Foundry Basics: Getting Started with Foundry Virtual Tabletop - 2023
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Published 2023-09-25
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VIDEO RESOURCES
Foundry Basics Playlist: • Foundry VTT Basic Tutorials
Pathfinder 2e Player's Guide: • How to PLAY PATHFINDER 2e in FOUNDRY ...
TIMESTAMPS
Introduction
00:00 - Intro and What We'll Cover
The Foundry Setup Screen
02:29 - Game Systems and Installing a System
05:09 - Add-on Modules
06:58 - News Tab
07:21 - Warnings and Updating FoundryVTT
09:00 - IMPORTANT NOTE ON WHEN TO UPDATE FOUNDRY
09:54 - Setup Configuration
12:18 - Creating a World
The Main Foundry UI
15:39 - Foundry Directories
16:32 - Foundry Tools
16:59 - Player and Macro Tools
Foundry Settings
17:34 - Game Settings
19:10 - Configure Controls/Hotkeys
20:13 - Managing Modules and Editing the World Settings
21:20 - User Management
23:11 - Other Settings
25:29 - Game Access and Invitation Links
Creating a Battlemap Scene
25:59 - Creating a Scene and Folders
27:21 - Scene Configuration and Setting a Background Image
33:23 - Adjusting Scene Dimensions and Grid Size
35:23 - Walls
45:25 - Lights
51:35 - Sounds
54:46 - Tiles
Actors, Tokens, and Combat in Foundry
57:22 - Creating an Actor
59:03 - Building a DnD 5e Character
1:02:43 - Setting Character Portraits and Token Configuration
1:06:44 - Token Movement
1:07:51 - Resetting Fog after Testing
1:09:46 - Actor Permissions
1:10:23 - Importing Example Characters from the DnD 5e SRD
1:11:13 - Importing Enemy Creatures
1:12:57 - Running a Simple Combat
Creating a Theatre of the Mind Scene
1:19:25 - TotM Scene Creation and Scene Configuration
Other Tools and Features that You'll Want to Know
1:23:45 - Rolling Skill/Ability Checks
1:25:55 - Managing the Chat Log
1:26:34 - Journal Entries
1:28:13 - A Note on Items
Outro and Conclusion
1:29:01 - Final Thoughts
Featured Links:
Artwork by Baileywiki using assets from...
Forgotten Adventures forgotten-adventures.net/
DungeonQuill www.patreon.com/dungeonquill
Caeora www.patreon.com/caeora
Tom Cartos Assets www.patreon.com/tomcartos
Animated Assets by the Gorgon www.patreon.com/The_Gorgon/
Animated Assets by JB2A foundryvtt.com/packages/JB2A_DnD5e
(Audio by) Michael Ghelfi Studios michaelghelfistudios.com/
All Comments (21)
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Best Foundry tutorial I've ever seen. Well done.
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Been playing on Foundry for around a year. So I knew how to do combat. But now I can really appreciate all the hard work my DMs have done. Looking to become a DM myself soon. This video gave me a great starting point.
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I've been struggling with foundry for almost 2 years now. Almost gave up on it. But by only watching your intro made me very exited to give it one more change! Thank you in advance!
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Absolutely amazing. Watched this with my friend as we learned. So... SO good. Thank you!!!!!
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Compliments. 1. A complete and very well done tutorial. 2. It allows newbies, like me, to understand the basics of starting a first game from scratch. 3. It's a recent tutorial! ...and so updated to the latest version of Fuondry! (version 11... when I'm writing). Thank you! P.S. I will definitely start following you.
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You are a true reference point for this tool. Your explanations make everything clearer and more achievable. Thank you immensely for the effort you put into your videos!
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I love when a "basics" video is one hour and a half long 😂
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This is perfect and needs to be done every year if at least one new version has been put out.
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This is so timely for me. Recently decided to start up a campaign after around a decade hiatus. Spent some time researching VTTS and only just yesterday I purchased Foundry VTT. Then along comes this superb introductory guide! Thanks so much!
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I'm an experienced Foundry user but I'm always worried I'm not doing something right, forget how something works after not running a campaign for a while, etc. This is so needed! Thank you!
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Incredibly helpful video. I'm new to foundry and have seen few guides as detailed as this. Wonderful work!
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This is hands-down the best tutorial I've seen for Foundry VTT. Thank you!
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Loved this video, just started my first campaign and decided to use Foundry as my VTT and this video helps a TON thank you
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Thank you for posting this! Just started getting my feet wet with foundry and this has me feeling more confident in running with the system.
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Thank you so much for your time to create this video ^^
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Outstanding tutorial. I’ve been using Foundry for quite some time and am always learning , refreshing. Especially with the software updates. I honestly don’t know how y’all keep up with the modules and software updates/ features. Thanks for making this ! 🍻
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I just purchased Foundry yesterday after waffling for over a month on whether or not I should switch to it from Roll20, and I'm floundering a little but definitely excited to give it a shot this weekend! Your video came out just in time for me
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Thank you so much for this video, I learned a lot and I think it was a good idea to support Patron, please continue to do so~.
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thank you for this it helps a lot.
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very helpful!
