castaway pbp

[infax]

Previously there was some talk about it being hard to use Combat Reflexes in a PbP as everything was bound to happen only in text. Well, this is the first time I play a PbP, but I did lurk around somewhat before joining and a happened to visit the IC thread of a couple of other PbP games.

As is referenced in garyh's "The play by post FAQ":

Q: How do I map combats for my games?

A: The most common method I've seen is using a spreadsheet program such as Excel to chart out the grid, walls and combatants, then taking a screenshot, cropping down to the relevant area, and attaching it to a post. Poke around a bit, and you'll likely find examples of this fairly quickly.

So, appearently in many PbPs it is possible to see what is going on during combat, there is a battlemat, so it is quite possible that one will have as much fun with Combat Reflexes in a PbP as in a "live" game.

I'm not saying that is the method alsih2o will use, or even if he will use any kind of visual representation, just offering some options and extra info to my fellow players.

And to avoid misunderstanding, I'm not looking forward to a fight - yet! Just aware how it could go (hey, I have no weapons, no book and 4 empty slots for my prepared spells, I'm not looking for a fight anytime soon).

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Previously there was some talk about it being hard to use Combat Reflexes in a PbP as everything was bound to happen only in text. Well, this is the first time I play a PbP, but I did lurk around somewhat before joining and a happened to visit the IC thread of a couple of other PbP games.

As is referenced in garyh's "The play by post FAQ":


So, appearently in many PbPs it is possible to see what is going on during combat, there is a battlemat, so it is quite possible that one will have as much fun with Combat Reflexes in a PbP as in a "live" game.

I'm not saying that is the method alsih2o will use, or even if he will use any kind of visual representation, just offering some options and extra info to my fellow players.

I can handle making those if alsih2o doesn't have the tools necessary to pull it off… but their could be delays in them as I don’t have all the tools I need to do it at work. (at least I don’t think so…) So while I post and chat there could be up to a 12-hour delay on making them but probably not much longer than that as I can make a template to use.

Alsih2o, if your interested in a template please let me know as I can probably do a whole piece of 8 ½ by 11 piece of paper in about 30 minutes.

I also have enough web space to keep them for a good long while. We could all have a certain color assigned to us also.

 

[infax]

Battlemaps

Hey, that's really nice of you Brother Shatterstone.

For some examples:
- Very nice combat scene, with the buildings, different colors for the player's party, the villains and the victims: http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=47265
- The exact same encounter as above, different GM: http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44029
- This one is probably scanned graph paper: http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50732

By no means am I implying those are the best examples around or the only way to go, just the first three I stumbled across on the first page today.

Hope this is of any help.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Re: Battlemaps

Hey, that's really nice of you Brother Shatterstone.

For some examples:
- Very nice combat scene, with the buildings, different colors for the player's party, the villains and the victims: http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=47265
- The exact same encounter as above, different GM: http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44029
- This one is probably scanned graph paper: http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50732

By no means am I implying those are the best examples around or the only way to go, just the first three I stumbled across on the first page today.

Hope this is of any help.

Oh it's no big deal; the first one almost looks like it was cut out. The second one (guessing French, as I’m not recognizing any non-English words in it) is very nice I'm not quite sure how they did that and if I spoke the language I would inquire as to how they did it. The third does look like scanned graph paper, and I would say either Paint shop pro or adobe for the details…. (I do have PSP and a scanner so I can manage something fairly nice.)

 

[alsih2o]

Alsih2o, if your interested in a template please let me know as I can probably do a whole piece of 8 ½ by 11 piece of paper in about 30 minutes.

I also have enough web space to keep them for a good long while. We could all have a certain color assigned to us also.

don't just sit there, start drawing!

 

[Dakkareth]

Blue for me

And alsih2o, have you decided, whether I could still change my feats, although the game has already begun?

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

don't just sit there, start drawing!

Roger that.

 

[infax]

I may be a silly question, but is the lizard in the air or on the ground?

And for the actions, we may need to wait till tomorrow to get Jak's actions, checking Tumakhunter's post above on this page. So, I guess, this thread is going to see a lot of action today.

Brother Shatterstone:
If you are really interested, the GM for that french game seems to speak english fairly well. The OOC thread for that game opens with an english message so if really interested you should be able to contact him to ask how he did it.

 

[alsih2o]

Blue for me

And alsih2o, have you decided, whether I could still change my feats, although the game has already begun?

please email me where i can deal with this outside the mass chaos of this thread

the lizard is on the ground. and extending 12 feet into the air

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

We really need a map now also.... I am at work and it won't be done in till I can get home and do it right. Excel has different measurements for height and width. An example is a 5.5 width is about 1 and half times the same 5.5 height. I have good ole GMT today; they’re probably going to tell us how we canuse honor, courage and commitment to be better human beings....

Dakkareth, I do believe I get to chose first it being my project and my character being female... But I see no issues with you being blue, and I'll probably stick myself with pink cause it's a feminine color and as I said I have the only female.

Infax, then I will probably do that then. As for a day delay, that might not be a bad thing with the map issues. I should have been all over a map in the first place, I've been known to plot my PC progress in a dungeon with a ruler and compass. ;-)

Alsih2o, do you want me to plot everything to the best of my ability or do you want me to send you the template?