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I've seen this work in a microblog format. DM would describe the scenario and people would respond with what they think the character should do. DM would choose one move (not sure if it was random or the move they found most interesting) and then explain what happened. So the story had a single character controlled by the group. It was light-hearted, low-stakes fun :)
Hope you start the community and give it a shot. Experiment to find the format that works best.
I think i will! Unfortunately cant make new comms from voyager so will have to do it tomorrow when im at the pc
This sounds like such a cool idea. Makes it super easy for anyone to participate. I hope it takes off
Sounds like play by post. Try searching for that and see if you get some inspiration.
Thats exactly what i was thinking! Was thinking of making a new comm for this called dnlemmy or dnlemmings. Should i do something with pbp in the name instead?
LemND for a name suggestion.
Yeah I think if you mention play by post in the name it will more likely attract people who will understand what it is and how to play.
Just my two pence.
oh I remember there being a literal version of this in Hungary ( Túlélők Földje ), a play-by-mail RPG where you would submit your moves on a paper form by mail and they mail you back what happens. According to wiki you could execute a series of actions every 9 days :)
West of House
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
There is a small mailbox here.
>
I cautiously approach the gazebo /s
> I cautiously approach the gazebo
I only understood you as far as wanting to inventory.
GET YE FLASK
> GET YE FLASK
You can't see any such thing.
> BUY KERREK A COLD ONE
I study the windows to see if I see anybody staring at me
> I study the windows to see if I see anybody staring at me
I only understood you as far as wanting to inventory.
>
I reach in my jacket pocket for the magical map to determine what dimension I ended up in
> I reach in my jacket pocket for the magical map to determine what dimension I ended up in
I only understood you as far as wanting to inventory.
>
I reach in my jacket pocket
LOOK INVENTORY
kill jester
> kill jester
You can't see any such thing.
>
kill jester
> kill jester
You can't see any such thing.
>
find jester
> find jester
You can't see any such thing.
>
10 go west; 20 goto 10
> go west
Forest
This is a forest, with trees in all directions around you.
>
kill trees
> kill trees
You can't see any such thing.
>
yes i can you said so just now, don't gaslight me
> yes i can you said so just now, don’t gaslight me
You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
>
This AI sucks.
It's a forest. There are trees.
It was pretty good for its day.
My only problem with Zork is that people think "xyzzy" comes from it and so when I make Adventure of Colossal Cave references, people will tell me the non-"xyzzy" stuff is wrong, and I'm like, you're just later in a different game. :P
judging by the replies I got it seems no one knows what zork is, let alone xyzzy
I don't know if there are any on Lemmy, but people have been doing play-by-post on forums for ages. It is, as you say, a much slower experience. But I did one for a few months once, and it was kind of fun as a combination of both D&D and a chance to flex the creative writing muscles. It's a different kind of roleplaying to take your time with your responses, and for even conversations to have more defined "turns".
Howd they handle dice rolling? In regards to my edit situation
a possible way to do it is to have players list the skill they want to use and have the dm roll.
It was a long time ago, but I believe they had either a dice rolling bot you'd summon, or just a dice function that would make the roll for you when you committed the post?
Fun fact! The setting for the book/TV series The Expanse started with play-by-post D&D campaigns. Early in the first book/season there's a shocking death that is based on how a cleric got written out when they dropped out of a campaign.
You walk in to some one's post. It is made of wood. Take 1D4 damage.
Can't i roll a perception check first
It was a surprise post.
I wanted to make a remindme bot at some point, but haven't gotten around to figuring out how to keep track of all comments an instance receives. Maybe I'll make one in the next few years, and then it would be easy to extend that to dice rolling as well.
@remindme@mstdn.social 3 years
You might be better off trying to get people to hop on a discord server or using an online dnd campaign service. Unless your goal is to stretch campaigns out as long as possible. Which is fun in its own right
That being said, I would probably take part in a long form dnd run
I wish to play. I've never done DnD before, and want to start.
I play via discord with a few people throughout Europe and the Americas. But we do VC and some online DnD map/character generator.
Not exactly what you're asking (I guess pretty far away from it), but we've got it to work pretty successfully.
Although if you do make some sort or post-based version, I'd be 100 % down. Feel free to dm me if you have questions/ideas.
