Video Table of Contents: 0:55 Why Discord? 2:42 Setting Up a Discord Server for D&D 6:06 User Settings and Troubleshooting Audio Problems 10:24 This is All You Need to Play 11:06 Installing Avrae in Discord 12:53 Loading D&D Beyond Characters in Avrae 14:50 Avrae D&D Compendium Lookup 15:33 Avrae Monster Lookup Requires DM Role 17:50 Rolling Whole-party Initiativew with an Avrae Alias 21:13 Building, Clipping, and Showing Maps to Players
@miguelromero4542
4 жыл бұрын
This video is great, thanks! I can see today that you can share your screen live, so the tokens can be moved live by them DM for tactical combat
@warlordofvideogameglitches
4 жыл бұрын
I would love an deeper explanation of avarae.
@creedriley1578
3 жыл бұрын
Instablaster.
@FaresTk
4 жыл бұрын
For people coming here for this first time, know that Avrae now includes a map where players can move their tokens and show areas of effect!
@ianmorgan1977
4 жыл бұрын
May I ask how to do this? Or where can I found instructions/documentation for this??
@ElFeilasouf
4 жыл бұрын
@@ianmorgan1977 if you are already using Avrae as shown on the video, you need to find the Avrae development server and copy paste the map alias to your own server.
@christofferhougaard
4 жыл бұрын
I think your indifference to how players roll dice is a very good way of showing newer players that D&D involves a lot of trust.
@michaelthomas1916
2 жыл бұрын
As DM, I roll real dice. As a player, I've switched more to using the virtual dice in Beyond because its faster, and my dice hate me.
@insertname4929
2 жыл бұрын
I personally roll virtually but that's cause the dm can see them and I remember if I actually rolled or not
@KentHeidelman
4 жыл бұрын
Less than 30 seconds in and I knew this was going to be a great vid. And I was right.
@Foxsy_Official
3 жыл бұрын
This is so incredibly helpful! I'm running my first session ever tomorrow and my players recommended Discord. I was nervous because I haven't used Discord for anything this complicated before, but your video walked me through it wonderfully. Not only did you show me it's possible to run D&D on Discord, but that it's AWESOME. That snip tool tip was golden!
@jameswallace1926
3 жыл бұрын
How was it?
@Foxsy_Official
3 жыл бұрын
@@jameswallace1926 It went great! It wasn't without its issues, but we all overcame them and had a good time. The platform worked beautifully!
@waleedyehia1700
7 ай бұрын
I'd like to join if there is still a place
@seangibbons4713
4 жыл бұрын
Mike - so great to see your channel taking off. The Lazy DM has been my bible since 2017, and I'm an avid reader at your site. Love seeing you produce video content! It is so great to be able to watch you talk through tips and tricks while I'm doing dishes or working on spreadsheets.
@TimDecker989
4 жыл бұрын
I was stoked to see he's doing a KZitem channel. As yourself I've been using his blog for tips in running the published D&D modules for a long time.
@chickeneverythingisfine9338
3 жыл бұрын
SUPER HELPFUL I've been running my game and I could never really trust if the party was just being lucky 24/7 or just cheating so now I don't have to worry about it, thanks a bunch!
@chickeneverythingisfine9338
3 жыл бұрын
Side note my players are messing around with the bot rn and it’s really funny lol
@heroesdelve
4 жыл бұрын
I'm new to the idea of playing D&D online and have been looking into discord (not very tech savvy, so keeping it simple). in the process of creating some scenarios to play online. These tips will come in SUPER handy. Thanks so much for the excellent video!
@bryankia
3 жыл бұрын
While I am a roll 20 guy this is brilliant.
@ryanmorgan4354
3 жыл бұрын
The snip it tools were worth the price of admission! I use that one tip endlessly with my discord game -- Fantastic!!
@jsmith9213
4 жыл бұрын
This was an exceptionally helpful resource and exactly what I was looking for! Right on time, too! So much craziness irl, I’m looking forward to some socially long distant group adventure escapism! Thank you so much!
@scottclaybrook7063
4 жыл бұрын
With google draw, as long as you know the dimension of the map, you can put any size map in google draw. File Menu > Page Setup. Change from Standard to Custom. Change Inches to Pixels. Then make the pixels the size as your saved image (can get from file properties). Insert Menu > Image > upload from computer. (you can also insert a copy straight from the URL of the image as long as the url ends in a image file extension).
