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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. Re:d20? Sucks at 3.5 or any other revision. by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Troll

    WTF is wrong with d20?

  2. Re:The problem is by Halfbaked+Plan · · Score: 0, Troll

    Some of us want to play the role of a master of fighting prowess.

    That reminds me of some young 'goth chicks' who I used to hang out with a bit years back. They'd been coaxed into finally showing up at some sort of a SCA event. SCA is the Society for Creative Anacronism. Anyway, they showed up, and as is sometimes the case, the SCA event had degenerated into the tiresome 'fighting' stuff.

    The 'goth chicks' told me it 'reminded them of gym class.'

    'Powergamers' sound like fricking jocks to me.

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