LEVEL UP your online D&D

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In this video we go over how to level up your online D&D experience. You can significantly improve the quality of your online setup for playing Dungeons and Dragons without breaking the bank. I go over a bunch of free online tools that I use, and three budgets for equipment that you can use to improve your online dnd/ttrpg experience. #dnd #ttrpg
Ghostfire Gaming's Aetherial Expanse:
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Aetherial Expanse Trailer:
• Aetherial Expanse: Set...
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Online Tools I use:
Voicemeeter Banana Tutorial:
• The BEST Voicemeeter S...
SoundDesk by LoudLab:
www.loudlab-app.com/sounddesk...
Loopback by Rogue Amoeba:
rogueamoeba.com/loopback/
Improved Initiative NEW URL:
improvedinitiative.app/
Owlbear Rodeo 2.0:
www.owlbear.app/
2 Minute Tabletop (maps & tokens):
2minutetabletop.com/
Battle Sim (combat simulator):
battlesim-zeta.vercel.app/
Trekiros - Game Changer (Battle Sim developer)
• Fixing 5e's Challenge ...
DnD Beyond Campaign DM Screen Chrome Extension:
chrome.google.com/webstore/de...
Droidcam:
www.dev47apps.com/
Camo (alternative phone webcam app):
CORRECTION: You CAN remove the watermark in the free version, their help page has directions for this.
reincubate.com/camo/
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Maono AU-902 Microphone:
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Logitech Litra Glow Light:
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Smallrig P96L Light:
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Magic arm with clamp:
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The gear I use to make my videos:
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@JesseDiMauro 9 ай бұрын

Another option for music is Kenku, it lets you stream audio into discord and is controllable with a streamdeck if you have one. Made by the same people that made owlbear rodeo!

@VassDts 21 күн бұрын

came here to say this. :D

@gamewrit0058 10 ай бұрын

11:16 I turn on a table lamp, set slightly next to and in front of me. The best camera and lighting advice I've ever heard: If you're going to be by a window (or a single light source), sit with it lighting the side of your face, not the front or behind you. That also avoids glares and reflections on glasses and eyes.

@powerwordspill 9 ай бұрын

That's great advice for sure!

@kineticmike5361 11 ай бұрын

Love that you are promoting battlesim, an amazing tool made as a labour of love for the game

@Sun-Tzu- 11 ай бұрын

Been waiting for this video! My group has grown to 9 people, we initially split into two groups that would play consecutively, but everybody is dying to combine into one group. But trying to find a night where 9 people are free is nearly impossible, so I envision a lot more Discord games in future.

@danieleynon8157 9 ай бұрын

If scheduling continues to be an issue, have you heard of a west-marches style of game? (Also called Serialized campaigns) Might work if your players are interested. Hope y'all made it work!

@Sun-Tzu- 9 ай бұрын

@@danieleynon8157 I have not heard of those 🤔 but I am in the middle of organising a full improv game for tonight.

@benjaminschultz6501 9 ай бұрын

Good luck! DnD has always been the game I almost play due to scheduling impossibilities.

@Sun-Tzu- 9 ай бұрын

@@benjaminschultz6501 It somehow has been working out for us. We meet up twice a week now. And this is after two of us started college and one started working. We just enjoy it enough to work it out. Couldn't be happier with it.

@LetMeintheLibrary 11 ай бұрын

This is awesome, thank you so much for all these resources!! Also great nod to the D20 crew at 05:00

@willmalan5900 11 ай бұрын

This is an amazing amount of resources. Thanks!

@mikeelston9933 3 ай бұрын

This a great video Kelly! Thank you! I’m also a big fan of 2 Minute Tabletop.

@promisegames 10 ай бұрын

love the videos keep them up

@JanHoos 11 ай бұрын

that campaign page extension! 🥰 thank you for sharing that one! battlesim is cool as well ^_^

@ninguemandrade 11 ай бұрын

Nice video and recommendations! My group has been using Shard Tabletop. It has a lot of nice features to both DM and players, merging sheets, maps, initiative and monster/pcs stats and DM notes. It improved our remote sessions a lot! The one thing we didn't get right so far is the music, since some players play in the same room/setup, we will certainly try your tips for it, thanks! Also the battlesim is a must try.

