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Laptop, and electronic at your table ? (jlai.lu)

submitted 3 days ago by Ziggurat@jlai.lu to c/rpg@ttrpg.network

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I was recently a bit surprise by seeing video of RPG tables where everyone has a laptop, and I even saw a thread about whether GM allowing only paper sheet are reasonable

However, on my experience (and I am part of big club, so I interact with a lot of players), some GM have a laptop or tablet especially in the era of .pdf books, but most player would use only paper.

So I am curious what's your take on electronic device, is it fully banned at your table, a GM only tool, a stuff that some player may use for note taking ? Or do you use VTT technology like you would online when playing in person ?

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[–] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

As a GM, I keep my laptop with me. I don't usually have a DM screen up, so the laptop serves many purposes to that end. I don't think I could run a game from only a tablet, personally, and I could never run from just pen and paper.

For my players, I prefer they don't have a laptop, but tablets are totally fine. For the same reasons another commenter mentioned about being readily there at the table.

For DnD, there are a billion options for online character sheets. I prefer they use their paper sheets if possible - I feel like it keeps you more in tune with your numbers. But I definitely understand having spells or items or abilities separate. They're so wordy and there's so little space to write them down.

For Pathfinder 2e, I'm all for ditching the paper sheet and using something easier. It's not too awful in the beginning, but the quick math needed to do "I rolled a thirteen, plus four for expert proficiency, plus eight for our level, plus one for guidance, minus two for sickened, minus four for MAP. That is... Uhhh.... Wait, I gotta start over." Pathbuilder or just opening a Foundry character sheet on your phone or tablet is so much easier.