Introducing Maps on D&D Beyond

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Introducing Maps on D&D Beyond | Dev Update

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11 ай бұрын

Try Maps: dndbeyond.link...
Read the changelog: dndbeyond.link...
Check the tutorial: dndbeyond.link...
Maps is a new browser-based tool that lets Dungeon Masters and players participate in tactical gameplay using maps in a shared play space on D&D Beyond.
Maps is an Alpha launch, which means it’s not finished: it will be buggy, features basic functionality, and may even crash at times as its user base grows! Our intention is to gather player feedback and continue to improve the tool with added functionality. We’re committed to consistent improvements.
Maps is included with the Master-tier subscription. Master Tier subscribers can launch and run a game on Maps for any registered D&D Beyond user. Dungeon Masters who would like to use the tool are encouraged to sign up for a 30-day free trial Master-tier subscription!
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@DnDBeyond 11 ай бұрын

Try Maps: dndbeyond.link/TryMaps Read the changelog: dndbeyond.link/MapsCL Check the tutorial: dndbeyond.link/MapsHow

@CharlesKhan 11 ай бұрын

This is way more exciting than the 3D VTT. It's been since like May of last year since we got a dev update, so nice to see D&D Beyond dev update video again. 💚

@jasonhardaway3052 10 ай бұрын

3D VTT will be better and more evolved

@CharlesKhan 10 ай бұрын

@@jasonhardaway3052 I need fast and ready, if the 3D table takes time to load up for everybody loading it, compared to maps, that’s time we don’t have to play.

@jasonhardaway3052 10 ай бұрын

@@CharlesKhan very true, let’s hope it comes out properly ready

@Ziplock9000 10 ай бұрын

Oh please, the game session will be several hours, how will 20 seconds of loading make any difference (Baldur's Gate 3 for example right now). @@CharlesKhan

@CharlesKhan 10 ай бұрын

@@Ziplock9000 fumbling around ruins the vibe

@MarineS0n2 11 ай бұрын

If the 2d VTT can have a large amount of the same tools like roll20, I'll gladly switch. Better to not have to re-purchase the same content on multiple platforms just for the maps. I think the three biggest features I'd be looking for would be a library of non-token assets for DMs to add to their own maps, dynamic lighting for tracking each character's vision, and an in-VTT initiative tracker for the DM.

@shotgun2010 11 ай бұрын

Or use foundry which is a one time payment and save hundreds over the years

@joshuarivero8014 10 ай бұрын

In-VTT initiative would be incredible. I utilize the Encounter Builder in my current campaign religiously. I have been playing around with this tool and its simplicity is something I love. Now, Roll20 has some amazing features (looking at you fireball blast radius) that I hope will be mimicked in some way here. Outside of that, this tool is great and is one that I plan to implement. Being able to run a game on my iPad is a major plus, too. My computer is rapidly aging out of the dynamic lighting’s requirements so running games is a bit cumbersome.

@KN-oc7cu 10 ай бұрын

@@joshuarivero8014 while you are waiting on dndbyond's vtt to finish developing, i can recommend the Above Vtt browser extension. Idk how it runs on ipad but it does have an oprah extension, and it does everything that they are planning to implement on MAPS. Also it's free, so it's been great for me!

@aaroncullen1803 10 ай бұрын

@@shotgun2010likewise Fantasy Grounds Unity

@oOPPHOo 10 ай бұрын

@@shotgun2010 The foundry license does not come with a license to use use official D&D content bought on DDB and automatically integrated with Foundry. There are ways to import DDB content anyways but that's not what the license bought and it's also true for Roll20 anyway which is free. If you wanna sell people on Foundry (which you definitely can), you need to rely on something else.

@QuantumMechanic343 11 ай бұрын

I run a drop-in D&D game, and this maps feature was the one thing I was missing. I am super happy with how it runs on mobile. This is awesome.

@Master_of_Antares 11 ай бұрын

It works on mobile =o 😮😮

@fireinfireout 10 ай бұрын

I can't wait to use this. It's the weakest part of my (relatively new) game. I have a board and I've tried cuts out and drawing, but I suck. Was gonna order a bunch of 3d pieces for it but this will be much better.

