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Subject: [PC Gamer] Roll20 Discord integration
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:28:27 +0200
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Not using Roll20 (and never have), but we did use a VTT, and yes, we 
were using Discord as the voice chat.
But to be fair, I would prefer not to use it because it locks basically 
everything into a single company's ecosystem.

Source: 
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/board-games/roll20-will-cut-out-the-alt-tabbing-middleman-and-let-you-run-your-dandd-and-ttrpg-games-directly-in-discord-which-you-were-probably-using-for-voice-chat-anyway/

Roll20 will cut out the alt-tabbing middleman and let you run your D&D 
and TTRPG games directly in Discord, which you were probably using for 
voice chat anyway
News
By Harvey Randall
published 3 hours ago

Roll20 Pro subscribers will be able to take the feature for a test spin 
later this month.
If you play D&D online, there's a chance you use—or have used—Roll20. 
While it's far from the most versatile or powerful virtual tabletop 
(VTT) on the market (with others having far more extensive modding and 
addon support) it's both free and straightforward enough to use that I 
feel its popularity is deserved. You also probably haven't used its 
integrated voice chat system.

Whether it's improved since the last time I tried to use it or not, the 
fact remains that there are just better options. For example, Discord is 
a program everyone's already familiar with and setup for, while its 
servers work as great hubs to run campaigns out of, letting you keep 
channels for lore handouts, hold discussions, and passive-aggressively 
tag that one player who is always inexplicably having a nap when the 
session starts despite everyone being pretty sure it's like 3 PM in 
their timezone. We've all been there.

Fortunately, a newly-announced feature lets you cut out that particular 
middle-man and save on some alt-tabbing between Discord and your 
browser: Roll20 is coming to Discord's activities feature, and while I 
hesitated at first, I think the integration here makes a lot of sense. 
At least, in theory.

"When you launch the Activity Beta for the first time," reads the 
announcement, "you can choose to either create an account or log into an 
existing account. If you log into an existing account, you will have 
access to all of your campaigns, characters, marketplace content, etc. 
These will remain synchronised between platforms (the Activity on 
Discord and the Roll20.net web application)."

An image showing a Roll20 game taking place in Discord.
(Image credit: Roll20.net)

Basically, you don't have to remake your campaign in Discord to use it 
or anything. The only pain in the rear is that your Roll20 and your 
Discord account need to be registered under the same email—other than 
that, you can flit between the two just fine. The gist I get from this 
is that it's essentially letting you boot up a web browser in Discord, 
with all the positives and negatives that entails.

Personally-speaking, I might take this for a whirl—but I juggle Google 
Docs and other rules websites for the Pathfinder 2e campaign I'm 
currently running, to the point where it's probably not helpful for me 
specifically. For my players, though? As long as I can seamlessly run 
both without the app throwing a tantrum, it's a great quality-of-life 
option. The feature's beta will be available for Roll20 Pro subscribers 
starting April 30.

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