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+DiceCloud
 ========
 
 This is the repo for [DiceCloud](dicecloud.com).
 
+DiceCloud is a free, auditable, real-time character sheet for D&D 5e.
+
+Philosophy
+----------
+
+Setting up your character on DiceCloud takes a little longer than
+just filling it in on a paper character sheet would. The goal of using an
+online sheet is to make actually playing the game more streamlined, and
+ultimately more fun. So putting a little extra effort into setting up a
+character now pays off over and over again once you're playing.
+
+The idea is to track where each number comes from, and allow you to easily make
+changes on the fly. Let's look at a hypothetical example.
+
+> You need to swim through a sunken section of dungeon to fetch the quest's Thing.
+> You'll need to take off your magical Plate Armor of +1 Constitution to swim
+> without sinking, of course.
+>
+> Taking it off will take away that disadvantage on
+> stealth checks, change your armor class, your speed and your constitution, and
+> which in turn changes your hit points and your constitution saving throw.
+> Working out all those changes in the middle of a game will drag the game to a
+> halt.
+>
+> Fortunately you have DiceCloud, so it's a matter of dragging
+> your Plate Armor +1 Con from your "equipment" box to your "backpack" box and
+> you're done. Your hitpoints change correctly, your saving throws are up to date,
+> your armor class goes back to reflecting the fact that you have natural armor
+> from being a dragonborn. Your character sheet keeps up and you
+> ultimately get more time to play the game. Huzzah!
+
 Getting started
 ---------------
 
+Running DiceCloud locally, either to host it yourself away from an internet
+connection, or to contribute to developing it further, is fairly
+straightforward and it should work on Linux, Windows, and Mac.
+
+You'll need to have installed:
+
+- [git](https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/install-git)
+- [Meteor](https://www.meteor.com/install)
+- [Bower](https://bower.io/)
+
+Then, it's just a matter of cloning this repository into a folder, installing the bower dependencies and running
+`meteor` in the app directory.
+
 `git clone https://github.com/ThaumRystra/DiceCloud1 dicecloud`  
 `cd dicecloud`  
 `cd app`  
 `bower install`  
 `meteor`
+
+You should see this:
+
+```
+=> Started proxy.
+=> Started MongoDB.
+=> Started your app.
+
+=> App running at: http://localhost:3000/
+```
+
+Now, visiting [](http://localhost:3000/) should show you an empty instance of
+DiceCloud running.
+