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.
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.
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!
Amazing. Foundry is really the best platform on the market. It's like snowboarding... allow a few days of falling down a lot, and you'll be outpacing everyone on the slopes.
Absolutely fabulous tutorial. I'm new to VTT's and just purchased Foundry. This is how introductory tutorials should be done (take it from a longtime teacher!). I'm getting enough of the basics to eliminate confusion and help me to get started. Bravo, and thanks!
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!
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!
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!
Ooooh I'm going to study your videos! This is what I always wanted to do for my future Campagins & play testing mini campaigns. Cheers brotha and thank you kindly! Shalom!
There is so much here; I both love and hate it. I love the wealth of options and the depth and it’s fun to play around with. I hate it because it is so dense and there is so much to figure out. I have been fiddling around with it for years on and off.
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 ! 🍻
SO well explained, and dropped just in time for my "Oh shit I have to DM a Pathfinder game and this software is so complicated" panic attack, thank you. (Also, more Pathfinder please, it solves so many of the problems we were having with D&D 5th edition, I am absolutely amazed by how much more realistic and logical it feels without feeling "gritty" and how much less work Paizo expects me to do as a GM versus WOtC, who seems to think that DMs have infinite time, player patience, and resources for balancing their broken game.)
Thankfully I've managed to stall a bit by reminding them that they *also* don't how Pathfinder is played and because I'm new to the system too they shouldn't be trying to "pick it up as we go along" because I absolutely WILL make up something on the spot when I only have a hazy recollection of the rules and we'll have the same problem as our 5e game where we've been playing for 6 years and everyone is still confused by grappling because I misremembered the rules the first time someone attempted a grapple and somehow that bad grappling accidental homebrew was indelibly etched in everyone's mind and no amount of rules reminders or examples has been able to correct it. But if I remember to, I'll check back in. @@Baileywiki
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
God damned. I have a lot of homebrew on roll20 and I was reluctant to get on foundry, but all the changes I wanted roll20 to have for the longest time are right in here. Your video made the switch very tempting.
Yeah, I started on Roll20 myself but cut bait early when I read the forums full of people asking for the same features for years... and that was 4 years ago!
Welcome! Remember to drop by my discord and also get to know the Foundry discord channels. Finally, some of the big module developers have their own discords too. All of these places are good places to engage the community and ask questions. I can put a short list together if anyone finds it helpful. Here's mine... discord.gg/wgPbnfgJAJ
That's why we provide time stamps. Skip the things you already know, and listen at 1.5x speed for the rest. The goal is 20 min of time spent and then reference back when you need it.
@@Baileywiki You could also provide a transcript. YT timestamps it. Great for efficiency and required for accessibility. And there's a new reason these days: necessary for AI summarization. I use the Glarity plugin for Chrome, which in turn uses my chatGPT+ account to summarize videos.
I learned Foundry on the fly, running only twice with my home group before running a public game. I am about six months in now, but totally down to learn the basics the right way. Also just started with Dungeondraft. I am digging this channel and all the Patreon content. Still just overwhelmed with trying any of it yet. 😂
Great introduction! Would you make another one about how to set up integrated cam in Foundry? For anyone who doesnt know a thing about computer engineering, it becomes really hard to manage and understand everything related to SSL, Hosting, Servers, ...I'm a bit frustrated with this at the moment :(
How would you recommend doing a quick and dirty setup, using your Patreon stuff, when there isn't already a perfect scene setup from your pre-made scenes? Find an image online and then wall and light it? Or should I tile with your terrain and plop some other tiles in and complete the scene myself that way?
I'm going to put out a design session next week (with the new release) that shows you complete setup from start to finish along with a design session to show you how to bring it all together. Sound good??
@@BaileywikiHi Zephyr, I wanted to ask for the same. I understand installing and activating modules, and putting my own contents into shared modules (Thanks, @VTTom!), but i am still confused about purchased content, especially the various Warhammer modules. Once I activate them, I seem to have imported all the contents. Can I now shove them off into a folder, to pick out the stuff that I actually play at the moment? Do I delete the extra stuff until I need it, then import it again? What about actors I want to use outside of their own adventure? Move them to my NPC folder or copy then there? How do I make sure that contents I edit (such as setting the entries linked to pins on the map to "Limited", so they can see the pin) survives the next update of the module? I _want_ to update, as there is other contents besides the adventures there... And even knowing what permissions to set where took me various "oh, now I can see _all_ handouts" to guess halfway right, and started anew once we moved to Foundry V11 and it's new journal structure. Not to mention that I now have an "Überstreik" and a "Starter Set" Version of the same maps and try to figure out which ones I linked to from my landing page... I am quite confused about best practices here, and your clear, friendly guidance would be much appreciated. On this occasion: THANK YOU for all you do for us here - you _rock!_ ❤🥰
You just subscribe on Patreon, and then connect your Patreon account to your account on the Foundry website. Then just use the Foundry module directory to find and install everything you have access to. If you're subscribed to me, just search "Baileywiki"
Two days ago was following this video, I just got the foundry and I was trying to learn... I got to the song part and it was amazing, now I'm trying to build something cool to my players and the sounds aren't working anymore.