@SortKaffe 11 ай бұрын

I like how fog of war is something that the DM is in control of erasing manually when they want to reveal a new area of the map. Loving the adaptability of physical play where I can draw out any map on a gridded battle mat, this approach makes is easy to pull in a random map in the middle of a session and still use fog of war for an improvised encounter. As a (forgettable) player, it's helpful to be able to look back on the layout of previous rooms and corridors despite their token is no longer placed in there. While Roll20‘s Dynamic Lighting is automated and allows differentiated vision based on positioning and Darkvision, a player can feel excluded if their token ends up in an alkove with blocked vision, such that they lack a visual of what the rest of the table are seeing and discussing. Dynamic Lighting can facilitate a grittier and more tactical playstyle if you purchase an adventure module where it's already set up, but it's extremely time-consuming to draw out all of the walls yourself in the Dynamic Lighting layer if you need to set up a map before the session for a homebrew campaign or a pre-written adventure module you don't own on Roll20. I did it for a couple of Adventurers League sessions during lockdown, but I'm never doing it again.

@xarfram 11 ай бұрын

Glad to finally get another dev update!

@DnDBeyond 11 ай бұрын

And a meaty one!

@SortKaffe 11 ай бұрын

Sweet! This can quickly become the best VTT for alternating between physical and online play with the same character sheet. I'm much more excited for this than the 3D VTT, which seems too cumbersome for my taste.

@DnDBeyond 11 ай бұрын

We're pumped for players to have more options on how and where they play!

@SortKaffe 11 ай бұрын

I'm glad you keep emphasizing that to hopefully put an end to silly speculation that WotC could stop supporting play at the actual table.

@JohnThurner 11 ай бұрын

Missing a lot of functionality that currently exists on my VTT of choice, but it's exciting to see this finally hitting alpha and the roadmap is promising. Dynamic lighting will hopefully get added to the roadmap after this leaves alpha.

@progressiveDND 11 ай бұрын

Love it, the integration alone will be a huge advantage. We need us some dynamic lighting, but I think I could DM entire campaigns simply with this, and do it easier.

@SortKaffe 11 ай бұрын

I actually prefer their fog of war approach as you can upload a random map and play on it straight away. One issue with dynamic lighting is that it's extremely cumbersome to draw out all obstacles that block vision in a dedicated lightning layer (unless it's already done for you in an official published adventure). Another is that a player can easily lose focus if their token is placed in a way that they lack vision of what's going on. I prefer to let all players see everything that the party explored so far and trust them not to meta game if their PC doesn't have Darkvision or similar.

@Sonyuu 11 ай бұрын

This is it! You don't need to make a 3D, heavy app that will roll well only on gamer's PCs. A simple, direct approach like Roll20 or Fantasy Grounds is enough! Let Larian and Baldur's Gate 3 deal with the more detailed, big and "chunky" VTTRPGs and give the players the options to decide which one of those is worthy of their money!

@Sonyuu 11 ай бұрын

Quick tip to Hasbro, the actual owner of D&D: you screwed up big time since early this year. Stop listening the ideas from executives that never played the game and let real RPGs developers run the business! I garantee that the result will be very positve

@vahn_of_the_art 10 ай бұрын

why not both though. Let people play the way they like

@yoggerzzz 2 ай бұрын

@@vahn_of_the_art It will happen eventually, but people forget what DND and TRPGs were originally played. We can play with our minds, we don't need anything else. Any tool that is given to us is an amazing advancement for our community, but we don't need anything fancy. We just need something that will work, work consistently and something that be built upon. This is a good start.

@MarcWagner75 11 ай бұрын

Hopefully having a way to number or provide colored borders in monsters is in the works. If I’ve got an encounter with multiple monsters there needs to be a way to keep them all straight.

@Eaglebrace 11 ай бұрын

This is something i never expected, but something i and likely many others always wanted for D&D beyond. This is so awesome! As someone that loves to draw maps time to time, i am very excited to use my very own campaign, i like how easy it looks drag in and drop out, absolutely loves the fog of war. Great Job Team Beyond!

