I've now got a good handle on how the licensing works.The annual Goodman Games community-building sourcebook is back! In the past there have been two big annual sales co-inciding with Steam sales.Thanks everyone for your help. Other than your first purchases to get you going you can hold off on the others and add them as you see them on sale. In the past there have been two big annual sales co-inciding with Steam sales. P4: Standard, Call of Cthulhu (as she has decided that she wants to run some stuff too) GM2: Standard, PHB, Curse of Strahd, Savage Worlds GM1: Standard, PHB, Lost Mines of Phandelver, Swords King Thunder (could easily be 6-12 months of gaming) GM2: Ultimate, PHB, Curse of Strahd, Savage Worlds GM1: Ultimate, PHB, Lost Mines of Phandelver, Swords King Thunder (could easily be 6-12 months of gaming)
You would probably end up with something like this over time: Additionally with 3.2.2 you can add in all the extra traits, feats, backgrounds etc manually, as you need them, if desired.
The Standard and Full licenses come with cut down instances of the rules known as the SRD and the Basic rules (they are two distinct and overlapping sets of rules - use one or the other, not both - you can combine these with any of the full licensed versions - eg SRD + PHB so you have all SRD monsters plus ALL PHB character options) that are sufficient for play - albeit without all the options and all the fluff and pictures. * The players can open the book (once it downloads to their campaign cache) * You (GM) activate the PHB in the campaign If you are a GM with the PHB it happens like this: * You cannot share it with the GM or with other players. * The GM allows it and you have access to it. * The GM gets a message saying Gikando is trying to open the PHB would you like to allow? * You (player) activate the book in this campaign If you are a player with the PHB and the GM doesnt have it it happens like this: So if you are GM and you share the PHB everyone can access it. Hi Richard Mayo the GM and only the GM can share information or resources at the table. Thanks, I am really fuzzy on how this would work. "You can do either with the Ultimate license."Ĭan you answer this question please? If I purchase 3 books of content and I am licensed to use them, but I am participating in a group where no body else has purchased that information, who can see this content? Is this correct?"Īnd your answer doesn't clarify this for me. "It does not appear that I could buy an ultimate license of fantasy grounds and sometimes be the GM and sometimes be the player. I am participating in the game that he is playing. I am not looking to have two different people use the license at the same time. It isn't really analogous to "sharing" microsoft word.
I can install the software on as many workstations as I want so long as the total user count does not exceed what I am licensed for. Only one side of the connection requires the license.Īccounting Software - Most accounting and ERP software is based on a concurrent license count. I can reverse the connection to share my workstation. I can connect to any of my clients' computers. TeamViewer - I have a corporate Teamviewer license. I know of many software licenses that work exactly like I am suggesting. I don't mind spending $600 to get everything licensed, but not if I can only GM and never play.
Please help clarify this for me, because it may mean that I purchase a different VTT. Why must the license rest on the GM computer? If one player has the license it should share with the others for the duration of the session. It seems an awful lot of work to circumvent a license configuration that seems both too lax and too stringent. Then whoever is GM'ing that time would have to log on to the RDP computer to get the master license and all of the content license.
The EULA only covers one installation.Ĭould I install the product on a computer at work that is accessible to RDP (Remote Desktop) with an ultimate license, and then have me and my friends install the free license.
The installation of the product stores the license key in the registry key of the installed computer, and prevents two users with the same key from participating in the same session. It does not appear that I could buy an ultimate license of fantasy grounds and sometimes be the GM and sometimes be the player.