Re: Role-Playing PBEM's

From: bobfry@crl.com (Robert Fry)

Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000

>	What was the adventure like?  Well written?  Did it seam like
>you were reading a generic adventure or was it more toned toward your
>character.

>	What is the system like?  Can you create your own skills and such.

>	Does anyone know where how to contact the company?

>Phil

I'd say I found the quality of the writing varied from barely mediocre to
good. It partly depended on what was happening, as well as whether or not
the GM ran his/her reply through a spell-checker. Also, the GM for my
time period changed in the middle, which hurt continuity.

The adventure I had was of encountering elves during my journey from my
starting place to London-Towne, where all the adventurers in that area
begin. I ended up rescuing a community of them and preserving the race (I
hoped) from genocide. Not bad work!

However, after all this time (1.5 yrs, remember), I had gained no skills,
and not enough money to train in any more than other newbies would have,
some of whom reported initial adventures of just a RL month or two duration.

As for the game system, it's moderately well-documented, and you can find
all the info on aol. I don't know the address offhand, but I can say that
you choose which skills to train in -- but I don't think you can invent
new ones. Given the constraints of trying to run a commercial PBEM, I
will say they do very well balancing the RP with the amount of detail and
(presumably) the time spent by the GM.

Bob

References

Re: Role-Playing PBEM's
dchrist@metronet.com (Doug Christensen)
Sun, 16 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Role-Playing PBEM's
kythyn@aol.com (Kythyn)
Mon, 17 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Role-Playing PBEM's
bobfry@crl.com (Robert Fry)
Tue, 18 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Role-Playing PBEM's
actor@telerama.lm.com (Philip R. Spagnolli)
Wed, 19 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Role-Playing PBEM's
dchrist@metronet.com (Doug Christensen)
Sun, 16 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Role-Playing PBEM's
kythyn@aol.com (Kythyn)
Mon, 17 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Role-Playing PBEM's
bobfry@crl.com (Robert Fry)
Tue, 18 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Role-Playing PBEM's
actor@telerama.lm.com (Philip R. Spagnolli)
Wed, 19 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000