Complete maptool newbie questions...
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 5:58 pm
A bunch of friends I used to play 1e and 2e with many many years ago have recently got back together and we've started playing again using 4e rules. We've been using Maptool for a few months now (framework free) but I figured it was about time to look at some of the cool 4e-specific frameworks that have been written. I'm about to start a new campaign in a month or so and figured that before I spend time on setting up all of the maps, tokens, etc. I'd try to figure out how these frameworks work and try to incorporate them but I'm a bit (ok, a lot) lost.
My understanding is that you load the framework campaign file and then create your own maps, etc within that campaign file and save it as whatever you want to call it. What I don't get is how you can use the framework to make everything easier as, from my limited testing, it looks like it makes it harder and more complicated so I'm sure it's me doing something wrong.
Can anyone point me to some sort of tutorial on how it's all supposed to work for any of the frameworks - I've tried the DN, Veggiesama and Rumble ones but none of them make much sense to me!
Any pointers greatly appreciated as I need to understand it and then be able to explain it to my players!
Many thanks
H.
My understanding is that you load the framework campaign file and then create your own maps, etc within that campaign file and save it as whatever you want to call it. What I don't get is how you can use the framework to make everything easier as, from my limited testing, it looks like it makes it harder and more complicated so I'm sure it's me doing something wrong.
Can anyone point me to some sort of tutorial on how it's all supposed to work for any of the frameworks - I've tried the DN, Veggiesama and Rumble ones but none of them make much sense to me!
Any pointers greatly appreciated as I need to understand it and then be able to explain it to my players!
Many thanks
H.