel you need more granularity, add advantage/disadvantage mechanic on saves and you're all set.

  • @LakeSideGardener
    @LakeSideGardener 4 місяці тому

    Thanks, now I need to figure out how to get it to work with levels.

  • @IcarusRune
    @IcarusRune 5 місяців тому

    Thanks. Great how-to

  • @maason1379
    @maason1379 5 місяців тому

    Nice video, jumps straight into the meat and potatoes without a long intro. Were you running a game on your own accord, or did you sign up with some company that manages DMs like Baldman Games? I've been thinking about DM'ing for PAX West and ECCC.

    • @DungeonMasterJosh
      @DungeonMasterJosh 4 місяці тому

      I played through Cleric Games. Baldman wasn't there the year I was there.

  • @Ptaku93
    @Ptaku93 5 місяців тому

    5:53 ridiculous, sneaking past a passed-out guard shouldn't require a roll at all. At the same time, sneaking past a guard dog could just be a roll with disadvantage - roll 2d20 and beat 13 (or whatever your DEX is) on both. Easy!

  • @Niourgl
    @Niourgl 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for the help and going straight to the point!

  • @bearathebard
    @bearathebard 5 місяців тому

    Do I need to leave Foundry installed on my device if I have done this?

    • @DungeonMasterJosh
      @DungeonMasterJosh 5 місяців тому

      Nope, if you start running it from the forge you don't need it on your device.

  • @finncullen
    @finncullen 5 місяців тому

    The "cutting the throat of a helpless foe" is an auto-kill even in D&D 5E - Firstly that's why you have DMs to adjudicate unusual situations, secondly that specific situation is noted as "this will kill you" is the outcome rules as written suggests. Can't believe I'm defending 5E, but that example was not a good one.

  • @Chickndinnr
    @Chickndinnr 5 місяців тому

    great video!

  • @xLordofWar247x
    @xLordofWar247x 5 місяців тому

    "Activate it through the normal means" yeah so what is that? isn't this a tutorial for that?

    • @DungeonMasterJosh
      @DungeonMasterJosh 5 місяців тому

      You go to the settings, click 'Manage Modules' check the box on the mod and click 'save'

  • @reyansh8347
    @reyansh8347 5 місяців тому

    love the jack sparrow reference

  • @MasonKaneski
    @MasonKaneski 5 місяців тому

    From 1:08 to 1:10 you skip the most important part of the tutorial. If I knew where the Export world button already was, I wouldn't need the video.