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<LI><em>From</em>: Matt Chatterley <<A HREF="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 17:21:08 +0000 (GMT)</LI>
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On Fri, 11 Jul 1997, Jeff Kesselman wrote:
> >It depends on the game crowd you aim at, I suppose. I recently settled
> >(rather heavy handedly, admittedly) a debate among some of my wizards,
> >over whether or not the following situation should be permitted:
> >
> >A healer type character to sit in a central location and heal someone all
> >day for their 'exp' (meaning: their method to progress, whatever it be).
> >
> >Personally I see no debate here - of course it should, but with sensible
> >restrictions. You can't get good at anything but healing (and perhaps
> >dealing with people) by doing this!
>
> Or if not, there should be reasons built into the strucvture of your world
> why its not a good idea.
Right. It's basically a personal opinion - it should be doable, if its
conceivable that someone will want to do it, and sensible to implement it.
If its boring to do - presumably less people will do it, but that doesn't
really matter, unless its causing a problem in game balance, which in this
case, its certainly not.
> I basicly agree. As long as someone is not directly and seriously
> impacting the intended purpsoe of the environment they should be free to be
> as creatviue as they want in how they react to and deal with it.
Right. Thats the basic theory in motion - it's really, IMHO, the only way
to go about creating a world or environment, rather than a simplified (or
rather one-sided) game. Adventuring is there for those who wish to
undertake it - the rest of the world is there for the others.
> If they find a hole in your logic and exploit it then plug the hole.
Also quite right.
>
> >This also ties into activities such as fishing, and crafts. Of course, it
> >should be possible, but it could get quite boring if the player does it
> >literally. Fishing is actualy an exception if you get onto deep sea
> >fishing - pirates and such.
> >
>
> Well these are the kidsn of things Im encouragign players in oru design to
> do. They cant be iron miners, or even weaponsmiths (yet, it may change when
> we add AD&D proficiencies) btu they CAN make money escorting caravans or
> even organizing their own. These caravans of course though get attacked,
> which is why peoepl liek them are needed...
Yeah. Integrating economical cycles into the game introduces many, many
possible NPC functions that PCs can enjoy taking over.
Regards,
-Matt Chatterley
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"He can't stop us, we're on a mission from Glod!" - Soul Music (Pratchett)
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00094" HREF="msg00094.html">[MUD-Dev] Nation of shopkeepers</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Fri 11 Jul 1997, 09:58 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00095" HREF="msg00095.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Nation of shopkeepers</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</a>, Fri 11 Jul 1997, 12:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00098" HREF="msg00098.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Nation of shopkeepers</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Fri 11 Jul 1997, 14:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00099" HREF="msg00099.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Nation of shopkeepers</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Fri 11 Jul 1997, 14:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00100" HREF="msg00100.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Nation of shopkeepers</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Fri 11 Jul 1997, 23:21 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00102" HREF="msg00102.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Nation of shopkeepers</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sat 12 Jul 1997, 16:31 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00104" HREF="msg00104.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Nation of shopkeepers</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Sun 13 Jul 1997, 02:35 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00111" HREF="msg00111.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Nation of shopkeepers</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Sun 13 Jul 1997, 15:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00116" HREF="msg00116.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Nation of shopkeepers</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sun 13 Jul 1997, 19:30 GMT
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