Roleplay roleplaying. ((O.o))

[Castor]

Has anyone roleplayed their toons roleplaying? Being someone who has never played paper and pencil RP games, I do know that some of them involve dice. And as for how the paper and pencil are involved, do the other people have to see what you write?

Here's where I'm going with this: Has anyone ever played D&D with a bunch of WoW toons? Again, I don't even know if it could be pulled off because I don't know what all is involved. I just know you roll some dice (/random 1-6) :wink:

I think it'd be fun to watch a bunch of people sitting at a table in a secluded bar in old town rolling some dice and emoting whatever was happening. :lol:

You may have to be on teamspeak or vent to pull it off, but again I have no idea.

/discuss

[Daala]

*laughs* Never done it, but it could definitly work.

[Tillna]

It is d-20 moron..
That is all I know though....

[Kurohane]

The very concept of this frightens me and makes my head hurt.

<3

[Daala]

It is d-20 moron..
That is all I know though....Not always. There are d4, d6, d8, d12, d20, and d%, which is 10, 20, 30,...100.

[Kurohane]

And then the multiple rolls of the same die, depending on what you're rolling for. Oh yes, and avoid "1"s like the plague. They were the bane of my RP-existance. T_T

[Malebrignon]

Oh, man! My D&D group is all in my guild! I never once thought of doing this. Now I'm gonna have to....

The only time I recall seeing anything like this was in a Dark Sun novel about some elfling kid. He went to a bar where they gambled on a D&D type game and used his psionics to cheat so he could win.

[Xeran]

Oh, man! My D&D group is all in my guild! I never once thought of doing this. Now I'm gonna have to....

The only time I recall seeing anything like this was in a Dark Sun novel about some elfling kid. He went to a bar where they gambled on a D&D type game and used his psionics to cheat so he could win.

Someone in The Steel Brotherhood got one of these together once. I'm not sure how it turned out. Sounded like an interesting idea.

[Castor]

It is d-20 moron..
That is all I know though....Not always. There are d4, d6, d8, d12, d20, and d%, which is 10, 20, 30,...100.

I'm assuming all the "d#" is the sides on the dice? That's still doable. It's all about the /random x-y. Need a 20 sided roll? /random 1-20.

As for the d% = 10, 20,30,...100, sounds to me like that would be 10 sided die. /random 1-10 (1=10, 2=20 etc).

I had an older (couple years) neighbor friend who used to play these games and my parents were all worried because of the bad press they were getting. :roll:

I'd probably still be friends with the kid if he didn't offer to play "You show me yours and I'll show you mine." 8O I think I was 8 and he was like 11 or 12. Never talked to him again after that...

True story. :oops:

p.s. I'm not implying that everyone who plays paper/pencil/dice RP games is a pervert. Just Xeran and my niegbor. :P

p.p.s Wait a minute, Xeran lives in rochester too. Hmmm... :P

[Xeran]

p.s. I'm not implying that everyone who plays paper/pencil/dice RP games is a pervert. Just Xeran and my niegbor. :P

p.p.s Wait a minute, Xeran lives in rochester too. Hmmm... :P

Me? A pervert? Noooo.

*Hides screenshots of night elf dancing*

<.<

>.>

And yes, I think the plan was to use the random 1-# to get the die rolls. They also had a discussion on the forums to decide which campaign and books to use and the rule set and the whole nine yards.

Actually, if anyone wants to set one of these up in-game, let me know! I haven't played DnD in decades, so be prepared for many, many n00b questions.

[Imara]

All I have to say to this thread is...

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/220487?htv=12

I cast magic missile at the darkness.

[Alucian]

There were discussions in my old guild of starting a D&D campaign over TS.

I wish that had panned out. :(

[Danyxandra]

*huggles her matching dice, and pets her pewter figurines*
*covets her d100*

[Fhenrir]

I was seriously planning to write an Rp story about something like this at some point.

I'm not sure if I want to now, everyone will think I got the idea from this thread. :?

[Niethan]

That... would be fun as hell. But, yeah, you'd probably need some voice organization to really pull it off.

*gazes lovingly at her hundreds of colorful dice* Mmm, d6 cubes...

[Grisch]

*hugs his mint condition collection of 'Iron Kingdoms' books.*

I came from a heavy RP background to this game. I've had to learn that tabletop pen-and-paper RP is very different to RP in this medium. In fact I think you can barely compare the two.

While it's a great idea and I'd love to see someone try it, I doubt it could work.

[Karkarov]

Actually by todays 3.5 D&D rule set.... you only roll d20's. EXCEPT!!!! When doing damage. Many spells and weapons do differing dice of damage. Like a long sword is 1d8, but a fireball could be 3d6 or more. But the rest of the time it is always a d20, which is why D&D 3.0/3.5 is also commonly called the "D20 system". Basically all current and new Pen and Paper RPG's, with very few exceptions, use the D20 system.

[Pahana]

p.p.s Wait a minute, Xeran lives in rochester too. Hmmm... :P

As in... NY? Buffalo here! Whoa...

[Sanrin]

It actually wouldnt be too rough if ya wanted to do it...just needed to make sure everyone grasped the system. My suggestion is to move from the D20 system to the D10 system.

See, in addition to basic labels like Dungens and Dragons or Vampire, they simplified the games further by standardizing the combat systems. This made it easier to identify both the pen + paper games (and expansions) but the pc games as well...like Baulders Gate. Best of all is that all of this info is findable on the internet. Just look for pdf files of the 3.5 Players Manuel!

But the basic difference is that D20 is the most combat heavy, with less of a focus on storyline as the spellcasting. Granted, you can still have great stories with D20, but its more revolving around the talents and class then it is anything else.