@TheUglyGoblin 3 ай бұрын

Such a bloody good video! Loved it! I'm entering my mic and camera horning phase now and these all look very temping! ~wiggles goblin fingers~ Really fun to see lots of thing's I've never seen before too!

@Thandulfan 11 ай бұрын

Discord has now the YT watch together activity, so after music bots were killed mostly this is a good solution to get everyone on the same page with yt music

@mdavies117 11 ай бұрын

Excellent video! I run my sessions via Zoom and religiously use Foundry VTT. I have a Blue Yeti microphone and Razor Kraken headphones connected to it so I can hear myself as I speak, in addition to using a standing desk to encourage me to incorporate physicality in my roleplay. My laptop screen typically has Obsidian notes on it while my main monitor is nice and wide to have my Zoom players' videos minimised on the side while I utilise Foundry VTT. I'm super happy with the setup and would love to invest in cooler lighting next!

@KamiEpix Ай бұрын

Wow! You have almost exactly my setup! Heads up you can add a plugin to Obsidian that let you use a browser, I have battlesim open in that space.

@williamjones1337 10 ай бұрын

Bro - your videos are fire AF. Sharing with all my friends.

@powerwordspill 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@GameUpOG Ай бұрын

If you buy an elgoto mic or the stream deck plus they come with wavelink. And steelseries has gg, which can also do audio mixing

@nathanmitchell2827 3 ай бұрын

I started using owlbear rodeo in combination with discord, and D&D beyond for seeing character sheets, and rolling for simplicity. Music has always been a struggle though, so this was insanely helpful!!

@mcflyaway 6 ай бұрын

I play the majority of my sessions over Discord now, and use the Nero bot for music. Big fan of it, especially for ambient music.

@powerwordspill 6 ай бұрын

I'll check it out!

@evanfuture 9 ай бұрын

Great stuff. We have a tough time because we have three of us locally, and three online. It's awkward and we can't find a good solution for nice audio, but we make it work anyway.

@elkeivo 11 ай бұрын

The Spotify tip is something I had no idea about. That is going to be super useful as all my in game music I use is right on Spotify. We are usually in person when we can but that always doesn't work out and I've been trying to figure out how to use some specific songs for specific scenes I have planned next session. This set up will be very easy.

@PavleVA 7 ай бұрын

My setup is a CAD e100s mic with an SSL2 interface for more serious meetups. but for casual stuff I am running a Komplete Audio 6 with a MkII mic from Focusrite. All this is hella overkill but i use it for work so its a win win haha. thinking of getting a webcam, tho i didnt know about the android app to use it as camera, thats super cool!!

@SunnStarbornVT 5 ай бұрын

My first ever dnd game (i'll be dm for the first time.) will be online and omg I needed a video like this T v T. THANK YOU

@powerwordspill 5 ай бұрын

Awesome, hope you have fun!!

@MarkWidner 6 ай бұрын

What do you do for lighting when you need to wear reading or regular glasses?

@Jason-sj7xi 11 ай бұрын

I have a quick suggestion for you- great video BTW!! I use Above VTT which syncs with DND beyond and is a fully functional VTT. If you’re running DND, you may be able to get rid of improved initiative and use that to eliminate one of your windows. There is a slight learning curve but I went from owl bear over to above VTT. It is free, and easy to use. Give it a shot!

@powerwordspill 11 ай бұрын

Awesome! I looked into it briefly but I'll have to give it a proper try for a one shot!

@PatRiot-le7rd 11 ай бұрын

Above VTT is fantastic. I prefer it so much over Foundry and after playing on Above, there is ZERO chance I will ever play on Roll20 again.

@christreedee 10 ай бұрын

@@powerwordspill What replaces SNAP cam for Windows the pulled it in January... we had made a batch of face skins now only useful on phone

@malicharton4403 9 ай бұрын

4:40 i suppose you know that already,but foundry has a all in one package of battle maps,initiative tracker and monster statblocks

@darkcardking 8 ай бұрын

Camo also is on windows. Also, you can remove the watermark. Its under Overlay and Watermark. At least it is on windows, but I imagine there is parity between mac and windows versions.

