TOPIC: RFID on future Dragon Orbs?

Brad Mortensen wrote:

jedibcg wrote: So the tokens would need to be unique as well so I know that this CoA is tied to me and not one of the other 9 I have.

My Hammer fell into the void with a bunch of others. Chandler had them all in his pocket. (That was the point I checked out, but that’s another story.) I knew he was handing me back the wrong one because mine had a strip of Mongo’s tape on it.

This RFID thing makes me nervous. Things move around a lot, and the tech stuff in the dungeons tends get wonky. I’m thinking of two rooms in N1 that were fun when they worked right, and frustrating AF when they didn’t. And they seemed much simpler than some things being proposed.

I’d rather have reliable mediocre effects than fragile awesome ones.

Brad Mortensen wrote:

jedibcg wrote: My Hammer fell into the void with a bunch of others. Chandler had them all in his pocket. (That was the point I checked out, but that’s another story.) I knew he was handing me back the wrong one because mine had a strip of Mongo’s tape on it.

I had an idea to create a magnetized player board that could be hung on a wall near the combat table. There would be a section for each class. I could store tokens on here during combat in order to help track things, like for example if a weapon was lost it would go into your slot on the board until the end of the combat. Or if you drank a Potion Bull's Strength, it could go on your section. There could be a magnet to indicate who the paladin is guarding. You could also put non-returning thrown weapons up there, the active Bard instrument, etc.

One day I still want to make it and try it out for myself in Grind, but that hasn't happened yet. In 2019 I'll be driving to GenCon so perhaps I'll try it out then.

Wayne Rhodes wrote: If they wanted to reissue 5th level tokens with RFID and track them per player that would make sense because they should be soul bonded.

Picc wrote: At that point why not just issue a scannable token that just ties back to the player account and tells us their level, and any associated bonuses via lookup.

Mike Steele wrote: Maybe have just one token you carry with you that carries with it the data on all the tokens you have outfitted your character with.

Mike Steele wrote: Maybe have just one token you carry with you that carries with it the data on all the tokens you have outfitted your character with.

MasterED wrote: How about an RFID with an AI that just plays the game for you so you can enjoy other convention activities!

Ed

Picc wrote:

MasterED wrote: How about an RFID with an AI that just plays the game for you so you can enjoy other convention activities!

Ed