D10, i found to be much more engaging and thought provoking then the hack and slash basis of D20. Only difference between the two is the fact that the D10 system uses multiple of a single dice (a ten sided dice) while the D20 utilizes many sided dice for various purposes.

[Karkarov]

What are you talking about ;p? D20 is just a rules system. D&D is only hack and slash if the guy running the game and the players want it to be.

[Sanrin]

True, but one was built with more combat in mind. The system IS what you make of it, but that doesnt change complexities that were built in for x and x a purpose. ^.^

[Osagasu]

d% is when you roll two d10s. You take the first die and tack the second one after it. In the case of two 10s (or two 0's, depending on the die), that's a roll of 100; and if the first one is 10 , then you just take the second one. Like a 10 and a 9 would be a 9. In my case my d10 shows 0-9.

Of course, if you manage to get your hands on a d100 ( o.O ) then you can use that, too.

In any case, I'd love to see a pnp-style game in WoW. Its also quite possible to write an addon to calculate rolls easier (like adding together all of the d6's or d8s in a roll). I just don't know lua for the life of me.

[Karkarov]

Actually it is easy. You can roll whatever you want in game. Like I can do a /roll 3-18 which is 3D6. In game you can accept you are rolling the proper dice, but the roll feature can just be used to generate whatever number rational you need. Like 2D8 is 2-16, 2D12 2-24, 5D4 5-20, etc etc.

[Osagasu]

Actually it is easy. You can roll whatever you want in game. Like I can do a /roll 3-18 which is 3D6. In game you can accept you are rolling the proper dice, but the roll feature can just be used to generate whatever number rational you need. Like 2D8 is 2-16, 2D12 2-24, 5D4 5-20, etc etc.

With that its just a straight roll. With more than one die it becomes more of a bell curve, with the center numbers being more likely, and that's a large part of the game's balance. /roll 10-100 over 10d10... I'd take the /roll 10-100 over the 10d10 any day, larger chance for a really high roll.

[Castor]

p.p.s Wait a minute, Xeran lives in rochester too. Hmmm... :P

As in... NY? Buffalo here! Whoa...

Yes.

[Vilmah]

Grisch: Okay, so you're walking into a dark cave.

Vilmah: What do I see?

Grisch: Nothing, it's dark.

Vilmah: I start a fire.

Grisch: With what??

Vilmah: Uhm, my dress?

Grisch: You're wearing armor!

Vilmah: Well, I wanna wear a dress.

Grisch: It says right there on your sheet that you're wearing armor! You rolled warrior, remember??

Vilmah: Oh yeah...

Grisch: Okay, so you walk into a dark cave.

Vilmah: I cast Magic Missile.

Grisch: You're a warrior!! You can't cast Magic Missile!

Vilmah: Fine then, I hurl my spear.

Grisch: Your spear hits the wall and breaks.

Vilmah: ... Can I have another one?

Grisch: No!

Vilmah: But Nojinbu's character has two weapons!

Grisch: Nojinbu rolled rogue!

Nojinbu: Can I cast Magic Missile?

Grisch: That's it, you're both eaten by a Red Dragon!! Happy now?

Vilmah: I cast Magic Missile inside of the dragon.

Grisch: Argg!!!

[Osagasu]

Grisch: Okay, so you're walking into a dark cave.

Vilmah: What do I see?

Grisch: Nothing, it's dark.

Vilmah: I start a fire.

...

Grisch: That's it, you're both eaten by a Red Dragon!! Happy now?

Vilmah: I cast Magic Missile inside of the dragon.

Grisch: Argg!!!

I'm reminded of 8-Bit theater. "Roll the Dice to see if I'm getting drunk!"

[Chavie]

I think it was an intential parody, Osa. :wink:

[Osagasu]

I think it was an intential parody, Osa. :wink:

Probably. I can be a little too dense to figure stuff like that out at first glance.

[Abric]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7521044027821122670

Butter supple loins.

[Karkarov]

Though I had seen it before it is still quite funny and pathetic so I watched it again anyway.

Yes the bell curve is a large part of D&D.... atleast it was in first edition. 3.5 rarely has anyone other than a mage rolling more than 2-3 dice. And at that level the bell curve doesnt really effect a ton. Not to mention that but you are talking about playing it out in WoW not real life, there comes a point where you would want to circumvent a certain amount of clunkieness in favor of speed I would think.

[Burgam]

I noticed all of you were focusing on D&D. Why not try something like Warhammer of Warhammer 40K? It only uses D6 ((And occasionaly a D3 or scatter roll)) The placing of units would be kind of hard to get , though.

[Karkarov]

playing a turned based strategy war game in an mmorpg would be about impossible.

(edited for clarification)

[Fhenrir]

I think it was an intential parody, Osa. :wink:

More specifically, I believe it was a parody largely based on the infamous sound clip by the Dead Ale Wives.

[Xeran]

Grisch: Okay, so you're walking into a dark cave.

...

Grisch: That's it, you're both eaten by a Red Dragon!! Happy now?

Vilmah: I cast Magic Missile inside of the dragon.

Grisch: Argg!!!

Damn it! I laughed out loud at work!

*casts magic missle at Vilmah*

*drops totems*

*bubble-hearths*

O.o

[Vilmah]

I must say, the first time I saw a Paladin bubble-hearth, I LOLed. I was on the phone with someone going "Did you see that??! They actually do that!! Oh my GOD!!"

[Xeran]

I must say, the first time I saw a Paladin bubble-hearth, I LOLed. I was on the phone with someone going "Did you see that??! They actually do that!! Oh my GOD!!"

I'll do it on occasion if I'm surrounded by mobs that may aggro while I'm trying to hearth out (ie: EPL, WPL ...) or in a place where there's a fast respawn rate.