Re: PBeM

From: soliiigm@aol.com (Sol III GM)

Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Phil said:

>Not at all, it depends how much atmosphere you want to generate in a
>turn. How many choices did you give the player in his 19 word turn (or
>whatever it was)?

hehehehe...I wondered if you would ask that.  The 19 word turn was
asking for clarification from the player.  As in "Are you sure?"  The
person in question was in our 1207 Time Frame and had just decided to
charge 10 Templars and a priest, using only a long sword and a smile.  Not
the wisest of moves for a character in his first adventure, and we do have
a policy of trying our best not to kill character's on their first
adventure.
  As a side note, the soon to be infamous '19-word-turn" was part of an
adventure that generated 2400 words last month.  I would not feel like the
gentleman was slighted.
  Atmosphere.  I agree, atmosphere is important.  A lot of the atmosphere
for Sol III is contained in the background files and in the new floor
plans and maps that we are now making available to our players.
  So here's a question.  You mentioned a horror game that you were doing
by hand mod.  What is it in the way you run your turns that causes there
to be 1000 words of new information each turn?  How far does a turn
progress?
  I ask this, due to the fact that turns in Sol III are highly
variable...They can cover anywhere from a second or two, all the way to a
week or more, depending on the situation, and what is going on at that
point in the story.  This might go a LONG way towards explaining our
differing views on turn lengths.

Eagle
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Re: PBeM
Phil Shulkind <phil@phildee.demon.co.uk>
Mon, 31 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000