New: Rift Island (free, open-ended, email, human, space, french, german, spanish, rpg, abstract)

From: donotreply@pbm.com (PBM List Autoposter)

Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:13:02 +0000

Name:		Rift Island
Costs:		Free
Email:		sharlene79 zat mindspring.com
Frequency:		Daily or every 2 days
Type:		Sci Fi, Fantasy, Horror, RPG
Last-Update:		2006Sep16
Keywords: free, open-ended, email, human, space, french, german, spanish,
rpg, abstract

Description:

Rift Island is a tropical island paradise resort in year 2128.
(Technologically, think of the Sea Quest TV series if you�ve ever seen an
episode or two.  For those who haven�t, other Sci Fi movies and TV series
with positive spins on technology will work.  Perhaps the movie Lost in
Space will give an idea of how advanced Earth is.  Rift Island, or
Paradise Island as it is advertised in the brochures, is a resort
affordable only to the wealthy.  (It doesn�t matter HOW the clients gained
their fortunes�)  It is a large island with multiple sectors.  The terrain
is as varied as Jurassic Park.	It is over 150 square miles in surface
area.

Entertainment on the island comes in many forms, from water sports, to
hiking, dance clubs, massage parlors, hiking, and much more.  There are
also a couple much smaller islands with beaches strategically arranged for
such things as nudist colonies, as well as private getaways.  There are
sailboats, jet skis, scuba gear, ATV�s, mountain bikes, climbing gear.
You name it, if people do it for fun, it�s on the Island.

No, this isn�t an Adult game.  If you have to ask what is going on behind
those closed doors, you aren�t an adult.  Mature themes are fine.  But the
game will be rated R or M for Mature.  Graphic violence is acceptable.
This will be a human guided adventure.	Human interaction is stressed.	So
is problem solving.  Exploration is going to be a must.

You see, the game is called Rift Island for a reason.  For not long after
the Island opened for business did it simply vanish in a freakish storm.
The inhabitants of Rift Island will find themselves.  Only the horizon
will have changed radically.  For nearby they will be able to see new
islands.

Characters must be human.  No androids please.	Please make your
characters physically able-bodied.  There will be people on the Island who
are handicapped.  They may very well not survive this adventure.  I�d
prefer players be guests on the island.  But I will also entertain an
island employee as a second character.	I�m not going to limit players to
a single character.  But don�t run more than you can write for.  The total
Island population shouldn�t be extremely large.  It just opened and when I
said wealthy, I meant millionaires, people blowing their life savings, or
perhaps on a vacation paid for by an eccentric employee who can afford it.

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