As the title suggests, I’m a bit confused about what Demiplane is for when it comes to the Cosmere RPG.
They have the source books (barebones implementation) and then, completely separately, a campaign running tool which constitutes voice, video, die roller, notes, and a place to organise characters taking part in the campaign. Is there no integration between content you own on Demiplane and the ‘Adventure Portal’? What if I want to show players a picture of a location/person/creature they’ve encountered? Is there no way to run an encounter in the Adventure Portal? I can’t see any easy way to do this. What time-saving thing is this doing that I can’t do in Discord?
What if I want to run ‘A First Step’ session zero? This is content on here but how would I achieve that with the character creator and where would I find the GM’s sheet to fill out on here?
Then there is the Roll20 integration (?) - What is this for? Do I also need to own the content, such as campaigns over on Roll20 as well? (If this is the case I feel like a right idiot for buying it all on here)
Sorry if I’m being dense but I find the whole thing poorly explained.
Roll20 is the VTT, where you could show pictures/creature etc.
and no you don’t need to purchase the content again on Roll20, all you need is link your Roll20 and Demiplane account (Account Setting → Sync Account → Roll20 Account Link) and the content should unlock on Roll20.
Hi @the1ben - the groups experience you’re seeing today is a remnant of our pre-characters launch. Believe it or not, there was a time where we did not have character tools on the platform!
We’re rebuilding our groups experience to better align with each individual Nexus platform. I expect that to roll out yet this year. This will allow you to invite players to your game and see their characters.
EDIT: sorry, I missed the comment at the end of your post. Most content on Demiplane is linked to the same content on Roll20. The integration allows for you to (1) link your accounts if you have them to sync your purchases, and (2) use your character sheets, NPC sheets, and the Demiplane compendium broadly on Roll20.
Hope that helps. I’ll think through how to better message the totality of the offering. Appreciate you taking the time to ask.