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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</A> (Caliban Tiresias Darklock)</LI>
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On Sat, 24 May 1997 13:35:27 PST8PDT, coder#ibm,net wrote:
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>On 23/05/97 at 10:20 PM, caliban#darklock,com (Caliban Tiresias
>Darklock) said:
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>>Actually, if properly *ahem* abstracted, this could be useful. I
>>don't think V.D. is terribly appropriate... but the birth/death cycle
>>is sort of a cool idea.
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>There was a fairly extensive posts on r.g.m.* a while ago (month or
>two) for a proposal centreed on this very concept. As I recall his
>key concept was awarding each new player a fixed number of "chronous"
>(cf chronon?) which they could then spend on character development.
There was a game by the name of Man, Myth, and Magic which was very very
nice... had a cool reincarnation concept and 'distant memory'.
Something I've discussed with some people is the idea that when a player
dies in a game with permanent death, it's terribly demoralising to start
over at ground zero. One thing I have considered doing is allowing them
to take some credit for previous accomplishments in the form of benefits
and artificial advancement for the next character. For example, in an
AD&D game, I'd give them some form of starting experience and equipment
that allows them to hold their own in the party; in a White Wolf game,
I'd give them some portion of the experience their previous character
had earned to buy skills and whatnot; in a Cyberpunk game, I'd probably
let them start with a greater budget for cybernetic enhancements.
What are people's thoughts on this? Anyone out there doing something
similar?
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00696" HREF="msg00696.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alright... IF your gonan do DESIESE...</A></strong>,
Miroslav Silovic <a href="mailto:silovic#srce,hr">silovic#srce,hr</a>, Fri 23 May 1997, 03:36 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00704" HREF="msg00704.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alright... IF your gonan do DESIESE...</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Fri 23 May 1997, 10:54 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00707" HREF="msg00707.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Alright... IF your gonan do DESIESE...</A></strong>,
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#pollux,cs.uga.edu">greear#pollux,cs.uga.edu</a>, Fri 23 May 1997, 11:50 GMT
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Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Sun 25 May 1997, 09:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00762" HREF="msg00762.html">Starting characters (was: Alright...)</A></strong>,
Jamie Norrish <a href="mailto:jamie#sans,vuw.ac.nz">jamie#sans,vuw.ac.nz</a>, Sun 25 May 1997, 11:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00764" HREF="msg00764.html">[MUD-Dev] Starting characters (was: Alright...)</A></strong>,
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