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OT: PBEM Role Playing

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Anyone on this board has any experience running PBEM role playing games as the game master?

It's a great concept of running a traditional RPG game but through a forum much like this one. Very simply, the GM posts the scenarios/adventure and the players would post their actions, conversations, etc. The GM does all the dice rolling and resolutions in the background.

We already have people on this board who have expressed an interest to participate as players but we need someone who would be willing to be the GM. Of course, it would be best if the GM has experience with this mode of RPG.

Any takers? :)

~SDC~
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Reply #151 from Stardock Forums Top
I'll help Mexal post continuations of the adventure whenever possible. In the above, Phalanx cast a Charm spell on the press gang leader and Gordeleth talked us out of a fight.

The galcivers in the adventure currently are:

Tunal, Human Male Figher - LDiCesare
Sol, Human Male Monk - kyrofx
Jimmy, Human Male Rogue - Ray the Wanderer
Lugh, Elf Male Ranger - Solitair
Gordeleth, Human Male Ranger - Gordeleth
Phalanx, Elf Male Wizard - bpleshek
Argelidon, Human Male Wizard - vincible

~SDC~
Reply #152 from Stardock Forums Top
Alex,

That's actually Mexal's post which I reproduced here. Most of us have responded already. :)

~SDC~
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Reply #153 from Stardock Forums Top
Evil Steve and Idleprocess are lurking in our YahooGroups where you can see more of the action, ie. all the player responses.

Give a shout if you are interested to lurk.

~SDC~
Reply #155 from Stardock Forums Top
Party Movement Formation

Point - Lugh
Front - Tunal
Left - Jimmy
Centre - Phalanx, Agrelidon
Right - Sol
Rear - Gordeleth

~SDC~
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Reply #156 from Stardock Forums Top
I'm actually quite surprised at how fast the game is moving already, and quite pleased...

I was expecting it would go a lot slower but this is great :D
Reply #157 from Stardock Forums Top
Perhaps after this call for lurkers we should let the thread die. Presumably anyone who would be interested in reading it would have asked to be added to the mailing list.
Reply #158 from Stardock Forums Top
Mexal's post which I reproduced
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OK - she pointed it out to me (quite forcefully I hasten to add - does anyone have a cure for an impacted rolling pin?).

I was more afraid that the thread would turn into another interactive fiction one, and I hadn't realised how quickly she'd managed to turn the turn around.

Alex


~SDC~
Reply #159 from Stardock Forums Top
we should let the thread die
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I'd suggest leaving it open - I'm sure that Mexal could be persuaded to post results if asked nicely - and it might get some other people interested for future games.

Alex


~SDC~
Reply #160 from Stardock Forums Top
Mexal,

bakka is interested to lurk, can you tell him how?

I'm think it's good to post Mexal's stories on this thread for reading enjoyment.
It's also a good advert to attract new players.

~SDC~
Reply #161 from Stardock Forums Top
Bakka will be welcome to lurk or to join in.

I would like to point out that Dearly Beloved is exaggerating, the rolling pin is still in the drawer...

As for turn speed, too many e-mail games get kinda stuck. Thought it would be better to go at a good pace.

Hugs and kisses,

Mexal the DM
Reply #162 from Stardock Forums Top
The turn speed is great. We are certainly moving along. :)

I personally feel that we can proceed to the next turn once a few of us have responded.
The onus then is on the players to check in regularly.

~SDC~
Reply #163 from Stardock Forums Top
JordanVmp,

Are you still joining us for this game? We are looking for a cleric to round off our party.

~SDC~
Reply #164 from Stardock Forums Top
Sorry, I told Mexel I would lurk for the time being. I'll try to join it in a bit, but I got swamped at work and other real life crap. I even went over a week without a galciv game!

But ha, I won a damn maso game last night. Everyone is right, tiny/rare/maso is pretty easy. (I was trying to play on a large map the last time I attempted it)

I've got a vacation in a couple weeks, and then I'll see where I am time wise after that and where the game is. I actually can't post from work, so if the game stays at such a fast pace (though they usually always start off like this then slow down), there's no way I'd be able to keep up anyway.
Reply #165 from Stardock Forums Top
Good job with the Maso win. Maso is quite a different game. Try other map sizes and settings as well.

No worries about not being able to join yet.

Hey, is it common to share a character in PBEM RPGs? I'm thinking two persons who don't have the time to be very regular can share control of one character.

~SDC~
Reply #166 from Stardock Forums Top
No, I've never seen it done actually, besides the GM taking over when the player is slacking. Kind of an interesting idea, but I think it would be hard to implement correctly, since posting styles vary so greatly.

I'm currently playing a small maso. I was getting eaten alive by Torian influence until the Fundamentalists showed up and took their closest planet. :) Now I should be fine.

I'll just move my way up to large. I've never liked the maps above large on any level (they get too tedious for me), so I doubt I'll get that far on maso.
Reply #167 from Stardock Forums Top
i'm following as much as i can, but don't have the time to put me hand up as a cleric - could share though if'n anyone else is up for it. i iz on oz time of course,so that might be an impediment to smoothness

:)
Reply #168 from Stardock Forums Top
Anyone want to share a cleric with a split personality with Evil Steve? That ought to be fun. :)

I think different time zones is an advantage for sharing because the character can be played at different times by each player.

~SDC~
Reply #170 from Stardock Forums Top
i'll have to switch my email from work to home (mexal?). also i've has trouble logging on to the yahoo group - when it says 'type in the name of the picture' i don't see anything....

:sniff!:
Reply #171 from Stardock Forums Top
Evil Steve, I split my email work/home (which actually means week/week-end). I can't reach the groups from work, but overall it's possible to follow through the mails only. The problem being you have to reorder some of them as you can get the reply before the original post sometimes (in which cases I wonder whether I'm hallucinating or womething).
Reply #172 from Stardock Forums Top
Just a random lurker here, but couple of ideas for running one char with two people: The 'Hat of Difference' from 1st edition AD&D (believe it was in Unearthed Arcana) which allowed char to be another class as long as it was worn which would make things truly odd since technically same char, but different class and so may behave differently in order to accomplish things, or another option is something like a possession where the true char happened to be in the wrong place at wrong time while someone was trying a desperate reincarnation spell or such. Could work in something like the ego wrestling with an intelligent sword.
Reply #173 from Stardock Forums Top
Plain schizophrenia would be enough of a reason. Of course, the DM can always come up with a backstory as to why the schizophrenia is there, and the character(s) would try to know where it comes from and get rid of it.
Reply #174 from Stardock Forums Top
so iz anyone volunteering for a skitzo cleric?

maybe i could just do it. (with a backup brief for mexal)

if i can move my email from work to

[email protected]

the i can pick the moves up at work and home

sigh, more reasons not to do something constructive like home renovation

;)
Reply #175 from Stardock Forums Top
Why don't you just create the character and start first, Evil Steve?

We have been talking about having player scripts for inactive players. You can have some combat, magic or healing scripts prepared so that your character doesn't just stand around if you are unable to log on for a while.

~SDC~