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The Dresden Files => DFRPG => Topic started by: W1zardH@ on January 12, 2009, 10:43:45 PM
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Hi.
Is there going to be a website for forum based play?
Like something official, or maybe site-oriented around the DFRPG? Sorta like how RolePlayerGuild.com and DresdenVerse.com are set up, but exclusively for the DFRPG "Fate" system?
I don't really get to game, not a lot of people I know still do. I got a slew of Forgotten Realms books all in 3.5, I drool all over Shadowrun when ever I'm at the bookstore, but I've never sat down and really gamed before, like with people. Ya know?
Anyhow.
Cheers.
-W1zardH@
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I'll happily support that activity via a sub-board here, once the game's released.
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Somewhere, I raised the idea of having a chat room to run campaigns in, ala White Wolf's website and their suite of chatrooms for their various RPGs...
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Ooooo, even better.
Are many people out there in the same type of predicament? No one to game with in real life but are itching, fiendish-like, to get some real gaming in?
I think setting up something semi-official or at least, exclusive to the DFRPG Fate system, would be freggin wicked-awesome. It'd just be nice to have a place where people, who can't game IRL can log on and have a tiny community of forums to do stuff like game, talk about character builds or get help with campaigns they're working on.
What do you think? Is that something that can be achieved here? And if so, is it something in demand or am i just being whimsical?
Thanks.
-W1zardH@
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Well, as one of the mods of the Dresdenverse, and someone eagerly awaiting the release of the RPG, any FATE made characters are more than welcome to join. The DV is more of a collaborative writing forum than a game forum, but I want to take advantage of all the info that we'll get with the RPG.
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I tend to do most of my gaming online now, due to family commitments and a gaming group that's scattered around the country. I game using a virtual tabletop called Fantasy Grounds. It mimics the tabletop experience fairly well, as well as any online tool could do. I'm currently a player in a Spirit of the Century game. I fully intend to play or run a Dresden Files game as soon as I can get my hands on the rules and construct a character sheet for use in the tool.
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...a virtual tabletop called Fantasy Grounds...
Wow.
Looks like something I could wind-up diggin'.
If your in need of players, I'm game.
W1zardH@
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I am SO stoked for this RPG to come out!
I confess that I'm a tabletop RPG virgin, but I would gladly play (or at least attempt to play) this game.
And I think a forum for it online is a great idea.
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You know, I've found chatrooms pretty effective when it comes to playing RPGs like this.
When I do some DnD, stuff like AIM chat rooms are pretty useful, considering their virtual dice feature and whatnot.
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Any of you folks heard of MUSHes? :)
Speaking of which, there were two Dresden MUSHes in the works, anyone know what happened?
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Actually, I Mu* a lot, but I haven't heard of any Dresden mushes being set up. Or at least nothing showed up when I punched Dresden Files into Mudconnector...
But as for online gaming, by far, I've found the best programs to use are either IRC or OpenRPG. OpenRPG in particular works great for tactics heavy games, with it's provided grid, but mIRC is easier to install and run for more story focused games.
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There will be an official DFRPG MUSH, with coded rules support for running your own one-shots or campaigns in private rooms, as well as a shared public environment (i.e., the latter portion more like a traditional MUSH).
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Yay Amberyl, the original Evil Hat!
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I RP on IRC, (Usually a very freeform, non-dice based games) and have been considering lately about opening a game for Dresden Files for my friends, and people that are interested.
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There will be an official DFRPG MUSH, with coded rules support for running your own one-shots or campaigns in private rooms, as well as a shared public environment (i.e., the latter portion more like a traditional MUSH).
Iwill so totally waste half of what remains of my life there. family, the forum and the books own the other half already.
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There will be an official DFRPG MUSH, with coded rules support for running your own one-shots or campaigns in private rooms, as well as a shared public environment (i.e., the latter portion more like a traditional MUSH).
Ack! The code goddess is coming out of retirement?!?
Anyway, I've no idea what's up with Superautomagic, but City of the Mists is in the coding and building stage at the moment. We're not likely to match the book system precisely, as Lenny was coming up with some other variations when he was working with us (we're leaving him alone since he's got to concentrate on the paid work.)
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I found something that might interest table-top players:
http://www.obsidianportal.com/
Please keep in mind that I'm not a table-topper so I wouldn't know good from bad from useful, but I thought of you guys when I stumbled on it
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I already run a Dresden Files play by post on RPOL called Into the Fire. We use Wushu instead of Fate at the moment and it's working fairly well so far. 3 gms. 18 players. 1200+ posts in the first week alone. Multiple storylines.
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Which flavour of Wushu are you using, just out of curiosity?
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A personally modified one based off of the Exalted Wushu conversion. It's all posted in game.
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The one on this page?
http://wiki.saberpunk.net/Wushu/ConversionsAmpMediaAdaptations
Or another one?
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yeah. It's heavily modified but that provided the bare bones of the structure.
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Did you implement magic a lot like they did Charms? That is, do you just get to add to your roll and describe it however you want? Or did you come up with a more robust magic system?
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The first one. I wanted this to be quick and easy for online play. I wanted the least crunch I could and still emulate the setting. If you check out the game my rules are available to be read by the public.
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I looked for this by clicking the link above and then entering "Into the Fire" into the search bar and came up empty. :(
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I mentioned once before that I was planning on doing a Free Form RPG on IRC. Well... The last couple of months have been dedicated to gathering information and compiling it for a website. There's still a lot to be done as far as my own humble little RPG goes.. however... I'm hoping to be able to open sometime in July if I have players.
So... if anyone here is interested... please feel free to contact me with questions or queries for information!
We're operating on the server www.sorcery.net in a room called #DresdenVerse, and you'll find me there under Ahrrie or Gwen.
For those of you that don't know what IRC is.. visit Sorcery's homepage, or you can download the program called mIRC at www.mIRC.com and connect to the server using this code: /server irc.sorcery.net
I look forward to hearing from any potential players.... and hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes!
-Alli
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anyOne know where i can find some sites to get all the info, rules, style ,and the other tidbits to follow the games progress?
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I am working on TableTop code for TinyMUSH 3, allowing people to come into a room, type a command that initializes the code for the room to the proper RPG and then allows for the entry of character sheets, rolling of appropriate dice (against difficulties, with bonuses and penalties, etc...), TableTalk seperated from IC talk, and more.
If folk are interested in creating a side room from their OOC grid on game, when I am done, I'll be happy to deliver the code to you (with the appropriate credit in the help files and such, of course). :)
-elraver
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Anyone try out http://www.obsidianportal.com/ yet? I have heard good things and it recently won and ENnie which gives me hope. I think I will try it for my campaign that I am creating for Southwest Florida. The wiki concept seems like a good idea to me.
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I went with Wordpress.com - not a wiki, but the many themes available and flexibility in setting up the content fit my style better. I did try OP, but didn't get to evaluate its best features as they're pay-only; saw a few sites there that obviously got a lot of love & attention from their owners and they look great.
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I'm kind of interested in an online game myself. I played on various MUSHes for years (I hopped on AmberMUSH in '96 I think and played long enough to get an advanced power and more points than I could reasonably spend on my character concept). Play by post doesn't seem to work so well for me. I guess I'm more interactive than that. Combine that with a strong likelihood of moving soon and finding a local group, which would be difficult to begin with in this area, doesn't have as much appeal as it usually would.
Oh and if Amberyl ever drops back in here... Thanks for the MUSH guide. :) It takes me forever to code anything and I only know the bare-bones basics but I picked up what I know about MUSHing from that.
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I know someone at fantasygrounds has made a ruleset... I did a session last night using it and it was quite fun!