ShadowSandbag
2024-01-23, 09:13 PM
Hello, and welcome to the hobby!
There is a pinned thread in the Finding Players section of the forum which has a lot of information that should be helpful, I linked that below.
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?257924-Guide-to-Play-by-Post-Games
But to answer some of your questions:
IC means "In Character" or the things that your character is saying/doing.
OOC means "Out of Character", or the things you as a player are doing.
Character Creation, Stats and Attributes will depend on which game you are playing, as will which books you will or won't need to buy.
Generally the Game Master or GM (sometimes DM for Dungeon Master) will tell you when to roll a dice to do something. It varies depending on the game, but generally you roll when something is difficult and has some chance of risk. So you won't need to roll to walk in a straight line along a path, but might have to roll if it was on a thin balance beam.
What you add to each dice roll will also depend on your character and stats. A really strong knight character will probably have a bigger bonus to when they attack then a child who has never used a sword for example.
And to your last question, if you go into the "Finding Players" section of the forum, there will be threads where people talk about the game they are planning to start and you can respond to them saying if you are interested.
Hope this is helpful!
There is a pinned thread in the Finding Players section of the forum which has a lot of information that should be helpful, I linked that below.
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?257924-Guide-to-Play-by-Post-Games
But to answer some of your questions:
IC means "In Character" or the things that your character is saying/doing.
OOC means "Out of Character", or the things you as a player are doing.
Character Creation, Stats and Attributes will depend on which game you are playing, as will which books you will or won't need to buy.
Generally the Game Master or GM (sometimes DM for Dungeon Master) will tell you when to roll a dice to do something. It varies depending on the game, but generally you roll when something is difficult and has some chance of risk. So you won't need to roll to walk in a straight line along a path, but might have to roll if it was on a thin balance beam.
What you add to each dice roll will also depend on your character and stats. A really strong knight character will probably have a bigger bonus to when they attack then a child who has never used a sword for example.
And to your last question, if you go into the "Finding Players" section of the forum, there will be threads where people talk about the game they are planning to start and you can respond to them saying if you are interested.
Hope this is helpful!