@metakarukenshi 11 ай бұрын

its gonna cost a pricey subscription, Hasbro and WoTC are in their Smaug arc

@bwolos 11 ай бұрын

Compared to a costly subscription at any of the others sites that you can access for a VTT?

@metakarukenshi 11 ай бұрын

@@bwolos Owl bear Rodeo is free. and it's new site works fantastically. hell im paying only 4 bucks a month to get a little more upload storage. from 500 mb to 5 gb.

@shotgun2010 11 ай бұрын

@bwolos you mean foundry vtt which is miles ahead already and a one time payment forever?

@adamharrison5286 11 ай бұрын

Hope this means Dev Updates are back permanently. They were the catalyst that convinced me to subscribe to DND Beyond and it was annoying that they stopped being published post acquisition. These help subscribers know what we are getting and help connect us to the developers in a way that release notes don't.

@Ve7ggar 10 ай бұрын

I think the only missing stuff right now is a "ruler" tool so we can see spells more clearly on a map scale. Everything else is fantastic and I wanted it for so long now as a DM.

@DnDBeyond 10 ай бұрын

The ruler is on the roadmap, which you can find on the Maps Discovery page linked above! While you're there, hit us with any other thoughts you might have with the feedback portal!

@onepiecedd-zm7bu 10 ай бұрын

Just go to roll20

@Ryan-ik2mk 10 ай бұрын

The most important thing is that this works in the mobile app. No one wants to have their 6+ friends having to bring a laptop and deal with power and charging all of that. Make it integrated

@DnDBeyond 10 ай бұрын

The Alpha isn't currently supported on the app, but you can use it on mobile web on your phone!

@Ryan-ik2mk 10 ай бұрын

@@DnDBeyond yes but the problem is all of the features appearing on dnd beyond and then not appearing on the mobile app (ie encounters) There is a huge disparity between app and web, and when you’re at the table (or at least my table) half the players don’t even own a computer

@ElendX 11 ай бұрын

The feature looks cool, but I feel there is so many other things that I hoped to be able to do on DnD Beyond, that are still not supported. Homebrew is abandoned, encounter builder has not been developed, shared inventory has been abandoned. As many people have said, it is not that difficult to use a number of free tools to replicate this option, I just hoped to have some things that other platforms cannot replicate.

@digibirder 11 ай бұрын

Looks great so far! Been waiting for something like this for a long time!

@DnDBeyond 11 ай бұрын

We're excited for you to dig in! Use the link in the description to give us your feedback!

@PearseNation 11 ай бұрын

I'm excited for this! I really hope a range finder can make it in some time soon. That's generally what I use owlbear rodeo for. That and spell sizes/shapes

@youtubuzr 10 ай бұрын

If you follow through on the roadmap, this will be a HUGE plus for DMs. I really like the simplicity. Adding a few features like, not allowing players to move monster tokens, pointers, AOE markers, and pulling in monster stats on the tokens, etc., and it will be all I need to run remote campaigns! I'll be trying out my new Shattered Obelisk campaign w/some friend's next week.

@master_rafiki 11 ай бұрын

Wow, how is Elliot just an Associate PM? He absolutely killed it!

@DnDBeyond 11 ай бұрын

It's all in the mustache.

@bobbytwoshades9986 11 ай бұрын

For real his "goblin" voice even made my GF laugh whi wasn't even watching. He seems like an Awesome DM.

@Clammyclams 11 ай бұрын

Promote this man!

@K.O._Domino 2 ай бұрын

Almost ready to pull the trigger on the whole DM role. Our long time DM and family member passed away in Jan of this year and he is greatly missed, he always wanted me to learn to DM so now I'm fulfilling his wish and I think D&D Beyond is the perfect place to start. Lots to learn but I'm enjoying the content so far. I hope I can make him proud. Thank you D&D Beyond in helping me hopefully becoming the DM that our friend/family member & DM said I could be.

@AtomPunk 11 ай бұрын

This is FANTASTIC news! I've been hoping for something like this from the DnD Beyond team for so long! I can't wait to try it out!

