Announcing a new Shadowdark VTT (Free VTT)
Hi everyone!
I'm new to this subreddit and wanted to introduce a Virtual Tabletop I've built for Shadowdark. We've used it for our own table, and now I'm opening it up for everyone else.
Our approach is system-specific Virtual Tabletops instead of the "one size fits all" model. The tool already knows what Shadowdark is: Torches, mishap tables, the dungeon turn, the spell-tier DC, and the d12 hazards. You don't need to spend time finding all the mods/addons to get started; it's just Shadowdark out of the box.
Here are just a few of the things this VTT has:
- Character creation wizard: Ancestry, class, alignment, background, deity, languages, talents, starting spells, all in one short flow. HP, AC, attack bonus, and gear slots are all derived for you.
- Level-up flow. XP-gated button on the roster, talent/spell/HP rolls walked through and locked once accepted.
- Torch & Lantern Timer that burns even when every tab is closed; refresh, and it picks up exactly where it should be. It also has an animation and a flame audio loop.
- Wizard mishap tables: natural 1 on a cast auto-opens the correct tier's d12 mishap modal for everyone at the table; caster or GM rolls it.
- Priest penance: Failed casting? Pick from holy quest, ritualistic atonement, or material sacrifice, with GP tiers wired up.
- Battle map with fog of war. Rooms, doors, edges, terrain stamps, drawings, text labels, pings. Each character's torch illuminates its own line-of-sight cone; party lights layer on top of it.
- Procedural dungeon generator. Tiny / Small / Medium room layouts with doors and corridors, ready to drop tokens onto.
- Dungeon-turn tracker. Crawling rounds alongside combat rounds, plus one-tap rolls for encounter check (1d6), starting distance, monster activity (2d6), trap table (d12), and the hazard catalog.
- Initiative strip! (honestly, this is amazing) d20+DEX for players, auto-rolled for enemies, active actor highlighted across every screen.
- Campaign Tools: NPCs, Quests, Locations, Journal entries, Lore wiki, and Enemies catalog. Every entity has a "Show to players" toggle so the GM curates visibility; everything syncs in real time.
- GM prep: NPC generator (8 tables), name pools (people / shops / taverns / towns / cities / dungeons), GM oracles (Adventure / Rumor / Something Happens / Traps / Hazards), and a searchable Quick Reference compendium.
- The GM Library is a browsable, searchable rulebook view of Classes, Ancestries, Backgrounds, Spells, Equipment, Deities, Titles, and Skill Tags.
- In character party chat that shows thought bubbles and emotes above portraits' heads and tokens.
And much more.
I'd appreciate your feedback on what works, what doesn't, and what's missing. To get in, visit https://members.shawnsvtts.com, create a free account, and you'll have access to the Shadowdark VTT free forever.
Happy to answer anything here, and feedback is the whole point.
