I bought some Bastion Plate for my sword-n-board fighter. Two of its traits are set up properly in FoundryVTT: the saves for bulwark, and the hindering speed penalty. But that last trait, Entrench, doesn't appear to have any automation at all. What a disaster: that's a situational +1 to AC, so we definitely want to make sure it's included when NPCs are rolling to hit me, since that'll be easy to forget about.
When I was getting set up with Foundry, an older video from The Rules Lawyer gave me a list of modules that would make running PF2e easier. I knew some of the suggestions in there were out-dated, with the functionality moved into the core PF2e system. But, just in time for our other game to move to Foundry, he released an updated series of three videos.
We moved our long-running Spinach Inquisition campaign to FoundryVTT last night. It's great at automating Pathfinder 2e, but there are a few gaps. We ran into one: our battle-dancin' swashbuckler needed to make performance checks using the acrobatics skill, and there wasn't an obvious way to do that. So I figured out how to hack a solution in!
I'm playing in a PF2e campaign, GMing another, and curiously eyeing the Starfinder 2e playtest material. It's been an interesting week with all the new releases coming out of GenCon.
And some updates on FoundryVTT!
The long-lived TTRPG campaign I play in, The Spinach Inquisition, is an online group, so we've always used Roll20 to play. Most of my other various one-shots, short-lived campaigns, and even a couple in-person events have all used it too.
But, I've had a license for a self-hosted VTT since 2020: Foundry VTT. I used it pretty minimally -- until now! I'm setting up a whole campaign in there, and want to write down some of my thoughts as I get started.
This post will cover a range of items, from the techical to GMing.
