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[Previously submitted under wr</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:adam#angel,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="msg01130.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01132.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg01127.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01132.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#01131">Author</A> | <A HREF="#01131">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#01131">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules? [Previously submitted under wrong thread :( ]</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: Prescience Rules? [Previously submitted under wrong thread :( ] </LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Adam Wiggins <<A HREF="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:27:21 -0700 (PDT)</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> On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Dan Shiovitz wrote: > outcomes. F'instance, "You get a vision of a tribe of orcs attacking > the city" and then enqueuing an event to start an orc attack three > days later. This would provide a chance for the prophet character to > try and warn the guards and gather up defenses into the city to > prepare for the attack. Or not get believed, as the case may be. I > think, though, that prophets are most interesting when they get > visions of Big Events, which are IMO the sort of things that immortals > ought to be scripting anyway. Sending out visions would be just > another part of the setup (alternately, if immortals design scenarios > like "Orc Attack" that get played several times, adding a vision onto > the prophet queue would be just another command in the scenario). Of course, this is the *most* fun when you randomly send your would-be seers messages about things that *aren't* going to happen, or are slightly wrong. (Hrm, a place for the "prophsizing" skillroll?) Adam </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="01127" HREF="msg01127.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules? [Previously submitted under wrong thread :( ]</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Dan Shiovitz <dbs#cs,wisc.edu></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01130.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: skill system</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01132.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01127.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules? 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[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 <UL> <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 <UL> <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 </LI> <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 <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01136" HREF="msg01136.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules?</A></strong>, Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</a>, Fri 19 Jun 1998, 04:10 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01139" HREF="msg01139.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, 16:16 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01143" HREF="msg01143.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules?</A></strong>, Nathan F Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Fri 19 Jun 1998, 18:45 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </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>