[UA] Unknown Armies Online

[Chris Uncritical]

I use Skype, dicetool, and maptool
(http://rptools.net/doku.php?id=maptool:intro).  Your mileage may
vary!

On 7/19/07, Nicholas J Ingrassellino <nick at webhse.com> wrote:
>  Something I failed to mention before was the voice component. I would most
> likely add one of the voice applications to the mix.
>
> Besides that I like the idea of having everything in a single, integrated
> place. Although I have little problem trusting the players in my current
> group (as I am the GM) as a programmer you never trust the user not to screw
> up and I think that is what is driving me to want the GM to not have to rely
> on others for information.
>
> We have seven PCs and I can not remember all their stats. Hell, even sifting
> through seven copies of character sheets while doing everything else is a
> hassle. For the GM to not only have this information at his finger tips
> without having to ask but to have a back-end system doing most of the work
> for him would be of great help.
>
> Text-based chat would most likely be the easiest of the systems to implement
> so I am not too worried about that. IRC did cross my mind but I feel it is
> too limited so facilitate the ease-of-use I would be going for in designing
> such a system.
>
> Maps, I bet, will prove to be the most complicated indeed. To create a large
> map you-- of course-- do not want to reveal the whole thing at once. To
> break it down into smaller parts and only show what you want to (or only
> what can a PC can "see" from where he is standing) would be an awesome
> feature.
>
> I could also add a plug-in API which could allow future GMs to easily add to
> my work.