<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Levelless MUDs --> <!--X-From-R13: Dvpuneq Ibbypbpx <YnHveNabfcnz.qvny.cvcrk.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 11:49:20 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 3588805B.247B#dial,pipex.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.HPP.3.91.980617113449.4924A-100000#emu,micro.ti.com --> <!--X-Reference: 3587FFAB.1E1#afn,org --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Levelless MUDs</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:KaVir#nospam,dial.pipex.com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg01114.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01116.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg01112.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01225.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#01115">Author</A> | <A HREF="#01115">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#01115">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Levelless MUDs</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Levelless MUDs</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Richard Woolcock <<A HREF="mailto:KaVir#nospam,dial.pipex.com">KaVir#nospam,dial.pipex.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:50:03 -0700</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> Larry Homer wrote: > > Relating to my query of a few days back about the proper regulation of > IC Telepathy, I now would appreciate hearing about anybody's experience > with regulating IC Prescience! > > Prescience, i.e. "knowing the future," is a common talent in a variety > of pre-existing SF / Fantasy / Superhero themes, though usually the > writer tries to muddy the waters by having the "prophetic vision" be > loaded with symbolism, or only random "snapshots" of one second's worth > of something to come without knowing how it will happen or what will Well if you coded delayed actions into your mud, you might have something like: Bubba walks into the room. [Bubba types 'kill <your name>'. Bubba is more powerful than you.] You momentarily envision your corpse lying at Bubba's feet! [2 seconds later Bubba attacks] If you wanted to try something a little different, you could even totally predetermine the combat at that very moment - and have the result turned into a vision. Another idea would be to keep track of all your characters 'friends', and whenever one was in trouble have a chance of it sparking off a vision, eg: You are standing in the inn. You momentarily envision Buffy sitting by a lake, while a black form approaches her from behind. This could also be combined with information your character wouldn't normally know, for example. A tall, dark-haired man walks into the room. You momentarily envision the man standing in darkness, a coiled viper around each wrist lashing out at spectral figures which surround him. Perhaps this is the great swordsman who goes by the nickname 'snake'? ;) Finally, there is no reason why you couldn't create a number of future events that will happen to the character sooner or later, and allow those events to show up in visions. KaVir. </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="01111" HREF="msg01111.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levelless MUDs</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Holly Sommer <hsommer#micro,ti.com></LI></UL></LI> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="01112" HREF="msg01112.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levelless MUDs</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Larry Homer <afn40452#afn,org></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01114.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levelless MUDs</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01116.html">[MUD-Dev] MySQL scalability</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01112.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levelless MUDs</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01225.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levelless MUDs</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#01115"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#01115"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: Levelless MUDs</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00903" HREF="msg00903.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levelless MUDs</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Tue 09 Jun 1998, 01:49 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01086" HREF="msg01086.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levelless MUDs</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 16 Jun 1998, 22:52 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01111" HREF="msg01111.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levelless MUDs</A></strong>, Holly Sommer <a href="mailto:hsommer#micro,ti.com">hsommer#micro,ti.com</a>, Wed 17 Jun 1998, 17:01 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01112" HREF="msg01112.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levelless MUDs</A></strong>, Larry Homer <a href="mailto:afn40452#afn,org">afn40452#afn,org</a>, Wed 17 Jun 1998, 17:43 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01115" HREF="msg01115.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levelless MUDs</A></strong>, Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#nospam,dial.pipex.com">KaVir#nospam,dial.pipex.com</a>, Wed 17 Jun 1998, 18:49 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01225" HREF="msg01225.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levelless MUDs</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Fri 26 Jun 1998, 21:54 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01230" HREF="msg01230.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levelless MUDs</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Sat 27 Jun 1998, 02:19 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01119" HREF="msg01119.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levelless MUDs</A></strong>, Travis S. Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Wed 17 Jun 1998, 20:45 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01124" HREF="msg01124.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levelless MUDs</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Thu 18 Jun 1998, 18:43 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>