I've been a Dungeon Master for a very looooong time, stopped playing when I graduated from University, this year I met some friends that wanted to play for the first time ever so I got back into DMing, bought the D&D 5e player handbook and monster manual, and got the starter set with the Dragon of Icepeak adventure, we are running the game 100% in person, and it is great but I want to add more visuals and maybe digital battle maps. I bought Dungeon Alchemist and have been working on getting virtual maps and visuals that can help bring atmosphere to the table. I'm curious on how would one approach using FoundryVTT for in person games, any idea?
Hi! Maybe you already answered what I am about to ask but do you guys know if there's any mod that translates Foundry to spanish? Or at least the System? Thank you for the tutorial, it's gonna be so helpful to me!
I don't really understand what you are able to do wiht ONE license at 50 dollar. Can I create multiple : "One-Shot" / " Campaign" / "Games" that my player are able to join ? Or do I have to buy a license for each game that I create ?
You can have unlimited games and works created until you want to be able to run concurrent games. So if you want to have players access two or more games at once, you need another license. Only one world can be actively played at once. So, most people only need one license.
@@Baileywiki May I ask to be sure (before I buy) : If I create 2 One-shots "Tower of despair" & "A long road" Can I invite the same group of 4 players to play those 2 one-shots ? Or I need 2 licenses ?
The same group can play those two one shots. Further, that same group can play a thousand one shots with a single license. And 10 other groups could play a thousand other one shots. They just can't be logged in and play TWO different one-shots at the same time. Like, of you had another DM running one of them, and you both tried to log in at 8pm on Saturday. Then, and only then, would you need another Foundry license. But if DM1 wanted to run a game on Fridays at 8pm, and DM2 wanted Saturdays at 8pm, then you still can do that with one license.
I hope you can find the time to answer this comment. I am currently frankensteining a game set in a lovecraftian steampunk setting named Sunless sea. I am aa sucker for wargaming and with chat Gpt, i have somewhat figured out a way to turn theatre of the mind combat into a basic but workable system for normal combat based on 1 yard squares instead of 5 feet, ships move at a minimum of 50 yards per move and naval combat turns lasts one minute. I will be mashing Raiders of Rlyehs naval system into this with a combat system that needs specific angles for turning (like a maximum 35 degree turn in one round without the need for special action based maneuvers, since steam ships are slow.) Im wondering if i can use protractor like tools and, or a gridless battlemap that uses measuring lines for movement and so on? The system is based primarily on CoC 7e and RoR: From tideless seas, among setting supplements. If i worded the question in a dumb way i can clarify further! I wanted to use roll20 but it seems that its very limited and basic for my difficult needs. I am sleep deprived and i may have missed something in your video and for that i apologize. I also need to be able to add new skills to a pulp CoC character sheet, skills from two other books, and thankfully roll20 lets me do this, but im not sure if foundry manages this?
All of this may be possible, but it's so specific that I couldn't tell you. Your best bet is to ask in the Foundry VTT subreddit or the Foundry discord. www.reddit.com/r/FoundryVTT discord.com/invite/foundryvtt
'Game Paused' is not animated for me, and does not work at all by pressing space. Useful tutorial but I can't use it if the software I installed behaves differently :S
It sounds like your default keybindings may have been altered. Go into your settings tab and look for key bindings (or some such), then type in "pause" and it might filter you to the right area. Spacebar works to pause/unpause Foundry games by default.
Really great video, thank you! ...I am starting out with the Dragonbane Core set and Modules. If you have a video already, or planned, for Dragonbane that would be amazing. Liked and sub'd.
Glad to have you with us! We tend to get pulled with the market so D&D and Pathfinder dominate the conversation, I'm always looking for an interesting angle on content so if there's something newsworthy or particularly cool about the system implementation, I'm all ears
@@Baileywiki well I'm an absolute Foundry beginner so I can't really speak to their modules and foundry system but I played the game in person and it's exponentially growing in popularity. Free League makes a lot of great games with the dragonbane system is just so much fun.
