Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Simplicity" data-source="post: 4748850" data-attributes="member: 1496">The iPhone won't kill D&amp;D, but I do think that it will be transformed.We're already seeing it.&nbsp; 1) How do you build a character in D&amp;D 4e?&nbsp; There's two methods:a) Pull out the books, roll your dice, do the math.&nbsp; Takes about 1-2 hours.&nbsp; Difficult to explain and you need multiple books to see all of your options.b) Open the character builder and pick some options.&nbsp; Takes about 20 minutes.&nbsp; Plus, you get the power cards for free and the math is precomputed without any mistakes.2) How do you do combat in 4e:a) Keep track of combat state with miniatures.&nbsp; Keep track of player state with powercards/character sheet.b) Have an app do that for you.&nbsp; Given that we have 1b, there's really very little to prevent people from playing D&amp;D combat on a single computer hotseat style (for added fun, let it be a tablet touchscreen).&nbsp; Let the players import their character files and then take turns interacting with the screen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Simplicity, post: 4748850, member: 1496"] The iPhone won't kill D&D, but I do think that it will be transformed. We're already seeing it. 1) How do you build a character in D&D 4e? There's two methods: a) Pull out the books, roll your dice, do the math. Takes about 1-2 hours. Difficult to explain and you need multiple books to see all of your options. b) Open the character builder and pick some options. Takes about 20 minutes. Plus, you get the power cards for free and the math is precomputed without any mistakes. 2) How do you do combat in 4e: a) Keep track of combat state with miniatures. Keep track of player state with powercards/character sheet. b) Have an app do that for you. Given that we have 1b, there's really very little to prevent people from playing D&D combat on a single computer hotseat style (for added fun, let it be a tablet touchscreen). Let the players import their character files and then take turns interacting with the screen. [/QUOTE]

Verification