Thread: New to Fantasy Grounds - Help
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January 12th, 2022, 20:33 #1
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New to Fantasy Grounds - Help
So, my gaming group wants to do an online game, which we have never done. They decided on Fantasy Grounds, I went ahead and purchased Ultimate because the demo version wasn't really a demo of the product, you can't do anything with it.
I am so baffled and confused.
I can't find a "Running your first Fantasy Grounds game" help page. Or even a step by step using it for the first time guide. The online documentation is way too much information right off the bat, is there anything else I can look at? I've tried the videos as well, 20 minutes into the first one and he's going over changing dice colors.
I'm looking for some guidance and help.
Honestly, I'm willing to pay someone for a tutorial on this software, since I just dropped $170 on it and can't use it at all.
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January 12th, 2022, 20:47 #2
Welcome
Perhaps their is too much information, but we all learn differently and have different needs so people publish what they want/need.
A couple of place you can start;
- Quick Start Guide
- User Manual
- Fantasy Grounds Academy (free classes and resources)
- Intro Video; this is a one hour class I did some time ago. I consider it fairly concise overview at one hour, but it has not been edited to take out the pauses that are natural when teaching others.
- Official FG Discord
Problems? See; How to Report Issues, Bugs & Problems
On Licensing & Distributing Community Content
Community Contributions: Gemstones, 5E Quick Ref Decal, Adventure Module Creation, Dungeon Trinkets, Balance Disturbed, Dungeon Room Descriptions
Note, I am not a SmiteWorks employee or representative, I'm just a user like you.
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January 12th, 2022, 21:25 #3
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I remember that learning curve just before lockdown. Wise investment it turned out now DM’ing 2/3 times a week.
Assuming your referring to 5E. I found these links invaluable.
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...ul-information
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...from-Mattekure
The starter free (was during lockdown) campaign module for mines of phandelver was a good starting campaign.
Just don’t worry about lighting and stuff until you and your players are able to navigate an encounter and their characters. And don’t worry that your watching classic version videos.Last edited by EllivasKram; January 12th, 2022 at 21:30.
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January 12th, 2022, 21:43 #4
Even if you're not interested in D&D 5E the 5E sample campaign available here is a good way to get to know FG: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...rial-Available
Install this as a campaign, load it up, then go to Campaign -> Story and open the "00 Welcome to Fantasy Grounds" story entry and read along...Private Messages: My inbox is forever filling up with PMs. Please don't send me PMs unless they are actually private/personal messages. General FG questions should be asked in the forums - don't be afraid, the FG community don't bite and you're giving everyone the chance to respond and learn!
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January 12th, 2022, 22:06 #5
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