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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules? [Previously submitted under wrong thread :( ] </LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Richard Woolcock <<A HREF="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 00:42:35 -0700</LI>
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Dan Shiovitz wrote:
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> On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, 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!
> [..]
> > If we assume that "Prescience" in a given theme means, "Occasionally
> > sees visions that WILL occur," as opposed to "Sees visions that will
> > PROBABLY occur if things keep going the way they have been going, etc.,"
> > then you get into all sorts of knotty questions about predestination and
> > unavoidable doom versus free will and chaos theory.
> >
> > So how do you handle it when your theme requires Prescient Characters?
> [..]
>
> Suggestion #1: change the theme. seriously. there is some stuff that
> just doesn't work well without OOC negotiation, which
> most muds aren't designed around. Telepathy and
> Prescience and "Detect Lie" are examples.
I cannot disagree more. I have implemented the first and last of the
above, and have a number of ideas for implementing the second (read my
other email).
> Suggestion #2: Occasionally, immortals give visions to prescient
> characters. Prescient characters are free to do
> whatever they want with these visions, including lie
> about them. For other times, they should get good at
> making up plausibly vague prophecies.
This is one way to do it, although a rather poor way IMO. I prefer
code to be as automated as possible rather than rely on imm's to do
all the work.
KaVir.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01113" HREF="msg01113.html">[MUD-Dev] Prescience Rules? [Previously submitted under wrong thread :( ]</A></strong>,
Larry Homer <a href="mailto:afn40452#afn,org">afn40452#afn,org</a>, Wed 17 Jun 1998, 17:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01118" HREF="msg01118.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules? [Previously submitted under wrong thread :( ]</A></strong>,
Dan Shiovitz <a href="mailto:dbs#cs,wisc.edu">dbs#cs,wisc.edu</a>, Wed 17 Jun 1998, 19:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01120" HREF="msg01120.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules? [Previously submitted under wrong thread :( ]</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Wed 17 Jun 1998, 23:41 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01127" HREF="msg01127.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules? [Previously submitted under wrong thread :( ]</A></strong>,
Dan Shiovitz <a href="mailto:dbs#cs,wisc.edu">dbs#cs,wisc.edu</a>, Thu 18 Jun 1998, 20:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01131" HREF="msg01131.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules? [Previously submitted under wrong thread :( ]</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Thu 18 Jun 1998, 23:31 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01132" HREF="msg01132.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules?</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Fri 19 Jun 1998, 00:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01136" HREF="msg01136.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules?</A></strong>,
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