Looking for help to run a Play by Post

CaptainApocalypso

Hey Gang! I'm a new GM here, looking to run a Skull & Shackles Play by Post.

I'm a long time table top gamer, but I'd categorize my tech proficiency as merely adequate. So, please scale back your replies accordingly.

1. My main question today is... *How* do my players and I post in sequence? Preferably with an avatar beside their post. And would we all post on the adventure log?

I've played several play by posts on Paizo's messageboards, so I could do that piece there. But if there's a way to put it all together with OP's other shiny features, that'd be great.

2. Oh, and is there a dice roller? And how does it work?

3. I'm reading very iffy things about the dynamic character sheets. For simplicity's sake, would I be better off having people manually type their stats and crunch on their character pages? Or using myth-weavers?

Thanks for any help.
CA

GamingMegaverse

1- The forums on your campaign are your best bet to do PbP.
2- There is a dice roller, located in the top right of every OP page. It does not autopost, so you may want to look at other options.
3- I am personally not a fan of DST's, as they are not included in the backup or in the wind back the clock feature.
A great campaign to steal ideas from on PbP is the current campaign of the month, "Guardians of the Frontier":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/guardians-of-the-frontier
killervp
"A God...Rebuilt":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/a-god-rebuilt
"Duskreign's First Ever COTM":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/wyrmshadow/wiki_pages/112011
"OP's COTM April 2012":http://blog.obsidianportal.com/a-god-rebuilt-aprils-cotm/

CaptainApocalypso

Many thanks for the help.

GamingMegaverse

No problem, that's why we are here!