Fantasy Grounds vs Let's Role

Fantasy Grounds is a virtual tabletop for creating and playing tabletop roleplaying-game campaigns online or in person. Its tools include dice rolling, character sheets, campaign notes, handouts, images, tokens, and maps. Rulesets automate gameplay tasks while keeping detailed rules information available in the background. The full application is free to download and includes Game Master and player functionality, cloud connectivity, free rulesets, and unlimited campaigns, with no recurring costs listed for the Free to Play plan. Automatic NAT traversal is intended to avoid networking hassles. Dynamic line of sight, lighting, and vision features include darkvision support. Users can export custom adventure modules and create extensions or rulesets with XML and Lua. The Fantasy Grounds Forge lets creators share content for free or sell it, while users can purchase or subscribe to content. A browser-based Online Reader provides access to purchased modules from any device. Fantasy Grounds is listed for Linux, macOS, web, and Windows. SmiteWorks says it does not store credit-card data; support excludes product training, phone support, and languages other than English.

Let’s Role is an online virtual tabletop for playing role-playing games, with tools for players, game masters and people building game systems. Listed systems include Dungeons & Dragons, Vampire, Call of Cthulhu, Pathfinder, Cyberpunk Red and Shadowrun. Play tools include dice, journals, maps, music, a sound board, emotional safety tools, a PDF library and a media manager. Maps can use dynamic lighting, video backgrounds and phased layouts, and synchronized music can play songs available on YouTube. Game-system creators can assemble systems with interface components and use JavaScript for advanced functions. The Android and iOS apps sync with the desktop version and support real-time dice rolls connected to tables. Browser access requires an up-to-date version of Google Chrome or Firefox. The free Basic plan includes all features and 125MB of storage, with ads in the mobile app. Paid plans provide more storage and remove mobile ads; listed capacities are 500MB, 6GB and 15GB. The site directs users to its Help Center and Discord community for assistance.