New: Mysteries in San Cibola (free, open-ended, email, human, fantasy, modern, rpg)

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

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:13:05 +0000

Name:		Mysteries in San Cibola
Costs:		free
URL:		http://www.chem.ucla.edu/~iko/pbem/SanCiFront.html
Frequency:		every weekday
Email:		iko zat chem.ucla.edu
Type:		Urban Fantasy
Last-Update:		2004Jun17
Keywords: free, open-ended, email, human, fantasy, modern, rpg

Description:

Myths are real. They form the Neighborhood, whose members, Neighbors,
consist of fallen gods, elves, witches, and the like. They, however, hide
from those stuck in the mundane world, Norman. Norman sees what he wants
to sees and will come up with whatever rational explanation he can when he
comes across things that he can�t normally explain. However, if Norman
were to find out about the Neighborhood they would destroy it, as Norman
always hates what Norman doesn�t fully understand; and Norman destroys
what Norman doesn�t understand.

The players will take the role of the police of the Neighborhood, the �Order�.

I would describe this as Fables meets Top 10 if you are familiar with
modern comic books. If not, then something like: a mix of Hercules and Law
and Order. If the TV references fail, then possibly a movie reference,
Lord of the Rings mixed with any given detective movie.

There is alot of stuff in these pages, this is mostly done for flavor. If
you want to join please go to the Out of Character section and find the
Character Creation guidelines. That is all you really need to read, but if
you don't have any idea of what to play I suggest going to the World
section and looking through the Races and maybe look through the Tour
Guide.

WARNING: If your religious sensibilities can be hurt then this is not your
game. The game will examine Judeo-Christian, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and
Wiccan faiths as myths, in the same light that Greek, Native American, and
Norse mythologies are. So be forewarned.

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