There are all kinds of rules and tricks that aren't intuitive or documented well and nobody left comments in their code )

The problem is learning FGU is akin to learning a programming language. The more you know the more it's clear that all other VTT's stand in it's shadow in terms of raw power. If they do, that person is either being held back or failing).įantasy Grounds Unity is hard to learn, but every single lesson I learn as as DM unlocks better games for myself and my players. It's not user friendly, clearly designed by people who are engineers and make things work (They can't possibly have a designer who's focused on user experience. The Pro of FGU is also the Con - there's a sunken cost in a learning curve. I have been doing this since last September (2020) and it's always been that fee/structure.Įvery time someone makes me look at Foundry I see nice things but not the power of Fantasy Grounds. It's $149 and if the DM pays for that Ultimate license the players just use the free Demo client. Host the Ultimate game and players join and play for free The only person who can DM is the person who has the Ultimate license and account. Let's go to the source and keep it simple: ĮDIT: I'm wrong about you being wrong. I could be wrong but FGU Ultimate license only allows the license owner to be a DM? Whereas Foundry allows any player to be set as the DM for a campaign. Monstrous Compendium Vol 3: Minecraft Creaturesįalse, the DM buys an ultimate license and the players only need a free demo license.įGU Ultimate license is $149 Foundry VTT is $50.īut my point about everybody needing a copy of FGU still applies whereas Foundry is browser-based - so Foundry can be used on business laptops or any other computers which prevent manual installation of software.

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