InvisibleCastle Is Workin' Again

[Graf]

I personally vastly prefer to actually have the roll recorded somewhere.

You'll always make a few mistakes, if you've got it "written down online" you can refer back to it.

It forces you to "manperson up" and accept being wrong from time to time (or 50% of the time in my case), but I think that's better really.

Players who can see what you're doing and why and feel comfortable asking about your math are, to my mind, happier. After all, I demand the right to see rolls and double-check stuff, why shouldn't they be able to?

 

[renau1g]

I also prefer that the players roll the dice, to me even though it's the same whether I roll the dice or the DM does, I just have a personal satisfaction of rolling.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

I personally vastly prefer to actually have the roll recorded somewhere.

You'll always make a few mistakes, if you've got it "written down online" you can refer back to it.

It forces you to "manperson up" and accept being wrong from time to time (or 50% of the time in my case), but I think that's better really.

Players who can see what you're doing and why and feel comfortable asking about your math are, to my mind, happier. After all, I demand the right to see rolls and double-check stuff, why shouldn't they be able to?

Well, usually I'll still POST the rolls, so they are recorded. Also, lately, I've taken to using a piece of paper to jot down rolls in case they need to be referred back to.

Honestly, either way is pretty similar. The only real difference in the online rolling is you have a link to post, where with physical dice you don't(...unless you took a picture of the dice, heh). Overall, I've just found it works easier to handle most of it on my end, and at the same time there are usually some players that use an online roller, too. That allows those who prefer to do their own rolling to do that(well, when the site was up...) and those who don't mind not rolling to focus on other things they enjoy more.

And really, I've never got the satisfaction from hitting a button when 'rolling' a dice as a player compared to the physical stuff. Some part of me just likes to keep the physical dice in the equation, even for a PbP. That and I'm one of those GMs who keeps a lot of rolls behind the screen anyway, so this allows that, too.

 

[nerdytenor]

I've been giving my players the option to use whatever they want - invisible castle, physical dice, or have me roll.

Anything with a re-roll mechanic is nice to have the player doing the rolling for obvious reasons.

 

[Erekose13]

When I DM I encourage players to use Invisible Castle to roll. If they don't I'll roll offline and just post results. As a player I'll follow the DMs lead. Some require IC, other encourage it, and others will do all the rolling off screen.

Oh and btw Invisible Castle is back up. Yay!

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Oh for the love of pete! Its frickin' down again!

EDIT: Now its workin'