Using a drawing tablet?

Has anyone used a drawing tablet in their campaigns? Does it work with the drawing tool in the app? I am thinking about getting a drawing tablet so that I can draw some quick encounters whenever my players do something I wasnt prepared for. Would this work? Thanks!

I have a small wacom tablet and I use it to make maps outside of roll20, but you could do it with the drawing tool in the system itself. One problem I could see happening is that the drawing tool in roll20 is quite limited, in that you cannot use layers (in the photoshop sense), brushes, or other effects to create detailed environments. If you're just using it as an impromptu tool it should hopefully be workable though. The second concern is that tablets do take a bit of configuration to get working how you want them (at least mine did), so I recommend having whatever utility it comes with set the tablet boundaries to what you are comfortable with, and use roll 20 in fullscreen mode to avoid accidental clicking issues (F11 in most browsers). For mine I have mapped the tablet to the screen position, such that if I put the stylus on the corner of the tablet, it will make the cursor do the same (I believe this is called absolute positioning but i'm not sure). Hope you find what works for you and GL!

Excellent! Thank you very much for the great response. This is exactly what I needed to know

I have used my Wacom tablet during play as a player.... it is no different to using the mouse to draw lines or write, just easier with more control. I had both mouse and tablet plugged in at the same time... swapped between the two no probs. you are limited to very basic lines etc... but if you quickly want to indicate a camp, write stuff ... it is useful. I wouldn't buy one to be used 'just' in Roll20... but if you plan to use in Photoshop etc... then yeh

I've tried out my wife's drawing tablet for roll20. I find it to be more or less the same as drawing on a gridded battle mat for IRL games. After experiencing a variety of combinations of detailed maps, quickly drawn maps (with the drawing tablet for online games) and online/offline games, I'm probably not going to bother with detailed maps for online games anymore; the cost/benefit for my games just isn't there for me.

Canso said: I've tried out my wife's drawing tablet for roll20. I find it to be more or less the same as drawing on a gridded battle mat for IRL games. After experiencing a variety of combinations of detailed maps, quickly drawn maps (with the drawing tablet for online games) and online/offline games, I'm probably not going to bother with detailed maps for online games anymore; the cost/benefit for my games just isn't there for me. Yeah my biggest reasoning for wanting a tablet is so i can just make some quick maps on the fly and let my players have more choices and do more crazy things. whenever i make a ton of detailed maps, i feel like i have to use them because i spent so much time setting things up and i end up railroading my players because of it.