Re: The question of another Pbem.

Using Battle stagies, allows for contingency plans.
It would be easy to get carried away with contingency
plans, so only allow one or two and then as matters
require you might have to stop the battle in the
middle of turn to asset a new or developing situation
that the group needs to be aware of.  I've tried
letting everyone roll and then send in their rolls and
actions.  And then have to sort through all of the
rolls and try to determine how the action went down.
This is very time consuming on the DM part.  Using a
round by round approach would slow the PBEM down to a
crawl every time there is a conflict.   You also will
run into landing parties the crew splits up, one group
could go get supplies for the ship and another group
goes to a tavern and gets into a bar fight.  The time
away from the ship my be about the same, but having to
roll for the bar fight could take a while, and then
the group that got the supplies would have to be on
stand by until the fight is completed.

A PBEM game has to be played in a different manner
than that of a table top game.  The game needs to be
played in more of a story line format, everyone is not
seating down around the table they are around the
world.  Different time zone. Different response times.


Also, do not let any of the players be the owner of
the ship, have an NPC to be owner of the ship, that
way the DM has control over the ship.  The day to day
stuff is to be run by the crew and even the planning
of events, but if the DM has encounters or a required
destination, the owner of the ship would be able to
make sure that this happens.



--- Jason Hosler <techneonate@?????.com> wrote:
> Sure, go on further.
> --- Jordan Silverton <jordansilverton@?????.com>
> wrote:
> > I suggest, for PBEM combat events should happen in
> > turns instead of rounds, otherwise the game gets
> > slowed down in the round to round fight.  You get
> > battle stragies instead of rolls (this would allow
> > you
> > to add positive or negative modifiers) and the DM
> > does
> > the rolling for all involved.

=====
Jordan Silverton - "To the Flow and Beyond"

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