Best I've found, but still has issues – Encounter+ Review

For starters: this software is awesome. I've run two campaigns and countless one-shots with it, and once I'd familiarized myself with it the experience was great. It allows me to write and draw less, and keep the flow going without wasting time doing math and figuring out everything else involved in the DM process. That being said, there are some issues and shortcomings: for one, line-of-sight has a serious issue; even with daylight set at max, characters without darkvision are completely blinded when line-of-sight is enabled. I've had to disable it for outdoor encounters during the day, because it made the battlemap completely useless for the two people in the party without darkvision. I understand the web console is a beta feature, but as it is now it's very hit-or-miss. I look forward to the day that's figured out, but for now I keep my external screen running and streamed through Discord for the party's reference. The lack of music support is another issue. I understand music can be handled separately, but I have a friend with another program for VTT and that has music which adds a lot to the experience. We used Rythm on Discord, but that's been taken down and I don't have any other reliable way to stream music over Discord while presenting from Encounter . It would be really great to see some sort of music integration in the app. Aside from that, the only issues I've noticed have been minor annoyances. For example, there are some creatures in the base Monster Manual that aren't in the compendium. It's clear this app is designed for iPad first and foremost, but it's far more useful for me on Mac. (For use with Discord, for simple mouse input, etc) That's fine, but I wish it would be more polished for Mac use. Overall, I love this app. So far it seems to be the best option there is for DM/battlemap software, and I'm on my second year of the annual subscription now. I definitely recommend it!
Review by Proteus846 on Encounter+.

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