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          [Official Website](<https://arkenforge.com/>)       

          Official Discord       

           [Official Reddit](<https://www.reddit.com/r/Arkenforge/>)        

Intro

Arkenforge is also called “The Master’s Toolkit” It is ostensibly a map making tool first and a VTT second, but even so it still has a TON of features as a VTT. You can buy their asset packs or upload your own for use in the system and you retain the asset rights for later resale if that’s your thing. Master’s Toolkit is made in Unity, so it effortlessly ties in a lot of disparate video game tools like controls, audio, and lighting. It has been designed as a local-only VTT and in that respect has some caveats.

Cost

30 day Free Demo - The Arkenforge Master’s Toolkit launcher is free to download and try out.

💰 $35 - Fantasy and Sci-Fi packs are available to get you started with mapping. This is considered “purchasing” the software and is in the ‘Software’ category of the store.

💰 to 💰💰 - Asset packs vary widely in value as they are both Arkenforge and Community driven

Features

• Battlemaps
  • ✅ Shared battlemaps with player- and GM-controlled tokens
  • 💙 Advanced drawing capabilities - The tools are token based, but there are drawing tools with the tokens that manipulate how they are placed on the screen as you place them.
  • 💙 Map-making tools is what Arkenforge is all about. You can create maps in this app for export to other VTTs with all of that VTT’s supported features baked in. Draw wall lines, windows, doors lights, etc.
  • 💙 Maps can be animated, and this is done per token. So if you want just water ripples, you paint the animated water in the spot you want.
  • Ruler
  • ✅ Dynamic Fog of War only, no simple fog of war. But you can hide things in layers if you want.
  • ✅ Dynamic Lighting
  • 💙 For in person games, you can create a “player screen” if you are playing on a single computer with multiple outputs, so players can’t see your DM stuff!
  • 💙 Real tokens + touchscreens = 😍
• Chat & Dice
  • ❌ Basic chat with roll commands & macros
  • ❌ Die rolls from character sheets
  • ❌ Visual (non-chat) dice rolling interface
• Character Sheets
  • ❌ Character sheets for various games
  • ❌ Moving character sheets between games
  • ❌ Custom character sheet creation
• Compendium
  • ❌ Game SRDs available
  • ❌ Game rules available for purchase or upload
  • ❌ Drag-n-drop to character sheets
• Handouts, Etc
  • ✅ Images and video content from the content library can be shown to the players in a pop-up window
  • ❌ Playing cards, random tables
  • 😕 Note taking options for the GM, to show to players or keep secrets/details about the scenes. But players can’t take notes or keep track of a calendar.
  • ✅ Storage is inherently local with the program
• Automation
  • ❌ Turn Tracker
  • ❌ Click-to-roll sheets
  • ❌ Targeting, damaging, healing, and other effects
  • ❌ Macro buttons
  • ✅ Community modules
• Music & Video Streaming
  • ❌ Integrated voice & video calls
  • ✅ Stream uploaded music to players - audio is licensed for streaming too.
  • 💙 In-game sounds based on map locations, for example a ship engine will be louder for a token near the source of the sound.
• Extras
  • ❌ Mobile device support
  • ✅ Help & support through discord and reddit is pretty good! The developers are active and responsive.
  • ✅ The community is Arkenforge’s bread and butter. They’re the ones who come up with unique mapping solutions and asset packs

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