@teathomas 11 ай бұрын

My group has been experimenting with KenkuFM recently. Last session, logging into Spotify on their browser and playing it through there for us to hear on Discord worked pretty well. Separate setup for a discord bot but it was really simple with no messing with bot commands, thank the gods.

@powerwordspill 11 ай бұрын

I'll check it out!

@Okayest__DM 11 ай бұрын

Congrats on the sponsorship, Kelly!

@powerwordspill 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Dennis!

@animeboomerscodingdragons 5 ай бұрын

+1000 on using automation; DM usually has to run a number of monsters similar to the number of players, so he/she has to be 4 to 6 times faster than the players

@mwrosser 11 ай бұрын

How did you do the audio for this video? I'd like to do some videos where I am sitting back from the camera just like you did here.

@powerwordspill 11 ай бұрын

I've got a Rode NTG-2 boomed out over my head on a mic stand and it records to a Zoom H5. But you just need to get the mic as close to your mouth as possible. I use the Adobe ai audio enhancer and that in combination with an effects chain in resolve with pretty standard stuff like compression and EQ. Hope that helps!

@bejoscha 9 ай бұрын

Far too few likes for such a great video. thanks.

@mikeb.1705 11 ай бұрын

My biggest complaint about playing online is that, as the DM, my prep time has increased greatly! First I noodle out my dungeon / encounter on paper until I have it sorted the way I want it. Then I have to create the maps in my software of choice (Dungeon Draft, in my case). Then the maps have to be imported into my VTT, the dynamic lighting sorted out, plus populate the monsters & NPCs. So it's like I'm doing the same thing three times in order to make it playable online :-/

@hellhole_janitor 11 ай бұрын

Due to a broken laptop I just started using my old tablet to join the discord video call - so I'm directly streaming the drawn paper map with minis (I wish, actually Lego pieces) This way I can still use my own maps or in a pinch my white board :)

@powerwordspill 11 ай бұрын

That's a great idea!

@powerwordspill 11 ай бұрын

Yeah it has definitely added to my prep time. I try and mitigate this by only doing maps for big important encounters, and for smaller stuff we just do theater of the mind. That makes the big encounters feel a bit more special. But I definitely know what you mean, it adds a significant amount to prep for sure!

@nickm9102 9 ай бұрын

There is always the WotC Plan A(i). Find an AI image generator and give it a drawing/description and have it make the map. You might even be able to find an AI to code the info into something compatible with whatever VTT and peripherals you are using. Personally I hate online play. I want to play at a table if I wanted to do everything on computer I would be playing BG3 or similar not tabletop D&D.

@mikeb.1705 9 ай бұрын

@@nickm9102I hear ya. When I'm doing all the prep for an online game I'm wondering why I'm not just playing WoW instead >.

@orkam3836 8 ай бұрын

I tried using the D&D Beyond Campaign DM screen, but for me, the profiles would not load up, no matter what I tried or which browser I used. My players also tried it and had the same result, the character profile codes are listed to the right, but do not seem to actually load properly.

@koboldhelper 11 ай бұрын

Have you tried the free 5e combat tracker and random encounter generator Kobold Helper? Give it a look.

@powerwordspill 11 ай бұрын

I'll take a look!

@Enteku 6 ай бұрын

Video section for Owlbear Rodeo... Is titled "Alabama Rodeo"...

@powerwordspill 6 ай бұрын

Dang it, auto chapters 😆

@Enteku 6 ай бұрын

@@powerwordspill I mean, at least it was a funny oopsie? XD

@ImDoublex 9 ай бұрын

My groups use Watch2gether as a simultanious music playing.

@powerwordspill 9 ай бұрын

That's a great idea!

@scottnolan2833 Ай бұрын

Why would I want to SEE my players? Or worse, let them see me? I’d have start wearing pants.

@ryuaced 9 ай бұрын

Abovevtt

@tateford786 Ай бұрын

Owlbear bad

@larsmurdochkalsta8808 9 ай бұрын

Did this guy just recommend that you spend $30 on a USB condenser mic that sounds worse than the mic in his computer, only to then recommend that you spend $50 on a light instead of like $13? Wot