I just had this (terrible?) idea of running a Dnd campaign but via lemmy. Im hopped up on cold medicine so maybe this wouldnt really work but i was thinking itd be like those long running chess matches. Just kinda come by and make a move whenever. Thered be a community for it and youd make a post describing your char. Then id make a thread describing the campaign setting an shit and a comment to start it off. People reply with what they wanna do, i tell em to roll or what happens.
Idk if this type of post falls under the support rule just delete if no good.
Id love to hear peoples thoughts on how to make this work or not. What would be the pain points? How to make it easier to follow along chronologically with all the threads/replies of players?
Edit: are there dice rolling bots for lemmy? It might be prudent to put a d20 roll at the end of saying what youre attempting. Otherwise the turn around from ‘i wanna do x’ ‘ok roll [skill]’ ‘i rolled a 17’ ‘heres what happens’ might be real tedious. Could also see that influencing what people say they wanna do tho…
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.
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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.
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LOOK 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.
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I reach in my jacket pocket
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
oh i saw what you did with the white house and the mailbox, but i’ve spent many hours trying to break things in inform and twine so i’m not gonna stop now. wish i knew z-machine assembly though.
awww. I never played Zork, but I’m aware of it, at least <3
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
You can’t get ye flask.
kill jester
> kill jester
You can’t see any such thing.
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kill jester
> kill jester
You can’t see any such thing.
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find jester
> find jester
You can’t see any such thing.
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10 go west; 20 goto 10
> go west
Forest
This is a forest, with trees in all directions around you.
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