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The Trouble With Using D&D Rules In Videogames?

Posted by simoniker on from the cheeto-replenishment-is-near dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There's a new article on kuro5hin.org about the trouble with porting pencil and paper RPG games (such as d20 3.5) to RPG video games. One such rules-snatching video game is examined, The Temple of Elemental Evil. The article is also an introduction to a new RPG Standards Compliance system that is currently under development and will be online soon, in hopes of bridging the gap between computers and those lovable PnP evenings we all enjoy."

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  1. Google propz to the GNAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'd like to congratulate the GNAA on achieving the first position on the google search results page for gnaa. I'm sure the Greater Nashville Auburn Association will be impressed.

  2. Congratulations by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As a relative new comer to the troll crowd you have made a significant online impact - despite your aggressive tactics. Your first post work alone has ben down right stupifying. I vote GNAA Rookie of the Year.

  3. Re:There are many problems by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Tell your mom that my magic missle is ready for her.

    It's got a +9 on fat ugly bitches like her.

  4. Re:I'd disagree by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    please learn the difference between "you're" (your are) and "your" (possessive). Your 2nd lesson should include "their" "they're" "chose" "choose" "lose" "loose" "its" "it's" and a host of other illiteratisms.

  5. why did /. link this? by CavemanKiwi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Kuro5hin is a site very similar to ./ ,in the fact that a lot of the content is the discussion of an article. So a ./ discussion on a K5 article seem a bit like re-inventing the wheel.

  6. Re:I'd disagree by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Scott Helvenston, 1965 - 2004. Thank you to an American hero who died doing what he loved.

    All those mercenaries can fuck right off back to the country they came from, along with the invading army they're being paid to support.