LarenJul 2, 2025

TTRPG grumbling:

While I'm not generally a fan of D&D beyond's app, one thing I rather appreciate about it is the fact that I can just... Download all the books I own for totally offline access. There is a storage price to be paid for this, naturally, but I can accept that.

Compare this to Demiplane which uses a web interface exclusively. No native app, and definitely no offline access.

I would say "I expected better of them", but apparently they were bought out around this time last year by Roll20 (fun fact: so was drivethrurpg) and Roll20 has a history of either having awful apps or no apps at all, so I suppose I really shouldn't be surprised, but it's a little frustrating.

Please don't make me say "Wizards does this better" eternally?

#ttrpg #dnd5e #roll20 #demiplane #vtm #pf2e

Show threadjellJul 2, 2025

@laren Bit of an aside... but I despise that our current best options in the VTT landscape are between:

- "overblown student project that hasn't dealt with 10+ years of techdebt"

- "literally the eudora email client, but with maps attached," and

- "Linux: The Virtual Tabletop."

And all of them are different nations with their own currency.

[roll20, fantasy grounds, foundry; respectively]

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@laren (I don't count D&D Beyond as 'within the best' because... lord, that's a lotta baggage. Even if it technically works /ok/.)
Jul 2, 2025 at 5:36amWeb