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Play-by-Post

New Feature Addition · Rpg characters (heroes) · Created by Graylion
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Heroes -Characters Campaigns Play-by-Post Down-Time Side-Quests
This Play-by-Post Feature is something that I prepared about a year ago and submitted on Jira. I believe that this is a feature that is coming or strongly being considered. My purpose for posting it again on the New Feature board is to encourage greater feedback, so Dimi aka the Forge Master knows what everyone likes and hears the voices of suggestions and recommendations.
 
I only ask that if you vote for this feature request please give some feedback to what you think it should look like.
  I very much want to toss Discord out and bring to focus the power of World Anvil for Play-by-Post.
  Don't think you need Play-by-Post for your gaming group?
Play-by-Post has many uses, have you considered the possibilities?  
  • Full Play-by-Post Campaign
  • GM introducing a system or setting to a new player
  • Backstory Play
  • Side Quests
  • Wizard crafting magic items, don't waste the tables time
  • Rogue off doing sneaky town stuff, keep the table moving
  • Run multiple player intrigue threads
  • No table limit
  • No app or server limit
  • Convenient for multiple time zones to post at leisure
    •   This is the original article (very rough design) for my recommendation last year.
    Play-by-Post Feature Request

    The Team's Response

    Hasn't reached target 300 votes in 20 days - Feel free to re-suggest at a later time   Please make sure that the next time this is suggested it's a bit more clear if possible with better explanations of the sub-sections
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    Current score

    54/300 Votes · +7910 points

    Votes Cast

    • +100

      by WendyCrescent
      on 2021-04-30 00:13

    • +300

      by SableAradia
      on 2021-04-29 10:29
      I think this is a great idea. We have players who get characters in their heads, and do a lot of side rp, but we only game once a week. This is a great way in which to handle that, but still allow the GM to keep on top of what's going on.   I'd like the option of toggling the die roller on and off, in case people prefer theatre of the mind, but the option is nice (or maybe if you choose not to use them, it doesn't matter).   A side benefit of this that no one has mentioned is that this would have great potential for professional types with RPG content (Sages, etc.) Many people don't have time to run a weekly game session to play in their worlds; but they might have time to open up a few play-by-post games. I'd love to see Davina's WIRE system, Ethnis Lite, or Toblin's CD10 playtested this way! In that spirit, can I also suggest the option to choose whether a play-by-post game is public or private, since some might use it as a way to highlight and even promote their worlds?

    • +300

      by Mara Jaena
      on 2021-04-28 05:52
      The group I'm playing with has a chat dedicated to something similar for downtime in which we can engage in sidequests so that we can keep the story moving and it would be fun to see this integrated in and offering a different way to play! I have no other suggestions than it being a bit more customizable per game group but I like the suggestions made in previous comments! :)

    • +10

      by MLHammond
      on 2021-04-25 18:20

    • +300

      by Jarissa
      on 2021-04-22 21:11
      I like lengna's idea! Would this connect to a Campaign Stream, or the Hero Stream? Can I Feature a particular play-by-post thread?

    • +100

      by Burtimus
      on 2021-04-20 07:21
      I love the idea of a play-by-post game such as En Garde! by GDW.

    • +200

      by unaiboiii
      on 2021-04-20 04:04

    • +10

      by dwparish
      on 2021-04-19 20:14

    • +100

      by WizardMatrix
      on 2021-04-19 01:37
      I think this would be a really good addition. Maybe have something that can state a player's timezones to help out the system as well.

    • +10

      by Beowulf68
      on 2021-04-17 14:40

    • +300

      by Tillerz
      on 2021-04-17 10:55

    • +200

      by Goddess_Of_Luck
      on 2021-04-17 09:25

    • +100

      by SuperPheemy
      on 2021-04-17 05:48

    • +50

      by DMMyali
      on 2021-04-17 00:07

    • +300

      by WaxBaby
      on 2021-04-16 20:41

    • +300

      by Shonuff
      on 2021-04-16 05:05

    • +20

      by cboliver22
      on 2021-04-16 02:26

    • +50

      by Esmer
      on 2021-04-15 17:40

    • +300

      by Nekosmash
      on 2021-04-15 15:42

    • +10

      by A Filthy Hobbit
      on 2021-04-15 15:37
      I am getting geared up to run a game that would very much benefit from a featre like this, people all over the US with characters running realms and powerful organizations. What I need it a way to keep tabs on resources and treasuries with calculations based on in game turns to adjust those numbers. I am very new to W-A and I am going to see if I can do this with the current tables configuration but would really love to see this feature.

