As part of our upcoming Age of Ashes campaign, we are going to try to add some virtual tabletop options, specifically the Fantasy Grounds tool. For those players with a laptop available, I will be asking them to install the client version, to be able to (hopefully) connect reliably to a GM session on my own computer.
In concept, this will allow for some automation of the character actions, combat, etc, as well as the option for hidden messages and updates (previously we would text). It should also help with the recordings, since I can link OBS to capture specific sections alone, and I should not need to bounce back and forth between several applications.
Of course, this is theoretical – we will see after this weekend’s first game just how practical all these fancy tools actually are.
