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Ilztfryn Claddghym
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Canada
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 Posted - 23 Feb 2007 : 06:03:48
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No I don't mean using dnd levels and that stuff. I mean freestyle, pbp rping? Do you do it? What type of characters do you play?
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Kaladorm
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 Feb 2007 : 08:21:25
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This made me think of somethign totally different.
I was wondering if people in the realms play roleplaying games  |
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Ateth Istarlin
Seeker
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 Feb 2007 : 11:22:48
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Originally posted by Kaladorm
This made me think of somethign totally different.
I was wondering if people in the realms play roleplaying games
Yeh, probably called "Offices & Politics"! |
The more I read about 4FR, the more depressed I am.
Politician - An elected official who tries to be all things to all people, while always looking out for his/her own interests first. |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
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Posted - 23 Feb 2007 : 11:37:36
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Originally posted by Ateth Istarlin
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Originally posted by Kaladorm
This made me think of somethign totally different.
I was wondering if people in the realms play roleplaying games
Yeh, probably called "Offices & Politics"!
I doubt Kaladorm had that in mind
I know for a fact that the term "roleplaying" can and hase been misunderstood. For some reason some folks associate roleplaying with people dressing up as nurses, soldiers, cops and whatnot, and they think it always involves kinky sex |
Mace's not so gentle gamer's journal My rants were harmless compared to this, beware! |
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Kaladorm
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1176 Posts |
Posted - 23 Feb 2007 : 11:41:16
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Originally posted by Mace Hammerhand
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Originally posted by Ateth Istarlin
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Originally posted by Kaladorm
This made me think of somethign totally different.
I was wondering if people in the realms play roleplaying games
Yeh, probably called "Offices & Politics"!
I doubt Kaladorm had that in mind
I know for a fact that the term "roleplaying" can and hase been misunderstood. For some reason some folks associate roleplaying with people dressing up as nurses, soldiers, cops and whatnot, and they think it always involves kinky sex
Doesn't it? Wait...what game are we playing again?  |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
Posted - 23 Feb 2007 : 11:47:31
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Originally posted by Kaladorm
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Originally posted by Mace Hammerhand
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Originally posted by Ateth Istarlin
quote:
Originally posted by Kaladorm
This made me think of somethign totally different.
I was wondering if people in the realms play roleplaying games
Yeh, probably called "Offices & Politics"!
I doubt Kaladorm had that in mind
I know for a fact that the term "roleplaying" can and hase been misunderstood. For some reason some folks associate roleplaying with people dressing up as nurses, soldiers, cops and whatnot, and they think it always involves kinky sex
Doesn't it? Wait...what game are we playing again?
rofl
The Book of Erotic Fantasy becomes a whole new perspective!  |
Mace's not so gentle gamer's journal My rants were harmless compared to this, beware! |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 23 Feb 2007 : 12:27:19
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Originally posted by Ateth Istarlin
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Originally posted by Kaladorm
This made me think of somethign totally different.
I was wondering if people in the realms play roleplaying games
Yeh, probably called "Offices & Politics"!
There was actually a cartoon in the 1st edition DMG about fantasy characters roleplaying a game like that.  |
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ShadezofDis
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 23 Feb 2007 : 15:35:28
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I always try to encourage a "character over stats" feel to my games, all use stats but if you're trying to use me to run a video game type campaign for you then things are just gonna bust ;D
That said, I play whatever type of character strikes my fancy, they are typically more self motivated than the typical dungeon crawler though.
One of my favorite characters I ever played was a half orc fighter/priest (2nd ed) who was adventuring out in the world in order to learn how humans/dwarves/elves manage to live their lives in a cleanly, fully fed sorta way. His eventual goal was to go home, kick the chieftain out and take the tribe over and turn the tribe from the life of squalor and misery that orcs are used to.
In fact, at this point he'd probably be on his way back home to put his idea's into motion. (but since I don't have a DM for him it doesn't really matter all that much, unless my game heads northwest, then he might make a cameo appearance *g*) |
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turox
Learned Scribe
USA
145 Posts |
Posted - 23 Feb 2007 : 17:23:21
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Originally posted by Mace Hammerhand
The Book of Erotic Fantasy becomes a whole new perspective!
LOL Thanks for reminding me Mace. I was in Borders last weekend checking out some stuff and buying minis. I was looking through the D&D books they had and right there in the mix with all of them was a nice hardbound book with that exact title on it. Think I will go see if it is still there this weekend while I pick up the DungeonScape book and maybe the tile sets for minis as well. I didn't think that it was actually a hardback printed item but I also didn't look specifically for it either. |
Turox Antas Dragonslayer -
"People will believe anything they want to believe, or fear to believe."
Wizard's First Rule: Chapter 36, Page #397, US Hard Cover (revealed by Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander).
Explanation by Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: "People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool."
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Mazrim_Taim
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 23 Feb 2007 : 18:21:26
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What's a Role Playing Game?! 
I can see Old El and the Seven Sisters playing D&D. |
And if the PCs DO win their ways through all the liches to Larloch, “he” will almost certainly be just another lich (loaded with explosive spells) set up as a decoy, with dozens of hidden liches waiting to pounce on any surviving PCs who ‘celebrate’ after they take Larloch down. As the REAL Larloch watches (magical scrying) from afar. Myself, as DM, I’d be wondering: “Such a glorious game, so many opportunities laid out before your PCs to devote your time to, and THIS fixation is the best you can come up with? Are you SURE you’re adventurers?” -Ed Greenwood
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WalkerNinja
Senior Scribe
USA
577 Posts |
Posted - 23 Feb 2007 : 18:38:05
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Treasures of the Past, a Second Edition Play-by-Post game for and by Candlekeep Sages--http://www.rpol.net/game.cgi?gi=52011 |
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Lemernis
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 23 Feb 2007 : 19:05:24
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Take a look here at Exodus's Play by Post Game forum in which we recently just started a game set in Amn. Most of our community's roleplaying experience comes either from Neverwinter Nights persistent worlds or tabletop PnP, and nearly all of our players in the game are new to the PbP format. There are a number of helpful threads in the forum pertaining to what the play style is like, resources for PbP play, etc. Anyway, the entire forum should give you a good idea. We eventually plan to get more games going over time set in the Lands of Intrigue and Shining South, specifically. We have some links to other PbP communities also.
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Edit: lol, okay I just checked your sig, and evidently it would seem you do kind of know how it works (looks like it, anyway). Well, anyway, the more folks doing this sort of thing, the merrier, I say. If we can send any players your way for the FR settings that fall outside of our featured regions, we will! Good luck with your project! :D |
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Faraer
Great Reader
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Posted - 23 Feb 2007 : 23:08:01
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| Someone with lots of vision and lots of money needs to find a way to integrate into the RPG culture and industry the many people who roleplay outside of traditional tabletop RPGs and are either unfamiliar with them or put off by the self-pertuating overcomplex rules and insular 'gamer' culture. |
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Lemernis
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 24 Feb 2007 : 02:39:43
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I think that niche is met right now by NWN1 and 2 persistent world gaming, to a great extent. It's fan generated, so a gameworld can be as roleplay-intensive as one wishes. You do need to understand some basic game mechanics to play, but that's true of any game. It's nowhere near as involved as learning tabletop PnP, not even close.
I have to say though, I have recently become a big fan of Play by Post gaming. It allows players to use their imaginmations very much as in tabletop, yet it's not necessary to master a lot of complicated rules in order to play. The DM handles all the rules and dice rolling, etc. |
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