Blackace said:
Never been a D&D guy but love PnP RPGs... Play by post is something I would like to do but what about dice rolls?
The Play by Post campaign I'm currently DM'ing has two options.
1) The DM makes all the rolls. 99% of the rolls are done like this and I simply paste the results in the update posts. I use the rollers on the player's character sheets on
http://iplay4e.appspot.com in order to accomplish this easily. I can simply click one of their powers, roll to hit, copy that result and paste into my update posting, then (if necessary) roll for damage and again copy and paste the result to my update post. Its very hands off for the players and if they trust their DM (which they should... if you don't, why are you playing with that DM?) then its fairly easy for the player to participate.
2) We optionally provide an online tool like
Invisible Castle or
Orokos to do verifiable rolls that the players can do themselves. Using a tool like that gives the player a quick and easy bbcode to copy and paste into their post on the board and it links back to a master campaign page that I, as DM, can check to verify integrity.
Example:
Dishearten vs Will - Order: goblin 21, goblin 50, boss bub - vs. Will:
3#1d20+10 28 12 22 1d6+12 17
I offered to do a PbP game here on GAF, but only a couple of people replied they were interested. Offer still stands if more folks want to get involved.
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My current game is an eight player campaign using the DnD published modules. We're just getting rolling into the second Heroic adventure, Thunderspire Labyrinth, and it is proving to be a whole lot of fun with lots more story and intrigue than the first adventure. I'm running modified versions of the original published campaigns which link them together MUCH better than they were originally created by Wizards of the Coast. They are much more exciting now and and make the entire published series one mega campaign path with stronger hooks from the get-go.
Some stats:
I think you can view the campaign characters at this link:
http://iplay4e.appspot.com/campaigns/agdpcGxheTRlchELEghDYW1wYWlnbhiv86gBDA
Party (all level 4):
Dragonborn Protecting Paladin of Bahamut
Dragonborn Great Weapon Fighter
Gnome Valorous Bard (multiclassed Warlord)
Human Archer Ranger
Dwarf Cleric
Elf Brawny Rogue
Elf Control Wizard
Human Dragon Sorcerer
1st Short Adventure (Kobold Hold): 591 Replies, 8571 Views
2nd Adventure (Keep on the Shadowfell): 3197 Replies, 28839 Views
2rd Adventure in progress (Thunderspire Labyrinth): 260 Replies, 1735 Views. This one should easily eclipse Shadowfell.