[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. -- posted from PBEM News - PBEM listings and announcements Reply to this post at http://www.pbemnews.org Up