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violentcloud
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I'm a self-confessed Final Fantasy junkie. I love the beautiful graphics and music, and elaborate storylines, and how you really understand the characters. I guess it's kind of my escapism, but I really like being able to drift off into another world like that. It's still my favourite way to kill 10 hours a day or so 
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Serissa
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| ajs_line_of_silver wrote: |
There is nothing wrong with 3 ed if you are a brain dead monkey. Is this not a RP thread or do you mean something different?
Any one play white wolf? |
I meant actually RPing in a thread. |
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AbominableSnoCone
Cybernetic Vampiric Werewolf Ninja
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| Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Serissa wrote: | | ajs_line_of_silver wrote: |
There is nothing wrong with 3 ed if you are a brain dead monkey. Is this not a RP thread or do you mean something different?
Any one play white wolf? |
I meant actually RPing in a thread. |
I dunno if that'd work, although I've heard of people doing it in chatrooms. but if like Joe Lurker has joined in the game with us and its his turn to attack, but then he doesn't visit wrongplanet for a month... that kinda kills the game
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catwhowalksbyherself
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I was quite into them when I was a teenager and for six months played in a close-knit AD&D 2e group. We moved away and I wasn't able to find another group, which killed it for me. I like 3e, more flexible and easy to grasp, and the artwork in the books is incredible, particularly the Forgotten Realms stuff - just like comics art.
I think the computer limits the fun of RP games and AbSC is right, thread games are difficult if the players don't check the forum regularly. I'd like to play in a free-form game though, I think I've been playing one IRL for the last two years (all day every day) - I've been trying to help a blue dragon slay a big powerful red dragon but he keeps respawning and my party members are the biggest load of defeatists I've ever met...and the blue dragon's not as young as he used to be.
Of the computer RPGs Baldur's Gate is the best. I played it almost non-stop for a year and never even came close to beating it. BGII is good but as I like playing a half-elf Blade, I am disappointed with the stronghold quest. I haven't got as far in it as it is just too big and as I said the above real RPG got in the way slightly.
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Thagomizer
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Location: MA
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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| AbominableSnoCone wrote: | | Serissa wrote: | | ajs_line_of_silver wrote: |
There is nothing wrong with 3 ed if you are a brain dead monkey. Is this not a RP thread or do you mean something different?
Any one play white wolf? |
I meant actually RPing in a thread. |
I dunno if that'd work, although I've heard of people doing it in chatrooms. but if like Joe Lurker has joined in the game with us and its his turn to attack, but then he doesn't visit wrongplanet for a month... that kinda kills the game |
I don't run RPGs in chatrooms, and I've actually become quite used to RPG based games run in forum threads. What we'd do is set up a thread for discussion of the game where everyone would post their stats etc., and another one in which the game would actually progress. I liked the convenience of being able to take my time and consider player actions before posting,and the permenancy of the thread game for reference. It worked quite well. I ran an AD&D game with three players for six months and everyone was rahter caught up in it toward the end. Of course, school and other less important distractions interefered and prevented us from going much further in the years that followed, but still.
I made it perfectly clear at the start of each game thread that I only wanted players to post, but occasionally a spammer would disrupt with an incongruous message. When that happened, I just reported it to a mod and it was deleted. They were pretty understanding about it too.
I could run a game with AD&D (preferred, as I'm most familiar with it), GURPS, or Palladium rules. I don't have enough WoD material to work with, and I do not GM 3e. I was also thinking of creating a system that would be sort of like a cross between GURPS and the Fallout S.P.E.C.I.A.L. system, but have never worked it out.
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AbominableSnoCone
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If you've done it before, I am all for it.
but I am warning you that I'll occasionally have days like this one where I'm gone from 10 in the morning to 4 the next morning 
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Serissa
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| I second abonomablesnocone. |
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airbikecop
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I'm not an RPG fan, but if I see one cheap I'll buy it. And maybe play it for a bit.
Who can pass up a mint copy of Legend of Oasis for the Sega Saturn for $3? It usually goes for $20+ |
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Namiko
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I've done RPs in threads before. It usually works best on a forum, especially if everyone else is not the same time zone. It is also fun to RP in a group sitting around a table. 
I've participated in too many of them to count over the past three years (when I first started) and have even led a couple of them, both fantasy and real-life based ones. Do you think we could try and organize a RP with people from WP? That would be cool...
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Thagomizer
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I'm currently trying to contact a friend whom I think would make a good addition to the game. He may not want to play on the boards (we were originally planning a pen & paper game for him) but if he does I guess we'd start a new forum or something for RPG threads.
I'm also going to have to write up a fairly extensive summary of rules involving details of the intended setting, rules, races, alignment, classes, weapons, and the like for use in stickeyed reference threads.
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Namiko
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Coolness. Just to let you know, I was extremely bored a few mornings ago, so I set up a forum that we can use. Let me know if you want the URL.
Is it going to be similar to dungeons-and-dragons as far as classes and races go? I'm familiar with the basic classes (ranger, paladin, mage, druid, cleric, etc.) and with the typical races (elf, dwarf, gnome, human, halfling, half-elf, orc).
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| It appears said game is being prepared... follow Namiko's webbie! |
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CuriousPrimate
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| Thagomizer wrote: | | I could run a game with AD&D ... |
I'd love to play a game of AD&D - I used to GM games on a Friday evening when I was a teacher (it was a boarding school). We played AD&D, Werewolf, Deadlands (anyone know Deadlands?), Paranoia, and WarHammer. (Just looking for a good excuse to dig out all the old manuals and stuff...) |
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Slipperman
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I love RPG's! I'm particularly partial to Morrowind and NeverWinter Nights, myself...especially since you could create your own stuff for the games 
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dgd1788
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| I mostly play them because they bring me to a world that does'nt exist. Where I can expound upon my imagination. I used to play pretend games in fourth grade and led a whole bunch of people to play them with me. Though there were alot of idiots making fun of us, I didn't care, I was having fun escaping and/or embarking to new worlds that I created. |
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