General Discussion

[cidbahamut]

Re: General Discussion

That and trying to RP with strangers is weird, awkward and embarrassing.

[Armando]

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D&D is like FFXI: only tolerable with static parties.

That was half in jest, but for reals, one of the reasons I've never gotten into plain ol' RP is that I can't trust random strangers to RP without being Mary Sues/Marty Stus or making me facepalm.

[Yygdrasil]

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So I've been searching around on Youtube for some gameplay videos of other groups using the Roll20 system... and damn... you guys think our sessions move slowly? Check out the special needs table at the youtube channel IsItMyTurnYet1.

They recorded their 1st session in a bunch of separate 25 minute chunks. I couldn't tolerate listening to them blah blah blah, so I fast-forwarded their video... and THE MAP DIDN'T MOVE!!! Not only that... THE TOKENS DIDN'T MOVE!!! What's worse? I can't figure out for the life of me which of them is the DM.

You know your shit's messed up when nobody seems to know what's going on, nobody gives a crap about moving anything along... and the one guy who WANTS to speak in character is doing THE WORST job of it... and slowly morphs from VAGUELY SOUNDING LIKE A KNIGHT... to slurring his "British" speech to the point where nothing he says is intelligible.

[cidbahamut]

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That is insane.

[Yygdrasil]

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Hand of god... I have emailed the guy asking for permission to use it.

The 7 year maze

[Yygdrasil]

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I'll subscribe if everyone chips something in. I'll PM you all my Paypal info later today.

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In fact... just look it up via my email.

Jpotamis@gmail.com

[Jarre]

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Need to get paypal back up when new credit card comes next month wont let me add this one due to it expiring next month.

[Firewind]

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I'm pretty much broke (broke as in this week's budget has already been spent on Bills) until Friday but I can chip in then.

[Armando]

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I'd be willing to cover any leftover cost if not everyone can/wants to chip in.

[cidbahamut]

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I'd definitely be willing to chip in for the subscription if we want to use some features from it.

[Armando]

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Yyg. Yyg. You want this.

We can have this if you subscribe. Tell me where to Paypal the money and I will.

EDIT: Also, the retarded distance measurement is one of the page settings. It's set to "4th Ed" by default but you can change it to "Pathfinder/3.5 Ed Compatible" and then it'll go by the usual rules of alternating between 5 and 10 feet on diagonals.

EDIT2: Also, if you have trouble aligning maps to grid, it seems like Roll20's grid is 70x70 pixels. Shouldn't be too hard to find how big the image's grid is and how much you need to scale it (e.g. a map with 50x50 pixels per grid square needs to be 70/50 = 40% larger.) I tried it with a checkerboard image I made in GIMP and it was easy to resize it myself. Just make sure the image size is a multiple of the grid size (e.g. with 50x50 pixels per square, the image size should be multiples of 50.) EDIT3: Actually, the image size doesn't need to be a multiple of grid size. You can use Alt+Click to drag out around regardless of the grid and align it properly. It's a lot easier to just make your maps the right size though.

[Yygdrasil]

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... it's the polar opposite of my upcoming tool. Anyone that doesn't like limitations will probably appreciate the power of my tool, and those that think of my tool..."

Bahahahahahahaha

[Armando]

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Armando doesn't like it for that but I like it because the macro system is basically idiot proof and it is very easy to teach others how to set up macros for their most common rolls.

It's too limiting for me, but I think it's a good thing for one reason - it's the polar opposite of my upcoming D&D tool. Anyone that doesn't like the limitations of Roll20's macro system will probably appreciate the power of my tool, and those that think my tool is overkill will appreciate Roll20's simple macros.

It's worth pointing out that if Yyg becomes a subscriber, no one in the campaign gets that "Joining the game in X seconds" ad when you hop into the room. If something goes wonky, you can refresh in 3-5 seconds. I'd help cover the subscription for that reason alone. But mostly Roll20 is something I *wish* I could've done but would've required me to quit my job and hire a bunch of people. I want to see it succeed badly enough that I'd pay money to use it.

[Firewind]

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Yeah Armando and I introduced it to Yyg so we spent the session getting acquainted to the system

http://app.roll20.net/campaigns/deta.../yygs-campaign

The room is in the link. Basically just register there and you can hop into the room at any time. That alone is a massive advantage over Traipse as we can now access the room when Yyg is not around. Another great thing as that it has a very good macro system and because things are saved serverside, it carries over to different machines.

The macro system is very robust and lets you reference other macros so say if I want to Point Blank Sneak Attack Scorching Ray, I can do that without having to look up my generic Ranged Attack Bonus and apply all of the mods from Point Blank Shot manually and add in Sneak Attack rolls. Only disadvantage is that you can't so arbitrary mathematics with it so you can't make a permanent Power Attack or Empowered Spell macro, you have to change the values manually whenever a stat changes. Armando doesn't like it for that but I like it because the macro system is basically idiot proof and it is very easy to teach others how to set up macros for their most common rolls.

[cidbahamut]

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Not a whole lot as it turns out. We decided to just spend the night dicking around with Roll20 as an alternative to Traipse. It's looking pretty good so far.