@Missourilonewolf 3 ай бұрын

This is great. I have been doing D&D for years. Started playing in 1981. I became the DM for all the campaigns. To this day I still have people that are now in every corner of the United States asking me to find away for all of them play. I still have almost every module for AD&D 2 and 2.5. I also have moving boxes full of grid maps of buildings and a few towns. I will be looking into this later this year. The "Black Arrows", a seasoned group of adventurers may be back for a few more campaigns. ❤

@GameFightLove 11 ай бұрын

Finally, D&D Beyond is looking complete! I like the ease of use of this compared to some more technical VTT I have used. Integrating it all is going to be great.

@abovevtt8913 11 ай бұрын

Ohhh. It was about time... Well... now try to catch up on features :)

@willmena96 11 ай бұрын

I think more people would actually try this if you released the feature with the older campaigns than the new ones (that people have been avoiding for months). It's more likely that DMs are running Curse of Strahd right now than any of the new ones. Maybe if you uploaded something like some concrete dungeons fully prepared to run, DMs would gather their players to try this. I'm not buying the new Phandelver book, but I might run Argynvostholt or Castle Ravenloft just to see how it works

@DnDBeyond 11 ай бұрын

It's great feedback, and stay tuned for additional supported content!

@JamesTillmanjimthegray 11 ай бұрын

Super basic but there’s a lot to be said for simple and easy integration. Great job so far

@joshuarivero8014 10 ай бұрын

I second this. This has been super fun to play around with.

@JKSSubstandard 11 ай бұрын

Questions: 1) custom tokens? I'm assuming dnd beyond will only have tokens in maps for products you have purchased. Is there going to be a way to add custom tokens for homebrew monsters? If so, what is the point of pay walling token content? 2) map size/image size limit. Roll 20 puts rather annoying limits on map and image size. And strict limits on storage limits. Will dnd beyond have such limits? 3) will dnd beyond be adding other common vtt features like targeting? 4) will dnd beyond be expanding homebrew support if they aim to be a primary vtt? 5) will maps and the future 3d vtt have modding or scripting support for adding features the dev team hasn't?

@DnDBeyond 11 ай бұрын

There's a roadmap for our Alpha available on the Discovery page! Also the best place to give us feedback and find our FAQ, where answers to your homebrew questions can be found!

@QuantumMechanic343 11 ай бұрын

Homebrew monsters work.

@winterrider3783 11 ай бұрын

At 5:44, you mentioned VTT partners. Is there a location on the website where I can find a list of these partners?

@JackOfHearts42 11 ай бұрын

Looks pretty polished for the Alpha. I like the simplicity of the interface.

@skeens85 11 ай бұрын

I have been using this for a while it was called above vtt.

@vladimirkozyrev3617 9 ай бұрын

Love it! I hope I will be able to drop Roll20 and move to DDB when the maps are fully functional.

@beauhenry105 10 ай бұрын

I like it so far, the personal dynamic tokens are interesting. I would love if the token database connected to your homebrew content too. We need an actual grid system implemented in some way and a measurement tool for sure. A way to implement custom tokens and images into the game would be great for spell casters and dm's. Incorporating the initiative tracker into the map program and having quick icons for discerning monster health and ac would be great for dm's too. A ping system or marking system for players to quickly visually communicate would go great with digital play where simultaneous verbal communication is limited. To handle to sudden influx of data you could charge higher subscription prices for more storage space like with apple or google drive. All in all the UI is amazing as always and I am eager to see the intended function after you guys finish. Good luck and please consider the needs of the player base!

@RafaelCabreraAzrael 11 ай бұрын

as a new player using AbovedVTT this is literally the same thing but love it anyway

@Sammo212 10 ай бұрын

This is much cooler than a 3D "I wanna be a video game" VTT but I hope we can have a fog of war option to hide parts of the map that PCs haven't explored yet.

@raycojosecanogonzalez8016 11 ай бұрын

Needs a lot of work, but this is the right direction to go, good job D&D Beyond.

@scorpiusjones5436 11 ай бұрын

"Wait, they don't love you like I love you.." 😄 But now that we've all had our fun, that song came out in 2003. Have a nice day! ✌🏻

@doddt2002 2 ай бұрын

Would love to see the adventure books we can buy be setup automatically to run on maps or something even more advanced than that. Can you imagine a really advanced A.I. program that can fully DM the adventures we buy!

