Most of my group normally uses mIRC. I use a program called Snak, because I am on a Mac. I have been running a chat based DnD game for more than 20 years.
It takes a little time to get used to it, but the overall effect is good - my group spans 4 states and 3 different time zones. At one...
While the critical fumbles happen very rarely ("1" followed by a miss), I do understand that it is not for everyone. I appreciate your candor, and hope you find a game that is a better fit.
Good luck,
-John
Some good questions.
- What is the character generation method? Point buy (how much?) or rolling? What would starting wealth be?
Stats are rolled. 4d6, drop the lowest, roll 7 times and drop the overall lowest. This typically allows for a decent set. If the whole set is crappy, you can roll...
I run an irc chat based 3.5 DnD game Friday nights (9 to 1 AM Eastern).
It is currently in a home brew setting, and house rules will be provided where they differ from core books. The game is a high level (15th), fairly high magic game. I prefer to keep everything based on the core books...