@rolmovil
4 жыл бұрын
Coooool!
@sesimie
4 жыл бұрын
I immediately subbed...Since i run PBP Discord recently with phone users. Roll0 has been a pain..and you solved every prob or question i had...wow ty!!
@SlyFlourish
4 жыл бұрын
Glad it worked for you!
@RIVERSRPGChannel
4 жыл бұрын
We used discord for voice and Roll20 for the maps and tokens last game and probably will again. Good stuff Stay safe
@SlyFlourish
4 жыл бұрын
This is a very popular pairing.
@bench-xpre55
3 жыл бұрын
Thanx man. I run a small Facebook group - Dungeons & Dragons Roleplayers India. We have a huge community and are looking for new players. We welcome international DMs and players too. 🗺️
@jerrylipnisky80
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Moving my party from Roll20 to Discord and this was very helpful.
@SlyFlourish
4 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
@digitalmoonbooks
2 жыл бұрын
Mike I'm always a fan of your writing and I'm just shared this with my new group of eight people playing 5e, four of which are brand new to role playing, that I'm going to run on roll20, with Discord.
@Genericusername1004
4 жыл бұрын
Been using Avrae for years now, its pretty great.
@thestranger954
4 жыл бұрын
I'm trying to invite avrae to my game but it says that I need to verify my email address in order to add it. I have no idea what that means. Help please.
@oliveredensanchez
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing ! I couldn’t get my head around how to play using discord until I watched your video.
@spatialanomally
Ай бұрын
I actually just downloaded discord and my dad's gonna help me set up an account, hopefully this will help me understand "online D&D"😊
@tamarak.8800
8 ай бұрын
Pbp allows me to play since my timezone is usually way off others, getting up at 3am to post a text is way more realistic than joining a video call.
@lordcoco_
Жыл бұрын
This setup works great! If you have a campaign on dndbeyond, you can connect it with avrae and do all the rolling on your character sheet and have it show up in the discord channel. A bit more fluid than typing it out (my players struggle with typos)
@JimAlaska49
2 жыл бұрын
This is a great vid for setting up a Dnd server on Discord. I learned a LOT. Thanks!
@robinsmith6847
4 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial. We've just started with d&dbeyond, roll20 and discord. Beyond20 extension with chrome rolls straight into roll20 and it's been working great. Going to try setting up the server more like yours. If you take the first level subscription on roll20 it works on all mobile devices.
@MrCTozer
4 жыл бұрын
Useful video thanks - something that I have found that works is using a camera, turn on the camera in the computer, click screen and then "go live" in Discord and have a physical game board with minis for the players to see. Again not a perfect solution to use but it works pretty well and is fast to use.
@xXTheGreyGhostXx
3 жыл бұрын
OwlBearRodeo is a better alternative for battle maps and it works the same way and it is free as well
@SlyFlourish
3 жыл бұрын
I have a video coming out about Owlbear Rodeo this week! I love it!
@GeneBrodeJr
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you soooo much for your videos. I have to say that I've watched this video before but never applied it to my own Discord. Instead, I fought with Avrae tyring to figure out all the ridiculous dice commands, wasting time trying to get it to work right, just so I could somehow "simplify" my games when the answer was right here all along. Use your own dice, paste some pics to the channel. Next player's turn. The cut/paste option right into Discord is dumb-easy. I've been doing video via Discord because I have minis and terrain set up with one remote player who could care less. I'm going to try this, but instead of video I'll either cut/paste from the Internet or snap a pic of my table w/ my phone and upload to Discord. That way I can stop with all the nonsensical extension cords and plugged-in devices that suck down batteries.
@SlyFlourish
3 жыл бұрын
Avrae has gotten much easier now that you can channel D&D Beyond dice rolls straight to it. Type !ddb or !campaign in Avrae for more info.
@GeneBrodeJr
3 жыл бұрын
@@SlyFlourish I tried out the Google drawings thing but my image is super lousy looking. Especially the tokens. What kind of JPG resolution should we be looking for on the map and tokens?
@mikebudzik9700
4 жыл бұрын
Very helpful! Love the initiative alias. Please give more Avrae and Discord tips for beginners in another video! Perhaps a combat session.
@RyanHipp
4 жыл бұрын
You just got me set up with amazing tips and skills in 20 minutes! Thank you SO MUCH Subscribed
@willburton6622
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome content - thanks Mike!- I am going to give this a try.
