VashTheStampede
Caterpillar Accountant
Has anyone had any experience with a Text Based version of Dungeons & Dragons?
I know it used to be more of a thing back in the old AOL/IRC days.
In an effort to think of something that would be more cooperative and collaborative than constantly murdering and emotionally manipulating our friends I thought maybe it could be fun and healthy to murder imaginary creatures.
The Positives:
1. YAY D&D
2. I get some use out of all these source books laying around my house
3. No meet-up times for half the table to cancel on. Post when you can!
The Challenges:
1. Tracking character sheets in a forum setting without 3rd party apps
2. Rolling fucking dice
3. People not having Player's Handbooks
4. More to come I'm sure
I know it used to be more of a thing back in the old AOL/IRC days.
In an effort to think of something that would be more cooperative and collaborative than constantly murdering and emotionally manipulating our friends I thought maybe it could be fun and healthy to murder imaginary creatures.
The Positives:
1. YAY D&D
2. I get some use out of all these source books laying around my house
3. No meet-up times for half the table to cancel on. Post when you can!
The Challenges:
2. Rolling fucking dice
3. People not having Player's Handbooks
4. More to come I'm sure
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VashTheStampede
Caterpillar Accountant
Never played D&D before, but I’m down for it
*I put on my robe and wizard hat*
Dibs on being the rhino
I'm in the same boat, never played but I'd be interested to try
Dean
Goodbye
Dense&Dum
Dean
Goodbye
Well shit, sign me up!
VashTheStampede
Caterpillar Accountant
VashTheStampede
Caterpillar Accountant
Making a thread to further gauge interest in a text-based D&D campaign/subforum.
Also to brainstorm possible challenges and solutions.
I've run a couple games in the past but not in a text-only situation, but I'd be willing to give it a go.
The Positives:
1. YAY D&D
2. I get some use out of all these source books laying around my house
3. No meet-up times for half the table to cancel on. Post when you can!
The Challenges:
1. Tracking character sheets in a forum setting without 3rd party apps
2. Rolling fucking dice
3. More to come I'm sure
Also to brainstorm possible challenges and solutions.
I've run a couple games in the past but not in a text-only situation, but I'd be willing to give it a go.
The Positives:
1. YAY D&D
2. I get some use out of all these source books laying around my house
3. No meet-up times for half the table to cancel on. Post when you can!
The Challenges:
1. Tracking character sheets in a forum setting without 3rd party apps
2. Rolling fucking dice
3. More to come I'm sure
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VashTheStampede
Caterpillar Accountant
I wish I could find it. I saw a joke about an orc rogue in DnD with no stealth, all charisma and won by just telling people to do shit... like "You don't see me." And it fucking worked.
Back on old GW, marasamune ran a campaign that worked pretty well, though I don't think it was ever concluded. We got through one adventure, then I think it fell off. I don't really know what he'd specifically done to prep for it but I'm pretty sure he'd shared folders and folders of stuff.
It worked well though and the lack of a real-time expectation of actions lifts some of the pressure but leads to better roleplay/actions. There'd still probably have to be some limit on how long someone can take to act on their priority, but as long as everyone's semi-active and they're not MIA for 12/24 hours making everyone else wait, it should work.
I'd definitely love to play _this_ kind of FOG more than the "emotionally wound your friends" kind of FOG.
It worked well though and the lack of a real-time expectation of actions lifts some of the pressure but leads to better roleplay/actions. There'd still probably have to be some limit on how long someone can take to act on their priority, but as long as everyone's semi-active and they're not MIA for 12/24 hours making everyone else wait, it should work.
I'd definitely love to play _this_ kind of FOG more than the "emotionally wound your friends" kind of FOG.
Mark
Dumbass Progenitor
These are the FOG’s I’m more familiar with, honestly. Though I never participated in the D&D stuff, it kinda throws back to the days of those niche forums like GWC/N/W, Egg Pets, and the various RP/RPG type forums that existed back in the prime of that category. I’m sure y’all remember when it was one of the busiest categories.
So... You're saying we need to make our own font..?
Mark
Dumbass Progenitor
I’m saying that I like where the idea of this is going, it opens the door for something a bit more on-going and larger scale than the standard 3-5 day cycle of a wolf game. If that necessitates fonts or graphics or badges or whatever… I’m SURE the collective group of us fools can come up with some stuff to make it cool. But you already knew that… because you went for probably one of the cleverest examples of how FOG was utilized back then.
Help heal the wolfer community
Who’s driving the party bus?
If people don't want to play, it's best they don't. If we don't have the numbers, so be it.
I meant the people not so we play wolf again
There is a lot more to it than this
VashTheStampede
Caterpillar Accountant
VashTheStampede
Caterpillar Accountant
It might be a bit much but I also think maybe having its own forum instead of a subforum might be best.
Main forum for campaigns. Sub-forum for people to track their character sheets/inventories in their own thread. Then we can link to everyone's Character Thread in the first post of each Campaign Thread for easy reference.
Main forum for campaigns. Sub-forum for people to track their character sheets/inventories in their own thread. Then we can link to everyone's Character Thread in the first post of each Campaign Thread for easy reference.
We could also have an informational sticky with character sheet templates, a PHB .pdf, and maybe like something with magical items or something
Instead of a dead thread you have The Living Thread.
VashTheStampede
Caterpillar Accountant
Oh I was totally gonna call it The Tavern
Mark
Dumbass Progenitor
I can get started on setting this up if we have a name for the forums to start with. All we’d need beyond that is a description, which is optional, and whoever is gonna mod it full-time.
VashTheStampede
Caterpillar Accountant
Oh wait you mean a place where people can chat about ongoing campaigns without mucking up the game thread.
Oh thats brilliant
The Tavern still works for that too. Have a thread called the Bar for people to chat about stuff.
VashTheStampede
Caterpillar Accountant
I'd say hold off on making the forum until we get things a bit more fleshed out here and in my head.
I would absolutely be cool with modding the eventual forum if that is something y'all are okay with.
Mark
Dumbass Progenitor
Maybe have it tiered like this?
- Main forum
- - Tavern
- - Graveyard
- - Characters
- - Archive
VashTheStampede
Caterpillar Accountant
We need to bring it up for a vote in the mod forum first