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A Shout-Out To The PokeRole Project
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(02-09-2017, 02:14 PM)Dragonicstrike Wrote: A very, very brief explanation: The basis of a tabletop RPG is all in the provided rulebooks.  Gotta read through it and apply the appropriate rules depending on if you're a player or the Dungeon/Game Master (or DM/GM for short).  The DM/GM is the one who runs the show, deciding what happens based on what you roll and what the story you'll be experiencing is.

k, thx Smile
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#12
A funny explanation of D&D:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cuqqHGpRDE
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#13
(02-09-2017, 01:37 PM)Nylon Wrote:
(02-09-2017, 01:22 PM)Dragonstrike Wrote:
(02-09-2017, 09:10 AM)Nylon Wrote: ...What... is this?

Big Grin  This looks wonderful, but... what am I looking at.
sry, I feel dumb asking.

Is it a fan-game like uranium?

I really want to know.

Images of (game) play would be lovely, too!

Pokerole is a tabletop RPG type thing, like DnD.  It also happens to be one of the better and/or simpler ones I've seen recently.

I don't know too much about DnD (just visited their site).
But regardless, I downloaded the book (in adobe reader)... what now?

this looks really cool, thuogh I'm still unsure of what this is Tongue

Theatre of the mind, as I like to call it.

Tabletop RPGs predate the computer/console RPG, but since they largely built the tropes which their digital cousins were established on, there are quite a few similarities. Smiliar to most digital RPGs, you control a character and interact with a fictional world, describing their actions performed, speech and so-on-so-forth. Unlike most digital RPGs, the world is not a static one, but is controlled by the actions of a game master (or GM), whose job it is to determine the outcomes of actions performed.

Collaboratively, they work together to tell a story.

Task resolution in a traditional RPG usually relies on die rolling to determine the overall success/failure of an activity. 

Attempting to persuade someone of something unbelievable, for instance might result in the GM requesting a relatively difficult die roll or check, while performing something easy might require no check. Usually guidelines on how to conduct checks and what rolls to make are provided by the game system, with further options left to the GM.


It's not Pokeroll, but if you want a quick look at a role-playing game in action, you could check out Wil Wheaton playing the Dragon Age Tabletop Role Playing Game.
Bit more comedic than I prefer, but they're having fun, really and that's kind of the point of it.
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#14
(02-05-2017, 10:51 PM)Dragonstrike Wrote: I'd be willing to join in myself if you didn't mind having to work around a fluctuating work schedule (if it ends up not being a one-off.  Not much of an issue otherwise).  I've been wanting to try out something like this for a little while.

The hilarity of having whole bunch of players who want to play and nobody who wants to run.  Tongue
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(02-09-2017, 09:29 PM)Dies Irae Wrote:
(02-05-2017, 10:51 PM)Dragonstrike Wrote: I'd be willing to join in myself if you didn't mind having to work around a fluctuating work schedule (if it ends up not being a one-off.  Not much of an issue otherwise).  I've been wanting to try out something like this for a little while.

The hilarity of having whole bunch of players who want to play and nobody who wants to run.  Tongue

Yeah that is a tiny issue, isn't it?  Definitely something that we'll have to figure out.
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#16
I'm in the middle of a DnD session with my College mates, so after that game (If anyone is still interested at that point), I could read over the rules of the project and try being a half competent DM. Arceas, won't that be a splendid thing...?
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#17
Depending on how you're planning to run this, I'm on board. Though good lord, Time Zones are going to be a problem.
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#18
(02-13-2017, 01:02 AM)Dies Irae Wrote: Depending on how you're planning to run this, I'm on board. Though good lord, Time Zones are going to be a problem.

No kidding if we actually want to do this via some sort ofvideo or voice chat.  What time zones are we all in?  I'm on eastern time myself.
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#19
Can I still join?
Kogeki currently ability to active in battles: Anticipation.
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#20
(02-13-2017, 02:17 PM)Dragonstrike Wrote:
(02-13-2017, 01:02 AM)Dies Irae Wrote: Depending on how you're planning to run this, I'm on board. Though good lord, Time Zones are going to be a problem.

No kidding if we actually want to do this via some sort ofvideo or voice chat.  What time zones are we all in?  I'm on eastern time myself.

Singapore Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

This is going to make it hilarious. Hello from the future, by the way.
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