@JoshGreenSEO 11 ай бұрын

This is great. Now can we get support for all of Tasha’s like was promised pre-Covid?

@sahugani 11 ай бұрын

Great. Now do homebrew classes. I can't use this as an integrated system if my player can't use a full homebrew class. In all seriousness though, this is the direction we have wanted you to go for a LONG time and props for doing it. I expect this will get more use than your 3D tabletop

@joshrinker1514 11 ай бұрын

What happened to encounters? Last time I knew it was still in it's testing phase.

@YamiYaiba 11 ай бұрын

Dev Update has been sorely missed.

@chadking9086 7 ай бұрын

You all are some of the most amazing people i have ever had the pleasure to know. What you've brought and are bringing to a game system i have loved for years could bring me to tears. I am a newer Dungeon master getting back into it and the way everything is connected I never imagined would be possible. I know you all have been through the wringer this last year, but I am so great full you have hung in there. You are still making a game I have long ago fallen in love with better and greater with all you do. I've been working on getting players together to enjoy and embrace a game system I believe is like no other. We all need that 1 thing, escape, reality break that helps us deal with the world in which we live. We have all watched tv, movies, read books where we go I would have done that, I would have changed this or that. With Dungeons an Dragons we can all do that. Make it what and how we want. So again sending this with Love thank you from my heart for making this game more then i could ever have hoped it to be.

@mikecarson7769 11 ай бұрын

very nice to see a video from the dev team! please share more. even better = the alpha looks excellent, and hopefully the "master level subscription" will continue to be affordable

@campfirecompanions 11 ай бұрын

Glad to see another handy tool added to DnD Beyond. Releasing the 2D VTT is a smart bet, I'll have to try it out and see if it holds up next to Owlbear Rodeo

@davefletch3063 11 ай бұрын

This is the one thing we have needed for play by post adventure

@ken418 11 ай бұрын

Bring back the weekly Dev Update!

@snuggiethegoblin7101 11 ай бұрын

I just wish that there was something that could be genuinely done, or a business practice implemented, that could win back the hearts of players, who feel betrayed by the company. I love dungeons and dragons, and I love things like this, but my players want absolutely nothing to do with the company 🙁

@commandosolo193 11 ай бұрын

ok, so then we just need discord for speech? I assume at some point DNDB will also have a voice channel or something.

@OnionBun 11 ай бұрын

ngl, im more hype for 2d maps over 3d. this will really help my play by post games.

@asheronwindspear552 10 ай бұрын

Been a while since I've hosted, this is a long overdue resource and I welcome it. It may even be enough to renew my subscription when it's due. Providing of course that the higher-ups don't sabotage the community again. Edit: I understand that you're trying to get everyone excited about the new features, but it's kind of like a pantomime during some sections of the video.

@Ziplock9000 10 ай бұрын

I can see both VTTs very much having a place. One for low powered computers, laptops and tablets (for the 2D version) and those with gaming PCs using the 3D one.

@clivevii2231 11 ай бұрын

Guys this update is really awesome, don't get me wrong here, I am extremely excited. But what about the Generic Features system? It was supposed to be the next big thing on D&D Beyond and nothing happened :/ I was really excited for that

@steeledminer616 11 ай бұрын

That's exciting to see, hopefully it can match the level of other tabletops! The ability to import maps from sourcebooks is a handy boon.

@AndyMccllgh 11 ай бұрын

Elliot is the shining star - crushed it all!!

@miriamfeldhausen9402 11 ай бұрын

I am quite excited for this! Thank you for all that you do!

@gabeiswatching 11 ай бұрын

Looks great. Honestly, many VTT's have far too many features. Sometimes you just need a map, tokens, fog. What I would like to see is a way to draw/make shapes on a map and the ability to add music I own and curate playlists. Music is incredibly important for my games.

@jasonreid9267 11 ай бұрын

What a wonderful surprise today!

@jakeconnelly2441 10 ай бұрын

Imagine trying to hype this up when you've got competition like Foundry, Roll20, Fantasy Grounds, and even Talespire. This is like the most bare bones VTT I've seen, and doesn't even have the full back catalogue of maps.

