Dungeons and Dragons Storytelling Engine Menyr Showcases Features in New Video

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Running Dungeons & Dragons in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging, to say the least. However, Dungeons & Dragons players are not only creative, but they're also always willing to put more time into the hobby. The result is a wave of online tools enabling Dungeons & Dragons players to deliver and play campaigns in increasingly exciting ways. Just one example is the upcoming «storytelling engine» Menyr, which recently shared a new trailer detailing some of the platform's features.

Menyr's features trailer delves into three areas of focus, Virtual Table Top, World Building, and Storytelling. As most online Dungeons & Dragons players will attest, the virtual tabletop technology is incredibly important to get right. This is where games will be played, after all. If features are missing, then the game can't be played. The features Menyr is showcasing in this video include virtual dice rolling, multi-view gameplay, a character library of tokens, and a lobby to act as a social area while the virtual tabletop is set up.

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Next to a virtual tabletop in importance, where campaigns are played, is Menyr's World Building system, where campaigns are built. Dungeon masters will be able to build worlds to explore in Menyr, in addition to dungeons and more. The World Building features Menyr shows in the video include procedural landscape creation, biome painting to create quick environments, terraforming, and a dungeon generator.

The last area of focus for Menyr's features trailer is very interesting. It's tied into how the DM is able to tell their story as it's happening. The best example is the DM's ability to control time, which will alter the lighting and skyscape