@Prdator-ej3ny
4 жыл бұрын
This is exactly what i was looking for, thank you so much! :)
@SlyFlourish
4 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
@Belly6815
4 жыл бұрын
Definitely looking forward to use discord for my first online session back since lockdown
@dabunnisher29
4 жыл бұрын
This was really well done. Thank you so much for this. Mad Respect.
@SlyFlourish
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@KegaB3
3 жыл бұрын
"Troubleshooting audio can be a pain" biggest understatement ive heard all day
@iamionscat9035
4 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic! Thank you for publishing it.
@furormundi
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video, it's been a life saver to me! Thank you Mike!
@crowgirgen
4 жыл бұрын
Have your noticed the tokens in Avrae are no longer round, but just art?
@SlyFlourish
3 жыл бұрын
They fixed this. They're round and branded with a big B now.
@punusername3445
3 жыл бұрын
Im here knowing damn well I don't have a single soul to play dnd with
@SlyFlourish
3 жыл бұрын
Consider trying out the awesome solo RPG Ironsworn!
@abdelkaderahmed496
3 жыл бұрын
+
@rayarkoproductions8122
3 жыл бұрын
let's play then add discord Zenitsu Agatsuma 1700#
@Nazinsky
3 жыл бұрын
Owlbear is also good for maps! Works on tablets, phones, etc!
@tnttiger3079
3 жыл бұрын
Owlbear Rodeo is an easy to use battlemap program which works on all devices!
@danpgrady
2 жыл бұрын
Super helpful, thanks for your efforts in making this.
@messingwitheverything
3 жыл бұрын
Eeextremely helpful man. Thanks a million
@franciscop6295
3 жыл бұрын
google draw!!! i have been using google sheets this entire time haha so glad i watched this video
@flameblood0
4 жыл бұрын
A lot of the audio tips are really good tips for discord in general
@braintube76
Жыл бұрын
Really informative and inspiring! Thanks!
@JasonHobson
2 жыл бұрын
This was incredibly helpful!!
@Frederic_S
2 жыл бұрын
This is very good advice.
@mambus3148
4 жыл бұрын
Very good video! Very clear and comprehensive. I appreciate the help!
@GBlucher
4 жыл бұрын
This is a really great video! Thanks!
@SlyFlourish
4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@TrollFace-ty1fe
2 жыл бұрын
great vid man
@rizebeacon2010
4 жыл бұрын
I wish I had a dnd group but sadly all I can do is watch videos of other people’s stories and watch people livestream dnd(not the video game version) but I enjoy what I have
@himwarrior
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome, really useful
@juliusheart2667
4 жыл бұрын
If you put the map in google present, you can share the file and everyone can edit it to move their token...
@rayin-pierresnyman9603
3 жыл бұрын
Tbh i never hear any talk about Astral tabletop. I've been using it and sofar its my favourite!
@SlyFlourish
3 жыл бұрын
Yep, lots of people have their favorite VTT.
@rayin-pierresnyman9603
3 жыл бұрын
@@SlyFlourish yeah true that. But yeah i think it deserves more love.
@Quantumrealitygraphics
3 жыл бұрын
Have a look at owlbear rodeo, more lightweight than roll 20 good counterpart to a discord campaign
@SlyFlourish
3 жыл бұрын
I am all about Owlbear Rodeo. I love it.
@elliato0485
2 жыл бұрын
very nice u showed the best bots
@jacoblingwall6767
Жыл бұрын
You're a hero sir
@WastedYears76
4 жыл бұрын
I read about Avrae on your website and it’s directly led to me running a game online during the pandemic. Thank you! One thing I’ve found hard is following some of your other tips on avrae, such as adjusting monster hit points on the fly, or reskinning monsters, without it being obvious to the players what I’m doing. Any suggestions for how to handle either of those?
@SomoneTookMyName
4 жыл бұрын
Been using Discord for my games for some time now.
@limitsproduction5569
3 жыл бұрын
Is it safe to say this might be easier than Roll20 or does it just entirely depend on how "visual" youre trying to make it for your lobby?
@SlyFlourish
3 жыл бұрын
I think its easier and there are other alternatives to roll20 such as owlbear.rodeo
@jessealexander8135
4 жыл бұрын
This is so rad.Thx.