The video ends claiming one can "... check out the playlist for our Foundry Basic series that's, again, in the Description and also the Top Comment below."
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.
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.
Best Foundry tutorial I've ever seen. Well done.
Absolutely amazing. Watched this with my friend as we learned. So... SO good. Thank you!!!!!
Glad to help! Are you new to Foundry then??
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!
Amazing. Foundry is really the best platform on the market. It's like snowboarding... allow a few days of falling down a lot, and you'll be outpacing everyone on the slopes.
@@BaileywikiHahaha! Perfect comparison.
I just bought it and I'm struggling.
I thought setting up Theater of the Mind scenes with a nice overlay and "Speaker" tiles would be simple...
Absolutely fabulous tutorial. I'm new to VTT's and just purchased Foundry. This is how introductory tutorials should be done (take it from a longtime teacher!). I'm getting enough of the basics to eliminate confusion and help me to get started. Bravo, and thanks!
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!
Fantastic. Welcome!
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!
Absolutely brilliant video and basics play list. Thanks so much for sharing!!
Well done. Succinct and incredibly educational. 2 thumbs up
This is an awesome tutorial.
Exactly what I wanted. A gold standard.
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!
Wonderfully useful and easy to follow, thank you!
Thank you so much for your time to create this video ^^
Ooooh I'm going to study your videos! This is what I always wanted to do for my future Campagins & play testing mini campaigns. Cheers brotha and thank you kindly! Shalom!
This is hands-down the best tutorial I've seen for Foundry VTT. Thank you!
Great video! Thanks so much! :)
There is so much here; I both love and hate it. I love the wealth of options and the depth and it’s fun to play around with. I hate it because it is so dense and there is so much to figure out. I have been fiddling around with it for years on and off.
Maybe you're overcomplicating it? Just play vanilla Foundry with Dice So Nice for a while? If you try to do everything I demonstrate, you'll go mad. 😂
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.
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 ! 🍻
Loved this video, just started my first campaign and decided to use Foundry as my VTT and this video helps a TON thank you
Thanks!
Incredibly helpful video. I'm new to foundry and have seen few guides as detailed as this. Wonderful work!
SO well explained, and dropped just in time for my "Oh shit I have to DM a Pathfinder game and this software is so complicated" panic attack, thank you. (Also, more Pathfinder please, it solves so many of the problems we were having with D&D 5th edition, I am absolutely amazed by how much more realistic and logical it feels without feeling "gritty" and how much less work Paizo expects me to do as a GM versus WOtC, who seems to think that DMs have infinite time, player patience, and resources for balancing their broken game.)
Let's go! Report back how your first session goes 😁
Thankfully I've managed to stall a bit by reminding them that they *also* don't how Pathfinder is played and because I'm new to the system too they shouldn't be trying to "pick it up as we go along" because I absolutely WILL make up something on the spot when I only have a hazy recollection of the rules and we'll have the same problem as our 5e game where we've been playing for 6 years and everyone is still confused by grappling because I misremembered the rules the first time someone attempted a grapple and somehow that bad grappling accidental homebrew was indelibly etched in everyone's mind and no amount of rules reminders or examples has been able to correct it.
But if I remember to, I'll check back in.
@@Baileywiki
Wonderful tutorial
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~.
Thank you. been looking for a good entry video that is up to date.
Welcome! Come back and drop comments for anything that you get stuck on. We might make a video or at least respond back
@@Baileywiki I will and for this you have earned a sub
Ah thanks, Mate. Completely unnecessarily and totally appreciated. Have fun!
Great great work, thks a lot for sharing ❤
So good thanks for the video!
You're welcome!
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
God damned. I have a lot of homebrew on roll20 and I was reluctant to get on foundry, but all the changes I wanted roll20 to have for the longest time are right in here. Your video made the switch very tempting.
Yeah, I started on Roll20 myself but cut bait early when I read the forums full of people asking for the same features for years... and that was 4 years ago!
After 100 hours of trial and error. This was the first step I should have taken.
thank you for this it helps a lot.
very helpful!
Precisely in time. I'm just thinking about switching from Roll20 and your video appears.
It's like we're in your head already. *Hmm, roomy in here.*
I literally bought a Foundry license yesterday to make the switch. Very thankful for this video
Welcome! Remember to drop by my discord and also get to know the Foundry discord channels. Finally, some of the big module developers have their own discords too. All of these places are good places to engage the community and ask questions.
