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PBPMap Introduction
The whole purpose of PBPMap is to be a place where RPG groups can get together and play Play By Post RPG games with a wide range of free tools.
Should you like this site and wish to run a campaign on the site then please go to the site forums and PM Than asking to set the campaign forums up for you and to create a map link. This could take a few days (but hopefully not).
If you don't want to run your game on this site but would still want to use the Web Mapper then we can create a hosted map here for you to use even though your game is being run by a different site. We bascially want to aid RPG PBP players whereever they choose to do their game postings.
Editing these wiki pages
To edit or add the pages you need to be a forum member and you should then use your forum login name and password to login (note: It is case sensitive). If you are an active forum member then you are encouraged to edit and add Wiki pages.
The Web Mapper
This is a hosted application which means you can use it 24 hours a day from this site and you don't have to download anything. This makes it great for Play By Post games. For more information about it and how to use it click the link below.
Using the PBP Designed Web Mapper
To try a demonstration of the map click the link below.
Each campaign wanting to use the Web Mapper must have a map and map link created and this can only be done by requesting it by PM'ing in the forum to site administrator 'Than' asking to set the map link. This could take a few days (but hopefully not). Than will also set-up forums to run your game in should you wish.
Dice Roller
Each of the forums on this site allows you to put dice rolling post tags in a post which allows dice to be rolled and displayed in the post.
Dice rolls are stored in the database with the post id, the number of sides, and the index within the text. This ensures that editing the post does not change a roll. Of course, there are still ways around it (such as deleting your post and retyping it), but for the most part, this should be more than enough to force people to stay honest.
Syntax of [dice] tag:
A [dice] tag may contain any number of comma-delimited rolls. Each roll contains the number of sides to the die, optionally preceded by another number and a 'd' to roll that many (as in "4d6" to roll four six-sided dice). You may also follow the number with a percent sign and a number to drop that many of low dice (so if you write "7d8%2", the result is the sum of seven eight-sided dice, but not counting the lowest two). After the drop specifier, and number of modifiers may be added. A modifier is any character among "+-/*^<>" followed by any number (floating point numbers are supported). Each modifier is evaluated in the order specified. For +, -, * and /, the appropriate mathematical operation is applied to the two numbers (with the current total being the number on. For ^, the current total is raised to the power of the value afterward (the absolute value is taken first, be careful). < makes it so that the total is lowered until equal to or less than the value given; > does just the opposite. Whitespace, including newlines, can occur anywhere except inside a number.
You can also name a dice block by writing the name of the block after an = sign in the opening tag. Individual rolls can be named by putting the name of the roll before the roll's syntax, separated by a colon. Whitespace between the first non-whitespace character of the name and the colon will be retained, except that newlines will be replaced by spaces.
Examples:
To roll 1 d20 and add +5
[dice]1d20+5[/dice]
To roll 2 d10 and subtract 2
[dice]2d10-2[/dice]
More complicated, but useful for stats:
To roll 4d6, dropping the lowest die each time, minimum of 6 (let's say) for the six abilities in D&D, you might write
[dice=Ability Scores]Str:4d6%1>6,Dex:4d6%1>6,Con:4d6%1>6,Int:4d6%1>6,Wis:4d6%1>6,Cha:4d6%1>6[/dice]
To roll a 100-sided die, double it, and take the square root, write [dice]100*2^0.5[/dice] (note the use of a fractional exponent).
