[PBEM News] Coilworld

From: sharlene79@mindspring-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (sharlene79)

Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:57:44 +0000

(This really is a multi genre setting, but I'll place it here for lack
of a better place.)

Let�s begin by avoiding some misunderstandings.

First, this is a game about players who find themselves a part of a VR
game called Coilworld.  Coliworld is not a game or game system you are
going to have to go out and buy.  The players are from the near
future, about 50 years or so, so computer games are considerably more
complex.

Second, I use GURPS 3rd edition as mechanics for character creation,
technology, and such.  But players will need little or no knowledge
of the system.  Neither will dice be rolled.  LOL, God doesn�t play
with dice and neither do I.  Why should you?  Role-playing is
intended to deal with most situations.  (But don�t think you can
intimidate a dragon, Fangorian lavabeast, or death machine with a
rude gesture wielding paper mache armor and weapons and expect to
live to tell the tale.  Although, if that�s the best your character
can manage, try to have it recorded for later laughs.)

Seriously, (yes I was joking about the rude gestures), this game
belongs in a multigenre setting.  All PC�s will be human � at least
in part.  Coilworld�s VR AI walks each player through a character
generation phase.  During this phase the game is a solo setting �
though it doesn�t have to be.  If I get a few players all at once, I
may have the players meet as the �players� first and roleplay the
character generation � ie as friends who knew each other in the real
world first and all bought the game with plans to join up online.
Think of this as generating a character for an online game like EQ,
Diablo, Anarchy Online � but much more complex.  The player gets to
design every aspect of their character.  The impatient ones can just
put a lot of �random� generation into their character.

The players arrive in Coilworld as their characters, taking on the
physical attributes of their character � not necessarily any
knowledge.  The characters are, after all, �level one�.  Characters
may be mystically based, superhuman, technologically advanced,
psionic, wealthy, dirt poor, etc.  Please no undead.

This will be a game of survival and exploration.  Coilworld itself is
not one world, but many.

Posting will be by Yahoo website.  I prefer players who can post
daily.  Sorry, no lurkers.
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