Anyone up for some "real" D&D?

[deathbyarsenic]

Don't get me wrong, DDO is great, but I really miss playing PnP with my friends back in high school. Since PnP is not an option, as I doubt any of you are from Maine, I was thinking of an alternative.

I did this with a friend awhile back, over skype. Sure, it was not QUITE the same as in person but it was not to bad. I find email/forum to be too slow.

So, what I propose is this:

A few of us, ideally 4-6 players and 1 gm, agree to meet x times at x time. We would be on vent. Who's vent I don't know >.> Now, I have only played 3.5 but I am not opposed to earlier versions or even a hybrid style. I have heard 4 is pretty bad though >.>

What do you guys think? Sure, it will never beat sitting around a table laughing, joking, and committing acts of fantasy violence but I don't think its a horrid alternative.

18+ is really the only rule I can think of for this.

Thoughts?

[Jendrak]

This actually works, I had a group that got together pretty regular (till the DM got married). The only thing is it's really an honor system when it comes to your rolls. One thing we did was got one of those free form pages set up to post our character sheets in so every one could see it. That way gear doesn't "magically" appear. But it's really up to you.

[MarcusCole]

I'm not sure if Myth-weavers.com is still up but they had a forum with built a built in dice roller that would give a warning if it was tampered with after the fact. they have lots of other useful stuff as well (random loot generator, dungeon generator, etc.)

[enochiancub]

There is always OpenRPG.com it's a virtual table top, maps, dicerollers, figured etc etc. Handy tool to use alongside skype. And it keeps people visually stimulated and dice rolls honest.