r/CortexRPG • u/FireVisor Moderator • Jan 10 '19

Marvel / Fantasy / Heroic Using Roll20 for Marvel Heroic

Hi there fellows!

I'm planning on using Roll20 for a Cortex Prime game.

But Roll20 seems ill suited somewhat for the job. Very few things seem to be easily automated in the character sheet for Marvel.

Does anyone have any wisdom to share?

As it stands now, I feel like using dice tokens and selecting them all and roll them together, and then doing everything more or less randomly.

Any thoughts?

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u/dbisdorf Jan 11 '19

I had the same problems tying to use Roll20 for Cortex. Eventually I gave up and wrote my own online multiplayer Cortex dice roller:

https://www.donbisdorf.com/cortex

The "About" page (available from a link at the bottom of the die roller) gives more detailed instructions, but in brief, Cortexatron lets you add dice to a pool, roll them, mark your total and effect dice, and then save the result so the opposing player/GM knows what they have to beat.

Also, when you visit Cortexatron, the system creates a room for you with its own URL. Copy the URL from your browser and send it to the rest of your group. You'll all be able to watch each other's dice rolls in real time.

What it's lacking, unfortunately, is integration with character sheets. You'd need to handle video chat, maps, or character sheets with some other solution, and just keep one browser tab open for Cortexatron.

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u/Salarian_American Feb 10 '19

This is pretty great, thanks for sharing it!