LOST IN ROLL20 "VIDEO GAME LAND" & MISSING 50% OF THE GAME The biggest problem I see in hosting online is that, due to roll20 being graphical in nature, players have a tendency to " get lost in video game land ", and as a result, end up missing the majority of the D&D content. In other words, secrets/clues tend to go undiscovered, because players tend to take what they see on the screen as being complete and as a result, fail to explore the other side of the game....the parts that are not seen, or shown visually. Remember that I refer to roll20 as nothing more than a chess board, the majority of the activity happens audibly and off the computer screen , and so having said that, do your players search for hidden floor tiles, loose bricks, footprints, dig through dung piles, look under furniture, behind things, in chests for false lids and bottoms, do they look up, do they talk to valuable NPCs and ask the right questions to get information that they can use to their advantage, do they take the clues that have been found and draw conclusions? The key is to listen carefully to what the DM is saying , because this is where you will find clues as to what to do or where to look. There is so much more to D&D than just the tokens that you see, be sure to challenge your players to explore the other half of D&D, the non-visible elements of the game, and they will be richly rewarded for their efforts.