@mnm-1910
4 жыл бұрын
Perfect video, ty so much for the tips
@digitalmoonbooks
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah roll20 doesn't work on phones at all, because the screen is so small and it needs a lot of memory
@harunkadoglu9092
4 жыл бұрын
It is really a usefull video. Thank you for your labor
@praveenkumarax
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot. Most helpful
@rolmovil
4 жыл бұрын
AMIGO MUCHAS GRACIAS POR ESTO! INCREÍBLE LO QUE SE PUEDE HACER! YO SOLAMENTE DESDE EL CEL YA FLIPA!
@renanveloso9956
Жыл бұрын
I’m a new player and loved the content.. I can’t wait to play .. and if anyone wants to invite me please lmk
@danielbodon8181
3 жыл бұрын
This is great, except that I can't figure out how to create an alias for initiative as he flies by that part and I can't tell how it happened. I need another video on that. lol
@SlyFlourish
3 жыл бұрын
This article has details that may help including the full alias: slyflourish.com/playing_dnd_over_discord.html
@danielbodon8181
3 жыл бұрын
@@SlyFlourish Thanks! I figured out that I was overthinking it and that I just needed to copy/paste, then modify the text you provided. IT stuff is not my forte. Thanks for the videos! Owlbear Rodeo is great!
@jchart01
2 жыл бұрын
Have you come across a die roller with a button GUI? Typing the text string gets in the way of the immersion.
@SlyFlourish
2 жыл бұрын
I use the roller in D&D Beyond now.
@abdelkaderahmed496
3 жыл бұрын
The video is really good good job bro but you forgot to explain one last thing ,how can i get someone to play with i have few friends and they are not interested in that
@SlyFlourish
3 жыл бұрын
It’s really hard. Here’s an article that may help. slyflourish.com/finding_players.html
@abdelkaderahmed496
3 жыл бұрын
Sly Flourish thanks ya very much
@joxbarros5054
4 жыл бұрын
A thousand thanks.
@EcnoTheNeato
4 жыл бұрын
This was super useful! Thanks! Are there any other things the Alias command can do? I've been toying around with it to try to make different scripts or commands but...I'm not exactly great at it. Trying to see if I can make a custom commands to also make easy-to-remember commands for other bots to play things like SFX and the like!
@SlyFlourish
3 жыл бұрын
Oh man, so many things, but it's hard work.
@Gr1mR4v3n
3 жыл бұрын
hi, I have a role of DM as its my dnd server We play on, but it still only allows me to see the short version of the monster stat block and not the large one like you did with the Balor why is that please could you help thank you
@SlyFlourish
3 жыл бұрын
You need to give yourself the role of “DM”. If your using my Discord template, it’s one of the roles. Otherwise you have to create a “DM” role and select it for yourself
@Gr1mR4v3n
3 жыл бұрын
@@SlyFlourish thank you, I did it and it works now, thank you for getting back to me
@shaundreastaats4727
4 жыл бұрын
Hey do you have a dnd campaign
@alexscott3401
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Avrae is amazing.
@gravy473
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@DeusExGreedy
3 жыл бұрын
Hello! Great guide, sir I really used all that info to build my DnD server, thank you! Just one question, is there any way to unlink Avrae from a specific dndbeyond character sheet? Being the DM I was making some tests and now every roll and check counts as if made by my testing character. I tried deleting the character sheet and reimporting avrae, but it's still linked. Thank you!
@JunkyJayGames
3 жыл бұрын
i know this is a late comment but i just noticed in the video since you didn't put a picture the server just showed as SMD lmao. i feel like that could've been on accident but if it was on purpose that shits funny
@carmpulse9712
3 жыл бұрын
Download discord and dice maiden on discord. Done.
@Prime_Legend
4 жыл бұрын
Is there text DnD? I can't play with voice call because of siblings in my house.
@solenopsis1
4 жыл бұрын
You could make another channel or just talk in the DnD roll stuff if you don’t mind cluttering it a bit
@brettbreedlove3109
2 жыл бұрын
Can you get official maps for modules to use on discord?
@SlyFlourish
2 жыл бұрын
Yep, through D&D Beyond!
@RyanHipp
4 жыл бұрын
when I pull in icons with !token , they are not round tokens - did something change with Avrea?
@RoboVenturer
4 жыл бұрын
As much as I want to do this, I find it a bit too complicated
@SlyFlourish
4 жыл бұрын
Its not for everyone.
