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A software which simulates the board and manages the game (dice rolls, attack math etc.).
A list of the main features of Fantasy Grounds:
* A user interface specifically designed to capture the spirit of pen & paper roleplaying. [More]
* The Gamemaster can hand out sheets, maps, and notes for any or all players to interact with. [More]
* Role playing is easy with dedicated chat features. [More]
* Access all traditional paraphernalia available at the gaming table. These include dice, drawings, character sheets, portraits, tokens, and rulebook reference material. [More]
* Visualize tactical scenes using maps rich with features or create them on the fly. Draw on the virtual paper or reveal parts of maps prepared beforehand and place tokens to indicate player characters and NPCs. [More]
* The Gamemaster can create and keep track of all in-game information. She can also customize game assets and user interface elements to accommodate house rules. [More]
* Interactive fully realistic 3D dice. [More]
* Preloading images for fast display controlled by the Gamemaster
* Maps and images with additional layers for drawing and grids. The Gamemaster can reveal images gradually to the players by unmasking areas using a paint tool.
* A pointer and indicator usable by all users to create lines, cones, circles or squares in any orientation on maps. These are useful for easy targeting of attacks and spells or just hilighting portions for other purposes. When grids are enabled on maps, the area indicators hilight the squares affected and numeric indicators indicate the dimensions.
* Images can be zoomed in and out by a roll of the mouse wheel or using the zoom tool. The display scale of tokens can be locked to allow them to zoom together with the underlaying image.
* The minimap navigator makes makes focusing on a particular area on a large map a breeze.
* The Gamemaster can add links to maps and images for easy access to other resources, such as connecting maps, story entries, NPCs and items.
* Creating and activating adventure or supplement modules is easy and gives more options to manage campaigns and share data between users.
* Dice can be rolled using any stack size and with optional adjustable modifiers
* Gamemaster die rolls have hidden results but are shown to players using a hidden value
