New: Ill Met in Lankhmar (free, closed-ended, email, www, human, fantasy, rpg) From: lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 20:13:18 +0000 Name: Ill Met in Lankhmar URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lankhmar_pbem/ Frequency: twice per week Email: spiro51@hotmail.com Type: urban fantasy Last-Update: 2002Mar10 Keywords: free, closed-ended, email, www, human, fantasy, rpg Description: Our play-by-e-mail game is set in Fritz Leiber's classic fantasy city, Lankhmar: the city of Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser, a city of warring guilds, gangs, black markets and thievery. The events of the game take place during a single night in the Tenderloin District. Rules/Info: Chaosium's "Elric!" rules are the basis, but simplification and the beyond-the-grave-influence of first edition AD&D make it something of a hybrid, but very rules-lite. You don't need any sourcebooks. It's an urban, low-fantasy, approaching-zero-magic game with an emphasis on logic, conspiracy, and deadly streetfighting. The urban skill-list ranges from "Mark Cards" to "Animals Like Me" to "Navigate Rooftops". All PCs are rogues and criminals of one stripe or another, but the game has stabilized to the point where all PCs are established: you either replace a player in an active PC's shoes or fill a role that's already woven into the complicated events of the plot but needs a person to make it go! [ This is a new entry for the PBM List. You can find the list itself, and instructions for adding games or comments, at http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/pbm_list/ -- greg ] Up