One-Shot Google Wave D&D Game

I've been wanting to start an online role-playing campaign for a few weeks now, but I've had a hard time deciding what medium through which to play. In the past, I've favored play-by-chat to play-by-post, but I'm wondering if play-by-post will do better with folks' busy schedules and different time zones. Also, with all the buzz about role-playing via Google Wave, I thought it might be fun to experiment with running a one-shot, play-by-post game on Wave to see how well it works. So, that's what I'm doing.


If you'd like to participate in the experiment, please email me at ego-at-anglicangeek-dot-com. I already have six interested players, so I'm hoping to gain a few more so I can run two different parties. Each party will vote to determine whether to use Basic/Expert D&D (via Labyrinth Lord), 1e AD&D (via AEC), or 3.5e D&D (via Pathfinder). The adventure will be an investigative, open-ended affair that I would expect to take 8 hours of table time (so, probably 2 or so weeks via play-by-post).


I have Google Wave invitations a-plenty if you aren't already in the Wave beta.

Labyrinth Lord House Rule: D6-Based Weapon Damage

D6-Based Weapon Damage

A House Rule for B/X D&D and Labyrinth Lord

All weapons fall into one of three weapon classes: small (S), medium (M), and large (L). Weapon damage is determined by weapon class, as follows:

Class | Damage

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    S | D6-1 [1]

    M | D6

    L | D6+1 [2]

[1] the minimum damage for a small weapon is 1

[2] unless otherwise noted, large weapons require two hands to wield

The weapons from B/X D&D and Labyrinth Lord are classified as follows:

Weapon             | Class

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axe, battle        | L

axe, hand          | M

club               | M

crossbow, heavy    | L

crossbow, light    | M

dagger             | S

dart               | S

flail              | M

flail, heavy       | L

hammer, light      | M

hammer, war        | L

javelin            | M

lance              | L

longbow            | L

mace               | M

morning star       | L

pick, heavy        | L

pick, light        | M

pole arm           | L

quarterstaff       | L

scimitar           | M

short bow [3]      | M

sling              | M

spear              | L

sword, long        | M

sword, bastard [4] | M or L

sword, short       | S

sword, two-handed  | L

trident            | L

[3] a short bow requires two hands to wield in spite of it's weapon class

[4] a bastard sword may be wielded either as a medium or large weapon; when wielded as a large weapon it requires two hands