@Mr.FastZombie 11 ай бұрын

I hope we get a decent macro system like in Roll20. In the games I'm in we use Roll20 for maps and DND beyond for sheets and it'd be so nice to have my stats available for macros.

@Nurfarious 10 ай бұрын

Very exciting! This makes the Master-Tier Subscription worth it.

@jadxq 11 ай бұрын

Looks interesting, but I won't re-subscribe to the master tier until you offer content management for specific sources. Players kept selecting spells, sub-classes, options, etc from specific WotC adventures or campaign settings that were beyond the scope or theme of a campaign (e.g., warforged, Twilight Cleric, or Silvery Barbs), so I stopped using D&D Beyond for my campaign except as a reference.

@BurntToast256 11 ай бұрын

It's nice to see Dave! Always fun to hear him talk nerdy back when Adam did the Dev Updates.

@thebrotherscompany1345 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much DnD. I'm loving this tool. Let' play. 😇🤩⚔️ And let's fill the world with D&D. 🥳🙏🏻

@joshuarivero8014 10 ай бұрын

Forgive me if I missed it, but was there a way to add a grid to a map that may not have one already? An overlay of sorts? If not, that would be a great feature to see, too. Outside of that, you all are amazing for getting such a polished product into Alpha. Can’t wait to see what else comes of it!

@DnDBeyond 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, Joshua! When you have a moment, use the Feedback portal on the Maps page so we get your thoughts recorded!

@hobbyspotnz2833 10 ай бұрын

Hello Team! Quick review, looks great. One suggestion would be awesome if you could right click on your monster tokens and select "view stat block" on the right hand side or something. 😊

@ungainlytitan1460 11 ай бұрын

Does it link up to the encounter builder. Looks like it needs an initiative tracker.

@DnDBeyond 11 ай бұрын

The character sheet, Encounters, and Maps are all linked by the gamelog!

@ungainlytitan1460 11 ай бұрын

@@DnDBeyond for ease for the DM, the initiative order should be accessible on a separate panel/window. This should be orderable. Scrolling back through the charlong to check on the initiative order is very sub optimal.

@triple-gq6mn 11 ай бұрын

I would love if the Maps and 3D VTT were part of one system, so I could quickly switch from maps to 3D VTT and back again!

@BenneyYTTV 10 ай бұрын

Great first start. A lot of work before parity with the other VTT's in the market but exciting to see the direction.

@Planeswalker-Pt 10 ай бұрын

I miss these updates please bring them back more often. especially for the roadmap of things coming up.

@mirrikybird 11 ай бұрын

I've long since moved on from dnd, but this looks exactly what I wanted when I first started playing. Foundry does a lot, and I love it, but the one hurdle for me is getting the dynamic lighting and all that to work for players with basic computers or phones. If you focus on the simplicity like you mentioned and keeping it lightweight, the convenience for the GM to click play and have everything ready for them, access to all the content the have on ddb, and automatic player integration with ddb for joining and resource tracking. Damn, this can be a killer app.

@drako7222 8 ай бұрын

Please, please, tell me you will add line of sight and lighting and integrating it from map builders like dungeon alchemist, that would be the best! And can we use the more realistic tokens that look like miniatures or do we have to use the little round picture tokens?

@bobbytwoshades9986 11 ай бұрын

I can already tell you that an automatic Initiative tracker needs to be added.

@goattron 11 ай бұрын

I need a TLDR 5 min recap.

@DnDBeyond 11 ай бұрын

Maps! It's an Alpha release! Go screw around with it and give us your feedback! Links in the video description!

@obsidiansiriusblackheart 11 ай бұрын

@@DnDBeyondyou rock! 🤣 Thanks for that!

@mattbriddell9246 10 ай бұрын

Important question- who has ownership of maps DMs upload? Will DMs get to retain the rights to maps they create and upload or do they have to give up those rights as part of the process?

@DnDBeyond 10 ай бұрын

Your stuff is your stuff!

