Re: Olympia Lore Sheets for PCs

From: cedman@714-725-3177.nts.uci.edu (Carl Edman)

Date: Thu, 14 May 1992 17:17:30 +0000

M22367@mwvm.mitre.org writes
> While reviewing the 'LORE' command I noticed just about
> any Olympian entity may have a lore sheet associated with
> it.  Then I thought "Gee, who is this Dr. Pain I've been
> reading about on the net?"   Howbout lore sheets on PCs?
> Each player would submit level 0 and level 1 lore sheet
> about the character, limited to 80 or 160 characters
> each...   Maybe even lore sheets on NPCs! Level 0 might
> simply be their appearance and any major achievements
> (ie - "Killed Dr. Pain"), and level 1 might indicate who
> created the unit, when, what they are currently
> studying.

This is a great idea ! Although I would implement it slightly
differently.

Add a new command 'RUMOR object days "text"'. Using this command any
unit can spread a rumor about any other unit. This rumor would be added
to a lore sheet of for the object unit. To which lore sheet it gets
added depends on a number of factors.

1. Most importantly: Number of days the unit spends spreading the rumor
(multiplied by number of people in the spreading unit ?),

2. The distance if the spreading unit is close by to the object of the
rumor (i.e. a bonus if the spreading unit is in the same region as the
object of the rumor, a larger bonus if the object of the rumor is the
same as the spreader of the rumor).

3. The size/power of the unit about which the rumor is being spread.

The stronger the rumor is according to these factors, the lower the
lore sheet in which it appears. A very weak rumor might not be added to
the lore sheets at all.

Some momentous actions (i.e. murder of another unit, creation aso.)
should create a rumors with the appropriate strength automatically.
This might serve as a complete replacement for the faction number in
the LOOK output.

Finally, to limit the amount of storage used for rumors, rumors should
have a certain chance of dying each month. Rumors in high lore sheets
might die quickly, rumors in the level 0 lore sheet should be (almost)
immortal.

What do you think, Rich ?

Carl Edman

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Olympia Lore Sheets for PCs
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Olympia Lore Sheets for PCs
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