    • +50

      by Gigaclown
      on 2021-04-15 10:15
      Lengna has a good mockup for this down below, im gonna farm some coins and vote on this later on again

    • +200

      by AlmostOrdinary
      on 2021-04-14 21:22

    • +200

      by chrisspires803
      on 2021-04-14 15:44

    • +50

      by Cirnoble
      on 2021-04-14 01:19
      Forums have been a home to play by posts for decades. i would recommend a similar format of threads, perhaps integrating the public/private system; this way unaware players can be restricted from other threads.

    • +50

      by Depledgea
      on 2021-04-14 01:13

    • +300

      by DoctorEnigmaROC
      on 2021-04-14 00:56

    • +20

      by Apostle
      on 2021-04-13 21:56

    • +300

      by SBlack202
      on 2021-04-13 16:04

    • +300

      by Invictia
      on 2021-04-12 20:24
      Honestly, lengna has a great idea for how to present it, and I would honestly like something like this or even a seperate feature like manuscripts to help manage this. My only real pain point here is how a GM could manage the play-by-post. I think there would then need to be an above post level for players to have a discussion so that it was not only and soley rp. Player communication needs to be viable to, but both player chat and character rp chat can't get in the way of each other.

    • +300

      by A Clever Lettuce
      on 2021-04-12 18:03

    • +300

      by lanxtim
      on 2021-04-12 13:43

    • +50

      by Shadow Malachi
      on 2021-04-12 02:39

    • -100

      by A Fluffy Goblin
      on 2021-04-12 01:06

    • +300

      by HituraRael
      on 2021-04-11 23:29

    • +10

      by drkhines
      on 2021-04-11 20:37

    • +300

      by thechosenone
      on 2021-04-11 18:37

    • +50

      by zeinokko
      on 2021-04-11 15:29

    • +20

      by A Wild Kitten
      on 2021-04-11 12:55

    • +300

      by therambogeeks
      on 2021-04-11 02:21

    • +100

      by Ricecake1993
      on 2021-04-11 01:14

    • +10

      by Calikat
      on 2021-04-10 23:03

    • +10

      by GMSeth
      on 2021-04-10 20:43

    • +300

      by lengna
      on 2021-04-10 11:09
      This is something I've been looking forward to for a while now.
      Here's a presentation of my ideas on it

    • +50

      by realtrev
      on 2021-04-10 02:30

    • +300

      by Kummer Wolfe
      on 2021-04-09 21:24
      Yep, I'll definitely toss a coin to ... the feature

    • +300

      by Ademal
      on 2021-04-09 18:38
      You already have heard my pitch on this, Dimi.

    • +300

      by Rieliesza
      on 2021-04-09 17:30

    • +20

      by brass_phoenix
      on 2021-04-09 16:44

    • +20

      by hghrules
      on 2021-04-09 16:40
      This sounds like a great idea. I think it would be best carried out with access to characters, for sure- i.e. being able to use an equivalent of the discord 'tupperbox' bot, speaking in a character's voice and having the dialogue you type be displayed as "from" that character. It would also be nice to tag play-by-post games with involved characters, campaigns, world, etc, as well as to be able to place them on the timelines (this one would be really important to me, as I run a lot of wibbly-wobbly games in terms of time!).

    • +50

      by KahunaTheElder
      on 2021-04-09 15:33
      I think an integration of this would be great, especially since it allows folks in different timezones and regions to participate in a campaign.

    • +10

      by Lyraine Alei
      on 2021-04-09 14:18

    • +20

      by Hanhula
      on 2021-04-09 13:30
      I love doing PbP roleplay, especially for side stuff in my game. I do imagine there's some stuff planned already for this with one of the upcoming updates but I just wanna make my love for this known <3

    • +10

      by KajetanWrites
      on 2021-04-09 13:20

    • +50

      by soupscribbles
      on 2021-04-09 13:18

    • +300

      by Graylion
      on 2021-04-09 07:00

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