I can put a short list together if anyone finds it helpful.
Here's mine...
discord.gg/wgPbnfgJAJ
9:55 My configure tab doesn't have any of this stuff. It's just share usage damage and theme.
Is there a module that leaves the maps and Tolkien in the isometric form that you are working with?
I love when a "basics" video is one hour and a half long 😂
Considering how deep this piece of software goes, it sounds about right.
I did my best to cover *everything* for getting started, so uhhh it ran a bit longer than I had anticipated lol
That's why we provide time stamps. Skip the things you already know, and listen at 1.5x speed for the rest. The goal is 20 min of time spent and then reference back when you need it.
@@Baileywiki You could also provide a transcript. YT timestamps it. Great for efficiency and required for accessibility. And there's a new reason these days: necessary for AI summarization. I use the Glarity plugin for Chrome, which in turn uses my chatGPT+ account to summarize videos.
I learned Foundry on the fly, running only twice with my home group before running a public game. I am about six months in now, but totally down to learn the basics the right way. Also just started with Dungeondraft. I am digging this channel and all the Patreon content. Still just overwhelmed with trying any of it yet. 😂
Great introduction! Would you make another one about how to set up integrated cam in Foundry? For anyone who doesnt know a thing about computer engineering, it becomes really hard to manage and understand everything related to SSL, Hosting, Servers, ...I'm a bit frustrated with this at the moment :(
How would you recommend doing a quick and dirty setup, using your Patreon stuff, when there isn't already a perfect scene setup from your pre-made scenes? Find an image online and then wall and light it? Or should I tile with your terrain and plop some other tiles in and complete the scene myself that way?
Ah, I think this video might be what I'm looking for, sort of. Someone designing a street. th-cam.com/video/upFF8FI6n2g/w-d-xo.htmlsi=5xkdlcrx6fGJZo_m
I'm going to put out a design session next week (with the new release) that shows you complete setup from start to finish along with a design session to show you how to bring it all together. Sound good??
Fan freaking tastic :D
You'll be the first channel I ever hit the bell on 😂
This is so helpful, thank you! Is there more to come? I'd love something going over managing compendiums
Yes, more to come. Can you give me more color on that compendium management suggestion?
@@BaileywikiHi Zephyr,
I wanted to ask for the same.
I understand installing and activating modules, and putting my own contents into shared modules (Thanks, @VTTom!), but i am still confused about purchased content, especially the various Warhammer modules.
Once I activate them, I seem to have imported all the contents. Can I now shove them off into a folder, to pick out the stuff that I actually play at the moment? Do I delete the extra stuff until I need it, then import it again? What about actors I want to use outside of their own adventure? Move them to my NPC folder or copy then there? How do I make sure that contents I edit (such as setting the entries linked to pins on the map to "Limited", so they can see the pin) survives the next update of the module? I _want_ to update, as there is other contents besides the adventures there... And even knowing what permissions to set where took me various "oh, now I can see _all_ handouts" to guess halfway right, and started anew once we moved to Foundry V11 and it's new journal structure. Not to mention that I now have an "Überstreik" and a "Starter Set" Version of the same maps and try to figure out which ones I linked to from my landing page...
I am quite confused about best practices here, and your clear, friendly guidance would be much appreciated.
On this occasion: THANK YOU for all you do for us here - you _rock!_ ❤🥰
I have to buy foundry, Hope this video will help me..
I'd like to get the premium maps pack you showcased but having trouble finding it.
You just subscribe on Patreon, and then connect your Patreon account to your account on the Foundry website.
Then just use the Foundry module directory to find and install everything you have access to. If you're subscribed to me, just search "Baileywiki"
@@Baileywiki Wow that's handy, thank you!
When trying to send out invitation links, it says "Your Connection appears to be closed". How do I deal with this, to invite my players smoothly?
Two days ago was following this video, I just got the foundry and I was trying to learn... I got to the song part and it was amazing, now I'm trying to build something cool to my players and the sounds aren't working anymore.
Which time stamp are you on?
I've been a Dungeon Master for a very looooong time, stopped playing when I graduated from University, this year I met some friends that wanted to play for the first time ever so I got back into DMing, bought the D&D 5e player handbook and monster manual, and got the starter set with the Dragon of Icepeak adventure, we are running the game 100% in person, and it is great but I want to add more visuals and maybe digital battle maps. I bought Dungeon Alchemist and have been working on getting virtual maps and visuals that can help bring atmosphere to the table. I'm curious on how would one approach using FoundryVTT for in person games, any idea?
