MapTool is primarily a Virtual Table Top, replacing pen, paper, battle mats, and dice. MapTool is intended for use in supporting table-top role playing games, such as D&D, PathFinder, GURPS, Call of Cthulhu, Star Wars, Shadowrun, and many others. It is a mature and full-featured Virtual Tabletop (VTT) application that allows users to create, manage, and play their favorite pen and paper either in person or remotely.
This is an extremely flexible VTT with all the bells and whistles. You can utilize the integrated server function to connect to players wherever there’s an Internet connection.
This is free and open source software.
Features include:
- Supports advanced features like Dynamic Lighting, Vision, Fog of War and much more.
- Features its own scripting language – allowing you to code and share your own creations.
It is “game system agnostic”, meaning that while MapTool has special support for some game systems, there is no requirement for you to use these features. - A set of “topology” tools to enable the GM to limit the view of their players, revealing the map as they explore it. Walls, pits, hills and other objects can prevent players from seeing what lies behind them.
- Vision features allows darkness to be made to fall, blinding players who lack a light. Lights can be set on objects or on tokens that illuminate however much of the map you define. If the GM wishes, s/he can limit the view of players to what their specific token sees, adding a whole new level to the experience of splitting up the party. Woe be to the character who can’t see around the corner of a wall but steps out into the view of the enemy!
- Macro facility that allows you to automate just about any facet of your game. These are entirely optional bits of code you write yourself or borrow from others.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/RPTools/maptool
Support:
Developer: RPTools
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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