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[Video] D&D 4e Web Tools!

Started by Blackleaf, August 16, 2007, 11:55:13 PM

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Blackleaf

August 16, 2007, 11:55:13 PM
Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m20AJvdzAdo

So. Bad. :eek:

ColonelHardisson

#1
August 17, 2007, 12:06:05 AM
I'm not a computer geek, so that doesn't look all that bad to me. Heck, I actually kinda like the way it looks.
"Illegitimis non carborundum." - General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell

4e definitely has an Old School feel. If you disagree, cool. I won\'t throw any hyperbole out to prove the point.

architect.zero

#2
August 17, 2007, 12:17:47 AM
Huh?  What's so bad about that?

That map-tiles thing actually looks very useful.  The custom character miniature builder might not be the greatest thing ever, but again, it looks marginally useful.

Sacrificial Lamb

#3
August 17, 2007, 12:28:22 AM
It looks good, like some form of "Fantasy Chess", but I don't know about playing a D&D campaign with it..:raise:

It looks like something I'd have fun fooling with a few times, and then I'd quickly grow bored with it. But who knows? Maybe it's better than I think.

Pseudoephedrine

#4
August 17, 2007, 12:37:57 AM
Looks like an online battlemap that's highly customisable and that has rolling and persistent character profiles integrated. That'd be pretty much what I'd want out of such a program.
Running
The Pernicious Light, or The Wreckers of Sword Island;
A Goblin\'s Progress, or Of Cannons and Canons;
An Oration on the Dignity of Tash, or On the Elves and Their Lies
All for S&W Complete
Playing: Dark Heresy, WFRP 2e

"Elves don\'t want you cutting down trees but they sell wood items, they don\'t care about the forests, they\'\'re the fuckin\' wood mafia." -Anonymous

Settembrini

#5
August 17, 2007, 01:43:44 AM
Huh?
WHy should I want to play online?
The Fuck?
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

Pierce Inverarity

#6
August 17, 2007, 02:21:19 AM
Wow, resolution is almost as good as Neverwinter Nights.

That was a fun game. When was it released again, 1999?
Ich habe mir schon sehr lange keine Gedanken mehr über Bleistifte gemacht.--Settembrini

Pseudoephedrine

#7
August 17, 2007, 02:31:49 AM
I'd be willing to sacrifice whiz-bang graphics for the ability to run it on an older computer.
Running
The Pernicious Light, or The Wreckers of Sword Island;
A Goblin\'s Progress, or Of Cannons and Canons;
An Oration on the Dignity of Tash, or On the Elves and Their Lies
All for S&W Complete
Playing: Dark Heresy, WFRP 2e

"Elves don\'t want you cutting down trees but they sell wood items, they don\'t care about the forests, they\'\'re the fuckin\' wood mafia." -Anonymous

Settembrini

#8
August 17, 2007, 02:35:25 AM
Evenb if it WAS the best graphics EVAR.
Why?
Me too olde to get?
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

Drew

#9
August 17, 2007, 02:40:38 AM
Quote from: SettembriniEvenb if it WAS the best graphics EVAR.
Why?
Me too olde to get?

I'm 35 and have no trouble "getting it."

What part (or parts) of the idea are causing your confusion?
 

Pseudoephedrine

#10
August 17, 2007, 02:43:58 AM
It's probably for people who don't have groups in their area, or who want to play with their chums who have moved across their country.

Frex, if I get into law school, I'm probably going to have to move a few thousand kilometres from my current crew if I go to my first choice. That's a bit awkward for a tabletop game. As well, my group has a pretty distinctive style of play (lots of PvP, to point at only the most obvious) and I don't want to get stuck with some horse vagina new DM who wants to play core-only good-only D&D just because he's the only guy around with a game.
Running
The Pernicious Light, or The Wreckers of Sword Island;
A Goblin\'s Progress, or Of Cannons and Canons;
An Oration on the Dignity of Tash, or On the Elves and Their Lies
All for S&W Complete
Playing: Dark Heresy, WFRP 2e

"Elves don\'t want you cutting down trees but they sell wood items, they don\'t care about the forests, they\'\'re the fuckin\' wood mafia." -Anonymous

Drew

#11
August 17, 2007, 02:49:04 AM
Quote from: PseudoephedrineIt's probably for people who don't have groups in their area, or who want to play with their chums who have moved across their country.

Frex, if I get into law school, I'm probably going to have to move a few thousand kilometres from my current crew if I go to my first choice. That's a bit awkward for a tabletop game. As well, my group has a pretty distinctive style of play (lots of PvP, to point at only the most obvious) and I don't want to get stuck with some horse vagina new DM who wants to play core-only good-only D&D just because he's the only guy around with a game.

Indeed, although I think one of principle attractions will be people testing new builds "in the field," as it were.
 

Pseudoephedrine

#12
August 17, 2007, 02:52:53 AM
Quote from: DrewIndeed, although I think one of principle attractions will be people testing new builds "in the field," as it were.

That's another attraction.
Running
The Pernicious Light, or The Wreckers of Sword Island;
A Goblin\'s Progress, or Of Cannons and Canons;
An Oration on the Dignity of Tash, or On the Elves and Their Lies
All for S&W Complete
Playing: Dark Heresy, WFRP 2e

"Elves don\'t want you cutting down trees but they sell wood items, they don\'t care about the forests, they\'\'re the fuckin\' wood mafia." -Anonymous

Blackleaf

#13
August 17, 2007, 06:04:11 AM
If you like this, why not just play World of Warcraft on an RP server?

Drew

#14
August 17, 2007, 06:22:33 AM
Quote from: StuartIf you like this, why not just play World of Warcraft on an RP server?

Because Insider is not a MMORPG. It's a utility for translating tabletop play into an online environment. It's designed to complement the rulebooks rather than be a game unto itself.

Have you watched the presentation clips in the other thread? The fourfold production model is explained quite clearly there.
 
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