Stratics has kicked up five different Dungeons & Dragons Online features, after seeing the MMORPG firsthand at the recent Penny Arcade Exposition. Included in the coverage are three separate reports from the event, a handful of gameplay videos, and a batch of interface images. An excerpt from one of the write-ups:
FULLY INTEGRATED DICE ROLLS RIGHT ON THE SCREEN - If there was one thing that made this game feel more like D&D than anything else out there, it was the fact that every single thing that I and other players did was the result of a dice roll that literally showed up in the bottom of the screen every time it was needed. In combat, during spot checks, when making an attempt to save against a particular attack (like poison) - everything. They even provided a specific Chat Tab so that you could go back and look at the history of your rolls in case you wanted to find out exactly how close you came to dying to a trap, etc. It was very cool to see in the interface and I really hope that this is something that stays in the game past release.
You can find all five features on their main D&D Online news page
here.
D&D Online Penny Arcade Expo Coverage 
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