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Lots of stuff here, so while at work I'll at least address the easiest one.
I tried in Week 2 to do stuff off-screen, but GM rolls are GM rolls even if I sign in as a player: somewhere they get seen. I can do off-screen GM rolls with real dice for small stuff, but for attack and things the macros really help move things along (as might've been apparent when I ran out of my previously prepared ones). What I MIGHT be able to do is make a "Spectator" player, give him mad permissions (except truly important GM stuff), then GM on another screen. I'll think about it because I know that seeing everything I roll can make stuff boring for the audience. My only real qualm is that I'm running out of screen real estate and I worry about how my internet connection works when I'm on Roll20 on laptop and streaming, Roll20, and Skype on the desktop. Beyond simply the performance/connection issue possibilities for the stream viewers, I also need to be sure there's enough bandwidth for my girlfriend to do things like "homework" which, sadly for me, are actually more important than a D&D show. 
tl;dr - I've got a thought for hiding rolls better, and I'll try and work on it. No guarantee though because technical stuff.
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Fan fic will be incoming later about events in the tavern. been working on my own stuffs.
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Another Roll20 session shouldn't be too bad on your bandwidth.
I say this having played a whole session on shitty cellphone-tethered internet with pretty much zero issues.
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Don't show the 'chat' in Roll20. Simple as that.
Just hide all rolls and if people on stream really want to know numbers then we can just say what number we rolled.
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Or if we need player perspective just have Wave stream the whole thing.
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On February 19 2015 05:04 TheYango wrote:
Another Roll20 session shouldn't be too bad on your bandwidth.
I say this having played a whole session on shitty cellphone-tethered internet with pretty much zero issues.
I've been having roll20 open on both my PC and tablet so that I can keep my in client character sheet up on tablet for rolls and shit without having to keep closing and reopening it to look at the table.
It's more effective for my other games where we're using Google Hangout integrated roll20, which leaves us a bit less real estate, but it's working out pretty well for me.
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On February 19 2015 05:08 jcarlsoniv wrote:Show nested quote +On February 19 2015 05:04 TheYango wrote:
Another Roll20 session shouldn't be too bad on your bandwidth.
I say this having played a whole session on shitty cellphone-tethered internet with pretty much zero issues. I've been having roll20 open on both my PC and tablet so that I can keep my in client character sheet up on tablet for rolls and shit without having to keep closing and reopening it to look at the table. It's more effective for my other games where we're using Google Hangout integrated roll20, which leaves us a bit less real estate, but it's working out pretty well for me.
Okay, I'll definitely work on that for next time then. Also, I can't WAIT for Update of Holding holy shit.
Wave, only reason I don't take that path is because I think that (as a watcher of RollPlay) seeing the player numbers pop up can be really fun.
Frankly my whole reliance on Roll20 maps is a bit of a mixed bag for me too. I want to be able to orient the players in an explicable way, but so far I don't have the time or artistic capability for verisimilitude between my imagination of Iris and what's on screen. It's a slight conundrum. Also, 60 ft. away from an enemy is a LOT of space on Roll20 unless you're WAY zoomed out, at which point the visuals become crappy for the audience, which sucks.
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Even without an audience, zooming in/out constantly was a big problem for me in roll20, just because of how the necessary scales changes when you're fighting things and when you aren't.
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Finally finished last weeks session:
Asmo:
Half elves bro. half elves.
2.no breathing issues this week asmo, congrats.
3. those are Bracers not gauntlets.
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Honestly, the live report title.
The Adventurers make me think we're a boyband or something.
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I'm excited for Gimble montage. Wooooo
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On February 25 2015 09:03 PrinceXizor wrote:
I'm excited for Gimble montage. Wooooo
already done in private.
hf!
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OP updated with link to the VoDs and a summary of the latest episode! Let me know what you thought and keep the suggestions coming! :D Hope you're enjoying the adventure!
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NO I'M HATING IT
I'm looking forward to our first dungeon crawl. I'm also realizing that taking all spells useful for entrancing and keeping the attention of people might not be very useful for dungeon crawling.
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On February 26 2015 01:39 jcarlsoniv wrote:
NO I'M HATING IT
I'm looking forward to our first dungeon crawl. I'm also realizing that taking all spells useful for entrancing and keeping the attention of people might not be very useful for dungeon crawling.
It's actually far more useful than you might believe, if you're willing to find creative uses for them.
EDIT: Though this is also why I tried to sell Wave so hard on Silent Image--because while it's not spectacularly good in any one particular circumstance, there's virtually no situation where it's not at least useful--combat, social situations, exploring, sneaking around, making special effects for Roger's stories, etc. there's always a way to use Silent Image.
Also, apparently this isn't really Iris-related, more than just 5E in general, but apparently Sword Coast Legends will be using the 5E ruleset?
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On February 26 2015 01:51 TheYango wrote:Show nested quote +On February 26 2015 01:39 jcarlsoniv wrote:
NO I'M HATING IT
I'm looking forward to our first dungeon crawl. I'm also realizing that taking all spells useful for entrancing and keeping the attention of people might not be very useful for dungeon crawling. It's actually far more useful than you might believe, if you're willing to find creative uses for them. EDIT: Though this is also why I tried to sell Wave so hard on Silent Image--because while it's not spectacularly good in any one particular circumstance, there's virtually no situation where it's not at least useful--combat, social situations, exploring, sneaking around, making special effects for Roger's stories, etc. there's always a way to use Silent Image.
Oh, sure. I'm more thinking my Sleep/Charm Person spells - not so useful against rock guardians. I still have to look and see what new spells I want. =D
Also, apparently this isn't really Iris-related, more than just 5E in general, but apparently Sword Coast Legends will be using the 5E ruleset?
I don't know what that is.
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I didn't know what it was till like a day ago when I saw an article saying it was using 5E. Apparently it's a new D&D PC RPG.
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Lol yang when I get the chance you can help me, just know I probably won't end up listening to your suggestions as per usual lol
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Also available to help wave if you want.
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