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On some other sights they have s system that enables them to play D&D on forums, it takes forever but it does give you something to do, the format is:
I post summary of last round
Initiative order
Enemys actions
Stats of everything on board.

Then the players post based on the initiave order.
If anyone is interested please post or pm me, and make a character. If I can get 3 or more people interested I will start the game using the above format.

A few notes:
The game will be in 4th edition
If you have a scanner please make a character and scan the sheets (otherwise just manualy type in everything for me).
A general knowledge of the rules is expected.
Any other questions, just pm me.

I'm extremely skilled at forum-based RPGs, so I'll be glad to help with this.

Everyone should either download the Excel Sheet or the D&D character builder beta. Forum RPGs do tend to run more slowly, but it's well-worth it. I can show you guys some examples from SimRTK or HoI or HoC (Which I'm developing for now) to get you guys in the mood.

How is this going to work? Won't the immediate interrupts and immediate reactions result in dozens of posts each round?

QUIT BEING A HALFLING.

I confess, I put him up to it.

D&D miniatures combat is impossible to run on a forum. The game isn't turn-based, it's round-based. It requires activity and attention that the forums just cannot generate.

That would by why play-by-post games typically tend towards the highly dramatic, with very little combat. Many of them use heavily modified combat rules to streamline things, since the usual combat is unfeasible.

*goes to dig up Frank "the Firehose" Frank from a previous community RPG...*

Okay, my character is done. Not at all sure how to transfer him to you, since I built him using the character builder, and it only saves things as .dnd4e.

I don't understand. With tools like Maptool and Ventrilo freely available to all Windows users (And really, that's all that matters), why not play the game like it was meant to be played?

SlappyMcGee wrote:I don't understand. With tools like Maptool and Ventrilo freely available to all Windows users (And really, that's all that matters), why not play the game like it was meant to be played?

At our respective computers, in the dark, and miles away from each other, faces lit only by the soft glow of the computer screen? That's how Gary Gygax preferred to play, I hear.

Quick thinking is clearly more integral to the game than physical proximity.

Atilla wrote:That would by why play-by-post games typically tend towards the highly dramatic, with very little combat. Many of them use heavily modified combat rules to streamline things, since the usual combat is unfeasible.

The conflicts that do occur during dramatic activity will be nigh impossible to run on the forums, using D&D. A different system would be better suited for that sort of play.

well, i would gladly hop on irc once a week and get in 2-3 hours of play, we could start our own channel.

Another quick question, i wouldnt mind gming, but would anyone else like to gm?

I'd consider it, although I have thirty-some projects going at the moment, so I'd rather just play.