Use both
Foundry is where the game happens, and its sheets already hold every character's items and coins. What it does not do is follow the party out of the session: the record lives inside one world, nobody can open it from a phone, and sales are settled by hand with nothing recording who got what. D20 Loot Tracker covers that part, and its Foundry module keeps the two in step in both directions, so nobody copies loot from one into the other.
What Foundry does well
During a session, Foundry is hard to beat. Each character sheet holds that character's items, quantities and coins, the game system handles charges, ammunition and attunement as you play, and moving an item to another character is a drag across the screen. If your group never thinks about loot outside the session, Foundry on its own covers it.
What D20 Loot Tracker adds
On a phone, any time
Foundry's core software does not support phones, and a world can only be opened while the GM's server is running it. The app works on the web and on Android whether or not the world is up, so a player can check what they carry on the bus to the next session.
A ledger of who got what
Every sale, split, purchase and payout is written down with its date and the people it touched. When someone asks in three weeks who took the potions, the answer is one scroll away instead of buried in the chat log.
Gold split without the arithmetic
Sell the hoard and the gold is shared out evenly in one step, change made in silver and copper, with the party fund taking a share if your table uses one. Whatever will not divide stays with the banker.
One record across sessions and tables
The campaign lives outside Foundry. Sessions in Foundry, sessions around a kitchen table and play-by-post in Discord all land in the same record.
How the module connects them
The D20 Loot Tracker module links a Foundry world to a campaign in the app. The GM connects once and matches each character to their actor, and from then on the two stay in step while the GM has the world open. Anything that changed in between catches up the next time the GM opens it.
- 1
The GM drops loot in Foundry
Items placed on the Unprocessed Loot actor appear in the app for the party.
- 2
A player claims it in the app
It lands on that character's sheet in Foundry.
- 3
Money moves in the app
Sales, splits and payouts update the coins on the Foundry sheets, and coins changed on a sheet update the app.
- 4
Play happens in Foundry
Potions drunk and items removed are recorded in the app's ledger, and arrows fired lower the count.
An item the GM keeps unidentified stays unidentified on both sides until it is revealed, and players need nothing installed: only the GM's Foundry runs the sync.
Side by side
Each character's items and coins on their sheet
Foundry VTT alone: Yes
With D20 Loot Tracker: Synced to the same sheets
Check inventory and gold from a phone
Foundry VTT alone: No
With D20 Loot Tracker: Web and Android app
Open the record while the world is not running
Foundry VTT alone: No
With D20 Loot Tracker: Any time
Ledger of sales, splits and payouts
Foundry VTT alone: No
With D20 Loot Tracker: Every change, with who and when
Sell loot and split the gold, with change, in one step
Foundry VTT alone: No
With D20 Loot Tracker: Built in
Unidentified items kept secret
Foundry VTT alone: Yes
With D20 Loot Tracker: Stays in step with Foundry
The same loot from Discord
Foundry VTT alone: No
With D20 Loot Tracker: Discord bot on the same campaign
| Foundry VTT alone | With D20 Loot Tracker | |
|---|---|---|
| Each character's items and coins on their sheet | Synced to the same sheets | |
| Check inventory and gold from a phone | Web and Android app | |
| Open the record while the world is not running | Any time | |
| Ledger of sales, splits and payouts | Every change, with who and when | |
| Sell loot and split the gold, with change, in one step | Built in | |
| Unidentified items kept secret | Stays in step with Foundry | |
| The same loot from Discord | Discord bot on the same campaign |
Which setup fits your group
Foundry alone is enough
Your whole game happens in Foundry, nobody looks at their gear between sessions, and the GM is happy settling sales on the sheets by hand.
Foundry plus the module
You play in Foundry and the party wants their inventory and gold on their phones, a ledger of what happened to the treasure, and sales split evenly in one step.
Some nights in Foundry, some not
Your group moves between Foundry, the table and Discord. D20 Loot Tracker holds the record, and the module keeps the Foundry nights in step with it.
Players who are not in Foundry can still log and claim loot from Discord.
Add it to your Foundry world
Install the module from Foundry's module list and connect your world once. From then on, players see their gear and gold in the app, on the web or on Android.
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