@anthonybernardo2214
3 жыл бұрын
Same. A lot of things to remember,although i respect those who do it. My friends and i play with zoom, everyone uses physical dice, and i share screen with a map if necessary. Easy as pie. No need to remember commands to type,different rooms in the server,etc. But as was said, some thing are not for everyone. I'm just happy there are so many ways to play online now
@donnawalton3466
4 жыл бұрын
can you explain where you got the test bot? I love this by the way very helpful
@donnawalton3466
4 жыл бұрын
sorry that wasn't very clear, I am not talking about avrae, but when you went back to discord, you did a test bot and I am not finding that option. thanks
@SlyFlourish
3 жыл бұрын
@@donnawalton3466 That's just the name of a channel. I set up a test bot channel where I can run Avrae commands and not crud up the main channel.
@alexsgamingshow2474
3 жыл бұрын
Do you let viewers join your games??? Would love to try it out one day as a player! :)
@NewAgeAninism_Revival
3 жыл бұрын
avrae keeps saying "this monster has no image" when i try anf get tokens 😢. What do I do???
@SlyFlourish
3 жыл бұрын
That's because D&D Beyond has no image for that monster. Best bet is to find an image on Google and use rolladvantage.com/tokenstamp/ to make your own token.
@darronb248
2 жыл бұрын
as a none dnd player wanting to play dnd is there any groups that are open to join and play in discord that allow new players?
@SlyFlourish
2 жыл бұрын
Best bet is to find the “looking for Group” channels on various D&D Discord servers. You might also check out Reddits LFG for D&D games.
@Cbear3450
3 жыл бұрын
I added the rollinit alias but ran into an issue. When the monster attacks it doesn’t subtract damage from the player characters. The players can damage the monster but not the other way around. I’m not sure why it’s this way and maybe you have a suggestion?
@SlyFlourish
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, this gets into the integration of Avrae. If you want the monster damage to subtract from characters and vice versa you have to use Avrae's more full-functioning initiative system. It was too complicated with too many edge cases for me to use.
@jamiebourgeois56
3 жыл бұрын
Are you hosting a server i may call home? You seem like you know what you talking about 🤔
@notfrank6586
3 жыл бұрын
how to you cast a spell on avera because the tutorial is problematic
@fenrir514
3 жыл бұрын
Would you possibly know how to activate an ability like rage for the barbarian on avrae?
@SlyFlourish
3 жыл бұрын
I think this sort of thing needs a macro. I tend to recommend handling such things outside of Avrae. It can get complicated fast.
@bot-just-bot
3 жыл бұрын
....I can't seem to get into dnd without ending up doing something incorrectly on discord
@samsampier7147
4 жыл бұрын
Great video. Love all your videos and your blog. I especially love the low-key but very good posts in the /r/GhostsofSaltmarsh/ sub-reddit.
@spatialanomally
Ай бұрын
OMG I GOT A HEART FROM A YOUTERBER IMMA TAKE THAT 😊
@tylermccandless925
2 жыл бұрын
I can't share my character can you do it from your phone
@perseusarkomanis7287
3 жыл бұрын
I get a lot of "This monster has no image" when trying to grab tokens. Do I have to get the monster manual on DNDB?
@SlyFlourish
3 жыл бұрын
Some monsters have no tokens no matter what. Others are only available if you own the book on DDB.
@papiangelus
4 жыл бұрын
The bot says "Error loading character: Error: I do not have permission to view this character sheet. Make sure you've generated a sharable link for your character." when I try loading a char from dnd beyond. Can someone help?
@oliveredensanchez
4 жыл бұрын
InfiniteXpress apparently you have to go to settings and make the character public
@papiangelus
4 жыл бұрын
@@oliveredensanchez Ok thanks mate
@jamiebourgeois56
3 жыл бұрын
How do i fine the proper server for me..?
@SlyFlourish
3 жыл бұрын
You make your own!
@AristonSparta
3 жыл бұрын
Are there any noob friendly lobbies?
@leonpetrich5864
4 жыл бұрын
Dnd beyond doesnt give me the Option 'shareable link' when I try to Export my character into discord... any idea why that might be?
@tomewart2969
4 жыл бұрын
You might not have made your character sheet 'public'. Go to your character sheet, click 'preferences', scroll right down to the bottom and you can toggle your character sheet between private and public. Hope this helps.
@leonpetrich5864
4 жыл бұрын
@@tomewart2969 That was the problem! Thank you very much!
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