Re: Olympia combat

From: jrives@tridom.uucp (Joel Rives)

Date: Tue, 19 May 1992 13:53:28 +0000

In article <1992May19.040028.18922@julian.uwo.ca>,
|> I was merely suggesting that NPCs could be produced in a town to defend it if
|> a player dumped X $$ to pay for their startup. It would allow a player to not
|> worry about town defense, and concentrate on merchandising. If I player wants
|> to take over a town which has no defenses, and start work there is nothing
|> stopping them. The problem with paying other PCs to defend your troops is they
|> are not quite so trustable. I would be willing to dump 5K of gold to produce
|> town guards, but I wouldn't pay another player to assume that position.

Hmmm.... Well, if i were Game Master and wanted to encourage player interaction.
I would respond to the above statement by having the NPC guard units attempt
to mimic some of the less desirable aspects you mention. What's to prevent
an NPC guard unit from being less honest than the average PC?

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References

Re: Olympia combat
jwoolsey@server.gfx.engga.uwo.ca (John J. Woolsey)
Tue, 19 May 1992 04:00:28 +0000
Re: Olympia combat
jrives@tridom.uucp (Joel Rives)
Mon, 18 May 1992 15:29:23 +0000
Re: Olympia combat
jwoolsey@server.gfx.engga.uwo.ca (John J. Woolsey)
Mon, 18 May 1992 19:07:47 +0000
Re: Olympia combat
nicholso@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Melvin H. Nicholson YBH)
Mon, 18 May 1992 21:53:20 +0000