sup

hey guys

wololo

so yeah, like I said, the last D&D I actually played was 2nd ed

but willing to catch up to the latest/greatest

I'd like to play something again. I miss tabletop gaming

me too

the most recent tabletops I've played are white wolf

changeling, demon, psion

I haven't played since 2011. I never tried White Wolf, but heard great things about it. It's more story and roleplaying, and less about combat, from what I understand.

I don't know about that. The combat is reasonably simple, but how much of it there is still depends on your story teller

/ GM / DM whatever the kids are calling it these days

Correction: i played a brief campaign in 2014. it only lasted a few months. our GM was an accountant and it was tax season. he simply disappeared

lol

Yeah, that tends to happen.

so do you have any particular means of playing in mind? we gonna just use chat or?...

voip? vtt?

I can GM, but I'm not very good at creating my own adventures. I can execute pre-made adventures very well, though.

It would have to be video chat.

why video?

text based chat is very very slow

its easier to just talk, and see each other

I'd have to get a camera xD

I have a headset but not a camera

also, roleplaying is more fun when you get use body language and accents or whatever

I'll have to shop around... for the time being though I can at least participate in the audio part

well, don't shop yet. we need to put together a group and discuss logistics. its a committment to play a campaign.

I'd be able to participate in audio, but I don't think video would work out. My @ home bandwidth is shit.

okay

audio chat is good enough

Hmmm.. I wonder if I could teach Cap to roll dice for us.

That way if a player can't make it, we can still play.

(not counting the GM)

at least, that's what personal experience tells me. your mileage may vary

I would be interested

I could probably do both video and audio, although I'd prefer just audio

@Sidney probably need to PR that

sorry, PR?

Pull Request?

@Sidney yeah

though using cap is probably overkill

we gonna do any VTT stuff at all? if so that stuff usually has dice in it right?

we need a chat service that a) has a bot of some kind for dice rolls (or, use the honor system) and b) has a grid of some kind with a map so we can visualize where characters are

someone recommended one in C# chat

VTT?

i dont think SO chat is suitable

with video the map part is easy, its just a webcam facing down on a map controlled by the GM

though that's a horrendous waste of bandwidth

@Amy Roll20

i probably can't access it here, will try in a couple hours when i get home

I'm excited about the prospect of playing again, even if it's online.

Werd. A good board would be nice.

I looked at Roll20 on my phone. It looks perfect.

Haven't used it for playing, but it looks nice

It does.

neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerds

go away dweeb

ugh this chat is blinding

Inorite? What is wrong with the side bar?

well, dark theme works ok except for the sidebar

Roll20 is a very popular tool for that, but Hangouts is also quite feasible with some of its own addons. If you were going to run text-chat-focused games, this room would be sufficient, as all RPG.SE-attached chats have a dice rolling function; we've played a number of chat games around here over the years. But using a chat just for its dice function is frowned upon.