I really like what they've done to try to make it fully playable and easy out of the box. I plan to try to run it once some modules update to work with the new system.
The question I have is do you feel that the SRD is sufficient for this campaign? The character customization options in the SRD is severely limiting to players. Other than backgrounds, which is really just a gamification of lazily adding character background, it doesn't seem like the campaign adds anything to character customization.
The SRD is pretty limited in general. I don't have an answer as to whether or not it is sufficient for this adventure because I haven't played it. I would assume it should be so long as the GM is competent enough to adjust the difficulty on the fly to make up for the various strengths and weaknesses in the SRD available character options. As far as character customization is concerned, I personally don't expect a lot of that type of content from an adventure book. That stuff will come from the other source books (Xanathar's Guide, Tasha's Cauldron, etc.) when they are (hopefully) made available for Foundry VTT.
Just took a quick look at those and they are very nice. It would certainly help somebody who is willing to do the other prep but doesn't want to provide maps. Thanks for the suggestion.
Excellent Video! Provided great preview for Foundry and the Phandelver adventure, thanks!
I really like what they've done to try to make it fully playable and easy out of the box. I plan to try to run it once some modules update to work with the new system.
Great overview and just what I was looking for as Im looking to get into foundry. Thanks!
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Great tip, thanks!
The question I have is do you feel that the SRD is sufficient for this campaign? The character customization options in the SRD is severely limiting to players. Other than backgrounds, which is really just a gamification of lazily adding character background, it doesn't seem like the campaign adds anything to character customization.
The SRD is pretty limited in general. I don't have an answer as to whether or not it is sufficient for this adventure because I haven't played it. I would assume it should be so long as the GM is competent enough to adjust the difficulty on the fly to make up for the various strengths and weaknesses in the SRD available character options. As far as character customization is concerned, I personally don't expect a lot of that type of content from an adventure book. That stuff will come from the other source books (Xanathar's Guide, Tasha's Cauldron, etc.) when they are (hopefully) made available for Foundry VTT.
The MAD Cartographer has a fantastic free Foundry module that includes better versions of every map you need for the adventure! I highly recommend it.
Just took a quick look at those and they are very nice. It would certainly help somebody who is willing to do the other prep but doesn't want to provide maps. Thanks for the suggestion.
Hey, nice one!