Which VTT works best with D&D Beyond? - General Discussion - D&D Beyond General - D&D Beyond Forums (2024)

Hello all,

Like so much of you, I am stuck at home while we practice social distancing and I'd like to still play D&D through a VTT with my group while we are apart. Me and my group have been using D&D Beyond for everything during our in-person games, so now switching to a VTT seems daunting since it looks like neither of the big 2 (Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds) will support character sheet imports from D&D Beyond, and I really don't want to make my players recreate their sheets on a new platform, I think that'll just turn them off from even trying to do it online. I heard about the Avrae bot in Discord, and while I really like the idea that it works so well with D&D Beyond, our combats have always used tactical maps because we have alot of board and video gamers here and we prefer that to the theater of the mind style. So now I'm back to VTT's. Does anyone have a suggestion to which one works best and some ideas to making it easier for my players to adjust? I don't mind having to do more work on my end if it means that my players have to do less, and cost isn't something I'm worried about right now either. Thanks so much for any suggestions you guys have!

Roll20 and Foundry VTT are much more integrated because of a third party Chrome extension.

Using that extension, you don't need to port over, copy or rebuild your character in those VTT's. You play from a DnDBeyond tab and by clicking on skills, abilities, spell or attacks, the dice get rolled directly in the VTT.

The VTT becomes purely a map with tokens at a minimum (what you get for free).

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Roll20 and Foundry VTT are much more integrated because of a third party Chrome extension.

Totally Agree! Beyond20 is amazing. I use it with Roll20. Yourplayers can just roll from their existing character sheets in DnDBeyond. You as the DM can roll from the monster sheets on DnDBeyond. If you have created encounters, you can use all of that.

You can access "the forge" which is a hosted Foundry product currently available in beta through patreon: supporting developer Kakaroto. The stuff he makes works (the creator of beyond 20). Foundry is a contender and matched with dnd beyond content is a strong candidate for great online RPG.

There is another great product for lore building called legend keeper which is a map/realmworks type hybrid. Not as powerful as realmworks, but very user friendly and has what I need. Just some ideas while you are in prison....

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Do you know if there is a reason that dndbeyond isn't officially linked to a VTT? It seems like a match made in heaven to combine them!

I'm fairly sure they're creating one.

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Hello all,

Like so much of you, I am stuck at home while we practice social distancing and I'd like to still play D&D through a VTT with my group while we are apart. Me and my group have been using D&D Beyond for everything during our in-person games, so now switching to a VTT seems daunting since it looks like neither of the big 2 (Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds) will support character sheet imports from D&D Beyond, and I really don't want to make my players recreate their sheets on a new platform, I think that'll just turn them off from even trying to do it online. I heard about the Avrae bot in Discord, and while I really like the idea that it works so well with D&D Beyond, our combats have always used tactical maps because we have alot of board and video gamers here and we prefer that to the theater of the mind style. So now I'm back to VTT's. Does anyone have a suggestion to which one works best and some ideas to making it easier for my players to adjust? I don't mind having to do more work on my end if it means that my players have to do less, and cost isn't something I'm worried about right now either. Thanks so much for any suggestions you guys have!

You could try Tabletop Simulator. It's $10 right now on steam. You'd all need a copy though. I've never used it though but it seems cool. I think you'd have to manually enter in characters.

Roll20 allows you to manually enter in stuff too. That'd be an option. I alsothink there is a mod or macro or something somewhere that allows you to import dndbeyond info into roll20.

I use roll20 with the browser extension of Beyond 20. That allows me to have everything here, and use roll20 only for the maps, tokens, chat and display rolls.

While not officially supported, Foundry works great with DDB due to some fantastic extensions. You can use the Beyond 20 extension (works with both Foundry and Roll20) and play from DDB by clicking actions and abilities and having them sent directly to your VTT. Or you can use theVTTAssets: D&D Beyond extension and importanything you own here into Foundry, ie characters, monsters, campaigns etc. (some can be done for free while some options require a patreon subscription).

I use both!

I use a desktop computer hosting "The Foundry" (or web based "The Forge). Both have interconnectivity with Beyond 20 and VTT Assets chome extensions. The extensions are patreon based at a low cost and a local installation of Foundry VTT is a one time affordable cost with a host of modules and game systems that are in constant development. It is a clean, modern interface that is considerably more user friendly than other VTTs I have used. I don't own stock or interest in any of these comapanies and am just an average working joe. Links:

Foundry VTT

The Forge (Foundry but web based)

Beyond 20 Chrome Web Extension

VTT Assets

Hope that's helpful. Happy gaming!

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Quote from Swartzwalker >>

Do you know if there is a reason that dndbeyond isn't officially linked to a VTT? It seems like a match made in heaven to combine them!

I'm fairly sure they're creating one.

Quote from Kerrec >>

Roll20 and Foundry VTT are much more integrated because of a third party Chrome extension.

Using that extension, you don't need to port over, copy or rebuild your character in those VTT's. You play from a DnDBeyond tab and by clicking on skills, abilities, spell or attacks, the dice get rolled directly in the VTT.

The VTT becomes purely a map with tokens at a minimum (what you get for free).

I've been playing now for 3 months now and finished my campaign on Roll20. Beyond20 was amazing! Thanks so much for letting me know about it. It was a literal game-changer!