Dungeon Realms: Chat & Roll

The app itself is great. I can finally play d&d asynchronously in a play-by-post format on a platform that has dice rolls, character sheets, and maps all included. The map maker is basic but gets the job done. It’s not great for setting up overworlds for scene setting, but it’s good for combat encounters. The main downside, and it’s actually quite a big one now that I’ve been playing for a while and DMing my own game, is that I can’t SAVE maps and switch between them. That means I have to decide when to make a map and the map has to either be easily rememberable to remake, or just not make the map at all. The town my players frequent, for example. I’d love to set up a town for them, but there’s no point because I can’t save it. The party enjoys the town for a bit before delving back into a crypt (which I also have to make maps for), so without a save function, there’s really no reason for a town map since they spend most of their time in the depths of the crypt. I also have to make each floor of the crypt from scratch every time. If they ever revisit a previous floor, I have to either try to remember the layout exactly or just have them use their imagination so I don’t have to delete the floor that they’re currently on. Not having a save-and-switch function means that I also can’t prep maps in advance when I have the time. This means that the party has to wait for me to make each map. In a world where everyone is busy and getting all of your players online at the same time is so rare, it’s a huge time killer that ultimately slows our game down. Another glaring issue is the lack of tooltip assistance for rolls. It’s easier for the DM to roll attacks FOR the players because it applies all of the modifiers for you. That’s not fun for the players. The descriptions on weapons doesn’t show the applicable modifiers and that means that players might roll with less modifiers than they should be (or more) which hurts the game’s balance and can lead to players becoming disinterested in the game. Showing the applicable modifiers on weapons would make it much easier for the players to roll damage themselves. Same thing with attack rolls. Everyone knows you roll a d20. Not everyone knows you can add proficiency and certain stats, or bonuses to ranged or melee. It’s not clear what people are supposed to roll with which harms new players learning curve. Another thing that I would love to see fixed is having a slider for items. The best example would be currency (g

I downloaded the app, made a character and applied to several campaigns and got nothing. I tried creating my own campaign and couldn’t even add a creature to the map. Everything just felt extremely limited from character creation to campaign creation. Maybe it’s a good game, who knows I couldn’t play it.

This app has much potential. A few things are lacking but the experience was made enjoyable by a great storyteller named Jabronius. They kept me engaged throughout my the game and checked in when I didn’t post as frequently. If you find a great storyteller this app is definitely worth it even with it still in beta.

Tl/dr its pricey for an unfinished product that can be done free on tools such as roll20 Full review I downloaded the app to see if it would be something my friends and I would be interested in. Here are my thoughts- Pros: 1- easy to use. Anything from character creation to map design is very quick and easy to learn. 2- 4 free ‘campaigns’ of varying length, the first one giving a tutorial for gm to learn how to be a gm. I use ‘ ‘ as they are very short. A One-shot adventure is a more apt description 3- artwork is pleasant, this includes map creation. A wide selection of assests was good to see! 4- the 12 main classes are present (no artificer) 5- step by step character creation makes it easy for newcomers to jump in. 6- 3 free character slots 7- it is quick n easy to find a public group (though i havent tried it so idk how community is) Cons: 1- not all the playerhandbook is availble. Certain race things like sub race are not availble. 2- lack of subclasses is a huge drawback 3- 4 paid games using a currency ‘Fire gems’ the cheaper campaigns are 499 with the 2 costlier ones being 999. The kicker is though the lowest amount to buy for gems is 5$ to get 450. So youll be paying minimum $10 for the 1000 gems offer. This gauntees you end up with extra gems that burn a hole in your pocket. The 450 gem purchase, to my knlowdge is thus useless on its own except to buy later to fill out your purchases. 4- there is also a subscription service for ‘campaign levels’ these are tiers for your hosted game to unlock new features. Your subscription of $5.99/month ($60 if you pay for a year equaling $5 a month value) gives 2 levels that can be distributed to any game you are playing in. The first level unlocks homebrew items, the second unlocks homebrew monsters. In addition subscribing unlocks all campaigns, unlimited character slots, and a badge to flex on the poor folk 5- their fireballrpg site doesnt open (at least for me on my iphone 7+) 6- it could be user error on my part but while self experimenting i wanted to test the combat system but cant seem to initiate it as it requires placing a creature on map from the ‘shelf’ but the creature tab of map editor is empty? 7- character creation is flawed for 5e rules. The pointbuy allows a stat to go up to 18 which is fine but it can go down as low as 3 which is not. Overall: I see an unlimited untapped potential here but at present, to me, it is being covered up through transactions that could be better placed. Monthly sub i

I love this app! I have played text TRPG on another app and I feel this app has a much more immersive feel to it that doesn’t make me just feel like I’m texting on a different platform but really actually getting into another realm. It is very exciting. I was very impressed with the free tutorial module the app provides. It made DM’ing a fairly easy and fun experience for me, who had almost no DM’ing experience. I am highly considering paying for the other pre built campaigns. There are definitely still things that need to be improved upon, but the developers are aware for his and constantly looking for feedback and improving the app.

Finally, after 40 years of playing asynchronously via forums, bulletin boards, and video messaging... a powerful compendium-based platform that makes the game so much easier. Play all day, every day, even during water cooler, coffee, and lunch breaks. Still in open beta, with a lot to add, but it is a masterpiece design, destined for greatness. A+++ recommend.

Beautifully implemented and well thought out app. Seems they also have great things in the pipeline that will enhance the gameplay experience. Looking forward to how it all develops!

For still being in Beta, this app is great. Yes it has a few bugs, but the 1.0 features make it very easy to work around them. They have an amazing foundation built for an app that I can foresee being absolutely groundbreaking in the world of D&D.

Great app so far, can’t wait to see more from this team. If you love RPGs and want to play more, anywhere this is right for you!

The concept for this app has been in development for YEARS. Dungeon Realms is a group of indie developers that are pouring their heart and soul into this project. I backed this on Kickstarter many years ago and I’m super happy to see it through. Is the app perfect right now, no. But the reason I still give it 5 stars is because the team is super dedicated to making it better. This is an app that won’t be dropped or forgotten about, but will keep improving. So far I love it and I know it’ll just get better. For context I’m a current DM running an in game mod for my players and it has everything I need. I’m excited to eventually use the home brew features but what they have right now has been perfect for me to get started.