It's the thought of playing over live voicechat that actually makes me
considder buying a new mike and seeing about getting skype running again.
Play by e-mail or forum would be possible I suppose, but for me would really
negate the point of tabletop rp, namely the live player interactions with
the Gm and the other players, indeed some of the best moments i've had in rp
have all been spontanious.
For example oin our mutants game for various complicated reasons we were
trying to catch a shadow mage who had run into a cave system on a planet
ruled over by a powerful, dragon summoning warrior. Halfway through our
fight with the shadow mage, the ceiling was literally blasted apart, and the
gm made a most impressive description of the armored, caped warrior standing
atop a huge floating slab of rock descending into the cavern. He then made a
most grim speech along the lines of "Who dares! to come into tmy realm
uninvited! You shal pay!"
Instantly then I had the idea for my character to pipe up with "you don't
entertain much do you?" which of course set everyone laughing (it did get me
hit by about four different dragons at once but was worth it for the fun
factor).
Later in the same fight, I had the rather fun idea of undermining the
warrior's dragons, so I stood up and gave a speech to the effect that true
dragons shouldn't be pets to mortals. I then created an illusion, first of
one of the most impressive dragons we'd seen on our travels. Then, of a very
tiny dragon sitting by the feet of the warrior looking up at him adoringly,
with a bow around it's kneck sat next to a little plastic feeding boll
labeled "scorchy"
People actually said it was a wonderfully whacky idea, and it actually took
the dragon's out of the fight by causing them major confusion, but was one
of those instant, spir of the moment ideas that likely wouldn't come across
in any other place but real time.
All the best,
Dark.
There is always more to know, more to see, more to learn. The world is vast
and wondrous strange and there are more things benieth the stars than even
the archmaesters of the citadel can dream.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zachary Kline" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] tabletop rpgs?
I’ve been into tabletop RPGs off and on for quite a while. A few years
back I ran a campaign set in the world of Glorantha, which my players
enjoyed. I’ve been interested in getting back into the hobby lately. The
thing about RPGs is that it’s easy to fall into a place where you read
more games than you play or run. That’s where I am now.
So lately I’ve been reading a lot of different sorts of games. I can’t
commit to any kind of long term campaign, but I’d love to experiment with
one-off adventures sometime. I'd love to play.
I imagine Skype or possibly play by email is the best way to do this sort
of thing.
Just thought I’d get out there :)
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