Fantasy Grounds

Fantasy Grounds is an online tabletop designed to let people play traditional pen&paper RPG's online. It was created and released on October 16, 2004 by SmiteWorks. The program's homepage showcases the product, as well as providing a community forum.

Objectives
This article is a work in progress.

The objectives of this article are many-fold.


 * 1) The functionality of the client (player) version of the program will be detailed and explained. This will allow new users to be familiar with and command a basic understanding of the program neccessary to participate in a game.
 * 2) The functionality of the default host (gamemaster) version of the program will be detailed and explained. As being a gamemaster (GM) is an innately more diffucult task than being a player, a user that is familiar with the basic funtionality will be able to advance and learn of and manipulate the myriad tools that are in a GM's employ.
 * 3) The creation of new content for the default ruleset is discussed, including external tools to import and manipulate text and pictures into .xml and .png files, which are the file-types that Fantasy Grounds uses. This will include all freely distribued content, with the permission of the authors of such content.
 * 4) The creation of new rulesets is detailed and explained. This level of modification requires a decent understanding of the workings of Fantasy Grounds. Familiarity with XML or at least a basic understaning of programming in general is of great use in doing work on this level. Included are both creating new components that replace components of the basic ruleset, as well as creating entirely new rulesets.
 * 5) Known problems and bugs of the current release version will be documented, as well as work-arounds or fixes for them.

Client (Player) Functionality
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Host (Gamemaster) Functionality
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Content Creation
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Ruleset Modification & Creation
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Known Problems & Fixes
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