Bots?

How about DM and/or PC bots. :)

That sounds like it could be an interesting idea, but what would you have them do and how would they work?

DM bot means total automation, and PC bots means complete AI. Seeing as roll20 is system agnostic, neither of these things will be available from the dev team. You are looking mentor status and a butt load of API coding.

Um... upgade and use the API? Any "bot" would need scripting, whih is what the API is. The API can subscribe to most any event that occurs in the campaign, and so you could create a bot using it.

Michael P. said: DM bot means total automation, and PC bots means complete AI. Seeing as roll20 is system agnostic, neither of these things will be available from the dev team. You are looking mentor status and a butt load of API coding. I guess I'm not completely familiar with the system agnostic principals of roll20. This idea came to me as I was trying to find a game that fits my schedule. I thought it would be cool to be able to play dungeon crawl type scenarios solo, or with NPCs. Could be good for trying out new PC builds too. Absolutely a butt load of coding though! :)

Brian said: Um... upgade and use the API? Any "bot" would need scripting, whih is what the API is. The API can subscribe to most any event that occurs in the campaign, and so you could create a bot using it. Yes, this is true. But, I would pay for the convenience of having pre-written bots available to play with 24-7! :)

Isn't that what MUDs and video games are for? Complete automation is not what pen and paper games are about. They are more for the socialization you get from a gathering of friends. The API could do most of what people want for automating purposes.

Dylan R. said: Michael P. said: DM bot means total automation, and PC bots means complete AI. Seeing as roll20 is system agnostic, neither of these things will be available from the dev team. You are looking mentor status and a butt load of API coding. I guess I'm not completely familiar with the system agnostic principals of roll20. This idea came to me as I was trying to find a game that fits my schedule. I thought it would be cool to be able to play dungeon crawl type scenarios solo, or with NPCs. Could be good for trying out new PC builds too. Absolutely a butt load of coding though! :) There are a few video games, like shadowrun returns, that do stuff like that, some of them even talk about it in terms of campaigns and let people write new campaigns, but it's not really the sort of thing you could have Roll20 reasonably doing.

Like others have hinted it sounds like you are looking for a video game. Roll20 is about playing games you normally play on a physical table with people who now don't have to actually be around the same table. You can't really have AI in tabletop games can you. Dylan R. said: Michael P. said: DM bot means total automation, and PC bots means complete AI. Seeing as roll20 is system agnostic, neither of these things will be available from the dev team. You are looking mentor status and a butt load of API coding. I guess I'm not completely familiar with the system agnostic principals of roll20. This idea came to me as I was trying to find a game that fits my schedule. I thought it would be cool to be able to play dungeon crawl type scenarios solo, or with NPCs. Could be good for trying out new PC builds too. Absolutely a butt load of coding though! :) Roll20 has always focused on being a VTT which means you should be able to play any and I mean any tabletop / Pen&Paper game, even 100 % homebrewed games. AI would always reguire the script to be based on the rules of a specific game. As said the API should enable you to create your own scripts for your game.