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Animated Token Starter Pack - Bonus Cotent
🕑 Added 2022-11-04 18:37:59 +0000 UTCHi all!
As many of you will know, recently I have been working on creating animated monster tokens for use on VTTs. There has been a fair bit of trial and error during this process and I want to thank everyone over on our Discord server for your fantastic feedback!
I now feel like I am in a position to start making them available to you, my excellent patrons, so you can have a play around with them and see what you think.
With that in mind I have collated an Animated Token Starter Pack which includes: a Goblin, an Orc, an Earth Elemental, a Gnoll, a Necromancer, a Gelatinous Cube, a Skeleton, a Kobold, a Mimic and a Red Dragon!
Download links at the top of every rewards page:
Initiate Mapmaker ($1)
Journeyman Surveyors ($3)
Master Cartographers ($5)
To see more tokens I am producing CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER
A Bit More About The Tokens
File Format
The format of the tokens is WebM which is a format that keeps the file size low whilst conserving much of the quality. It is the preferred format for VVTs such as Foundry and works natively with that software.
Currently these tokens are only tested to work on Foundry VVT, may work with others but I am unsure.
Size
I have tried to keep the file size small so as to not use up too much bandwidth so the quality has likewise been reduced.
Most of my maps work on a grid size of 150px, so these tokens I have doubled that.
Small and Medium Creatures - 300px
Large Creatures - 600px
Huge Creatures - 900px
I have also done my best to represent the relative sizes of the creatures in the frame as well. For example, though the Goblin is 300px, its token is considerably smaller than the Necromancer’s also at 300px.
Animation
In most instances I have gone for subtle movements with a mixture of Idling and Ready for a Fight movements. Hopefully it strikes a good balance between ‘the illusion of life’ and being too distracting!
How to use: Foundry VVT
If you are using Foundry VTT the process is easy. Merely select the appropriate monster character sheet and click on “Token” and then the “Appearance” tab and then “Image Path” this will allow you to navigate to the desired WebM file.
Note: Foundry VTT will not allow you to have animated tokens the monster's portrait and will give you an error message. Please ensure you are applying the WebM file to the token to avoid this.
Feedback! Feedback! Feedback!
Part of my decision to release these tokens to you is to get as much feedback as I can abou the tokens as a whole. That could be thoughts on the animation, ease of use, formats, ideas for more tokens or really anything! The more information I have the better the product I can offer to you all. :)
Please feel free to comment on this post or over on our Discord Channel.
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Thank you to everyone for all the support and I hope you enjoy the maps!
Released under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license
Thanks
George - The Reclusive Cartographer
Comments
Dyanosis
Not that anyone seems to care, but "How to use: Foundry VVT" should probably be "How to use: Foundry VTT"