It's an extremely common use case. Check out Monk's Common Display module and our tutorial on it.
Might a v12 update be available?
Hi! Maybe you already answered what I am about to ask but do you guys know if there's any mod that translates Foundry to spanish? Or at least the System? Thank you for the tutorial, it's gonna be so helpful to me!
I am new to foundry by the way
I don't know a lot about it but there is a latin Foundry community on Facebook that can probably help!
I don't really understand what you are able to do wiht ONE license at 50 dollar.
Can I create multiple : "One-Shot" / " Campaign" / "Games" that my player are able to join ?
Or do I have to buy a license for each game that I create ?
You can have unlimited games and works created until you want to be able to run concurrent games. So if you want to have players access two or more games at once, you need another license. Only one world can be actively played at once.
So, most people only need one license.
@@Baileywiki May I ask to be sure (before I buy) : If I create 2 One-shots "Tower of despair" & "A long road"
Can I invite the same group of 4 players to play those 2 one-shots ?
Or I need 2 licenses ?
The same group can play those two one shots. Further, that same group can play a thousand one shots with a single license. And 10 other groups could play a thousand other one shots. They just can't be logged in and play TWO different one-shots at the same time. Like, of you had another DM running one of them, and you both tried to log in at 8pm on Saturday. Then, and only then, would you need another Foundry license. But if DM1 wanted to run a game on Fridays at 8pm, and DM2 wanted Saturdays at 8pm, then you still can do that with one license.
I hope you can find the time to answer this comment. I am currently frankensteining a game set in a lovecraftian steampunk setting named Sunless sea. I am aa sucker for wargaming and with chat Gpt, i have somewhat figured out a way to turn theatre of the mind combat into a basic but workable system for normal combat based on 1 yard squares instead of 5 feet, ships move at a minimum of 50 yards per move and naval combat turns lasts one minute. I will be mashing Raiders of Rlyehs naval system into this with a combat system that needs specific angles for turning (like a maximum 35 degree turn in one round without the need for special action based maneuvers, since steam ships are slow.) Im wondering if i can use protractor like tools and, or a gridless battlemap that uses measuring lines for movement and so on? The system is based primarily on CoC 7e and RoR: From tideless seas, among setting supplements. If i worded the question in a dumb way i can clarify further! I wanted to use roll20 but it seems that its very limited and basic for my difficult needs. I am sleep deprived and i may have missed something in your video and for that i apologize. I also need to be able to add new skills to a pulp CoC character sheet, skills from two other books, and thankfully roll20 lets me do this, but im not sure if foundry manages this?
All of this may be possible, but it's so specific that I couldn't tell you. Your best bet is to ask in the Foundry VTT subreddit or the Foundry discord.
www.reddit.com/r/FoundryVTT
discord.com/invite/foundryvtt
'Game Paused' is not animated for me, and does not work at all by pressing space. Useful tutorial but I can't use it if the software I installed behaves differently :S
It sounds like your default keybindings may have been altered. Go into your settings tab and look for key bindings (or some such), then type in "pause" and it might filter you to the right area.
Spacebar works to pause/unpause Foundry games by default.
Really great video, thank you! ...I am starting out with the Dragonbane Core set and Modules. If you have a video already, or planned, for Dragonbane that would be amazing. Liked and sub'd.
Glad to have you with us! We tend to get pulled with the market so D&D and Pathfinder dominate the conversation, I'm always looking for an interesting angle on content so if there's something newsworthy or particularly cool about the system implementation, I'm all ears
@@Baileywiki well I'm an absolute Foundry beginner so I can't really speak to their modules and foundry system but I played the game in person and it's exponentially growing in popularity. Free League makes a lot of great games with the dragonbane system is just so much fun.
@@Baileywiki it was the old swedish analog to DnD in the 80s, that's been recently born again...
Great Tutorial! Thanks !
The video ends claiming one can "... check out the playlist for our Foundry Basic series that's, again, in the Description and also the Top Comment below."
Sadly this does not cover the port forwarding part of Foundry which makes it unusable for me
I dont understand any of this lol
As long as you are a player and not a GM… that’s fine! 😊
Quigley Via
Please for the love of god let me drag background images. I cannot waste an hour trying to rescale images to fit each and every scene
I thought there was at least one module that handled this well. From Ripper maybe?
am i the only one hearing the lockpicking lawyer
Hilll Spurs