@Planeswalker-Pt 10 ай бұрын

Something cool for in the future is having a way to add grid lines to the picture when you’re sizing the character for it

@hayatemasaru7148 10 ай бұрын

Fix the current issues within dndbeyond like spells in the ring of Spell storing, add epic boons and Supernatural gifts, make sure all class features and race features work properly before adding in stuff that's secondary.

@quacknatetv7837 8 ай бұрын

I’m pretty heavily invested in r20 at this point, but the dnd beyond website and store are just laid out so much better. I literally have to go to dndb to figure out what books unlock what some times. If this map feature works on mobile and performs well I could see myself making the switch.

@PrimalEdge 11 ай бұрын

Amy, you are so pleasant! Love your presentation style. Groovy video!

@hazzymonk 11 ай бұрын

Being able to flip and rotate the tokens would be great as well! 😮

@mstreit 11 ай бұрын

Finally. Thank you!

@DnDBeyond 11 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@TonyRobetson 11 ай бұрын

'the mullet of updates' that should be the tagline of every dev update now

@S3ttoKaiba 10 ай бұрын

I have been using above vtt on dndbeyond and I am hoping this Maps addition to dndbeyond will be as much of a please to use as above vtt...

@RuneBottle 10 ай бұрын

Omg I’ve missed dev update sooooooooo much. Plus this is the one feature I wanted for years. So helpful thank you so much to the team

@CloudProductions 5 ай бұрын

Does this have a play in house feature, where you can have one screen (laptop) has the dim view, and a second screen/window off the same laptop, that would have the player view? So I could do off the laptop, while using it to project the player view onto a tv?

@dmozymandias 11 ай бұрын

So will this be in beta as long as the encounter builder?

@glowery092 10 ай бұрын

I hope they're able to integrate the encounter builder to the maps. Would be amazing to see the initiative order for map encounters.

@JimmieLeeIII 11 ай бұрын

Wow, a dev update video! We've missed you Amy. What a great concept to have a mini game to introduce your new "maps" feature. Please do more of this type of content. Elliot seems like an amazing DM!

@shonenacademia7276 10 ай бұрын

I bought Waterdeep Dragon Heist and Curse of Strahd. When would the maps from our classic campaigns be integrated? I'm excited to play but think that integrating the new books most people haven't bought is a bad move. Hopefully the most popular campaigns are updated asap so we can use what we've already spent money on!

@Redimus 10 ай бұрын

So it's a buggy early version of Owlbear Rodeo, foundry, or Roll20 but it's only available by paying a subscription. As opposed to Owlbear Rodeo, foundry, or Roll20, which are all free. Or the numerous higher quality VTTs that are just a one time payment to purchase. ..... No. Yeah. Great work guys. Thanks.

@UsernameNotTaken2 10 ай бұрын

I kinda like the simple UI and design of it- feels quite light and nicely done. It is kinda basic compared to Foundry or Roll20 but I can totally see it being pretty fun for people that want something simple. I do hope they add some kind of drawing tools though, for the times when the players get into unexpected combat and you want to really quickly sketch out some map elements/ you want to block an area out without hiding it (Eg, fire)

@frankcandeloro44 9 ай бұрын

Need to play with this. So I can have the encounter program open as well

@HugoGlz56 11 ай бұрын

This looks really slick

@joshuarivero8014 10 ай бұрын

If I add maps and click onto them, would my players be able to see? For example, if I wanted to reference a DM version of the map my players are on, will it flash over and back as I do?

@danielknapp3141 10 ай бұрын

Today? I have been using d and d beyond's map feature for months.

@Door_to_the_North 11 ай бұрын

Do the players need Hero tier to play or is it only contingent on DM having Master tier?

@DnDBeyond 11 ай бұрын

Players only need a free D&D Beyond account!

@jamiehuebsch 11 ай бұрын

This is very exciting!

@daspotz5134 10 ай бұрын

While this is still Alpha, maybe make it available to everyone for playtesting? Might wet some people's appetite for a Master Tier subscription and you're getting more playtesting out of your users

@relmdrifter Ай бұрын

Dynamic vision and lighting; I hope is on the roadmap

@PushToPull 10 ай бұрын

Hey guys great stuff! Question, how long are you thinking before we can add custom tokens ourselves? I feel like that should take tops an hour to add to the system, thanks!