D&D 4E 4e Rpga=mmtrpg?

[pedr]

RPGA membership is currently completely free. It has been for a good few years now.

I'm pretty sure I recall Chris Tulach, RPGA Content Manager, saying that it will not be necessary to subscribe to the DI to play Living Forgotten Realms. The pretty necessary implication of what he said at that time, as I remember it, was that there would not be a fee to join the RPGA and play RPGA sanctioned events, apart from any fee that the event co-ordinator might charge.

 

[WyzardWhately]

I'm sort of curious if there will be a size limitation for the dungeons we can create and upload. I mean, given sufficient free time, someone could create an entire sub-setting (WLD, or undermountain, frex). Would it actually be able to handle that magnitude of a play space? Or is there a largest map you can create. Also, what about three dimensional stuff? The map I saw in the video was conspicuously flat. Balconies, Stairs, Ramps, Ramparts? It's a feature I'm actually pretty interested in, if it rocks enough.

 

[Darkwolf71]

RPGA membership is currently completely free. It has been for a good few years now.

I'm pretty sure I recall Chris Tulach, RPGA Content Manager, saying that it will not be necessary to subscribe to the DI to play Living Forgotten Realms. The pretty necessary implication of what he said at that time, as I remember it, was that there would not be a fee to join the RPGA and play RPGA sanctioned events, apart from any fee that the event co-ordinator might charge.

Really? Wow. Well, it's been far more than a few years since I was a member. I may have to check it out again.

 

[Henry]

Been free since at least 2001. I signed up in 1999, didn't pay in 2000 and let my membership lapse. Someone later told me that I missed being a "free" member by just that one year.

 

[Glyfair]

Been free since at least 2001. I signed up in 1999, didn't pay in 2000 and let my membership lapse. Someone later told me that I missed being a "free" member by just that one year.

My first paid membership expired the month after it went free. The timing was good because it was just enough to get the free RPGA Battlemat they sent all the paid members at the end.

 

[Majoru Oakheart]

My first paid membership expired the month after it went free. The timing was good because it was just enough to get the free RPGA Battlemat they sent all the paid members at the end.

Yeah, they never sent me mine. Not that I'm bitter or anything..

 

[Kunimatyu]

3.5 Living Greyhawk was already a MMTRPG, unless I wasn't paying attention for those two years I played...

 

[Darkwolf71]

Been free since at least 2001. I signed up in 1999, didn't pay in 2000 and let my membership lapse. Someone later told me that I missed being a "free" member by just that one year.

Heh. Yeah, well my membership lapsed sometime in... oh late 80's?

Man, I'm frakking old...

 

[Hussar]

I can really, REALLY see the DDI being driven by the RPGA. What a perfect match. Think about it. Currently I believe RPGA has about 150k members (according to what I read anyway). Get about 10% of that and you get 15 000 RPGA DDI members. Standard group of 6 (5 players+1 DM) and you get just about 2000 groups.

That's enough for a new RPGA sanctioned game to be running every 5 minutes of every day.

Basically, that means that RPGA member can pick up a D&D game any time of the day, any day of the week. Yes, those with different language issues might have a problem, but, that's fixable - just get 6 people together that speak your language.

As far as the map goes, I know that with OpenRPG, you simply link to a jpg of your map and cover it with a fog of war. Not sure if you can do that with DDI, since they are more graphic intensive, but, I can guess that RPGA modules will see DDI maps pretty quickly - either fan generated or official.

This is one aspect of 4e I'm actually excited about.