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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</LI>
<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>: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 16:41:29 +0000 (GMT)</LI>
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On Sun, 17 Aug 1997, Caliban Tiresias Darklock wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Aug 1997 02:47:51 PST8PDT, Matt Chatterley
> <root#mpc,dyn.ml.org> wrote:
>
> >Weight, or rather, mass, will probably fluctuate slightly if you don't
> >eat (you will eventually become emancipated,
>
> I think you mean 'emaciated'. Otherwise, slaves would merely have to go
> on hunger strikes to free themselves... which is a vastly amusing
> concept to me, and would explain why so many political prisoners do it
> ;)
*Koff* Well, now everyone knows why I elected to not continue studying
english. ;)
> >> There are other things that could be added also, although I wouldn't
> >> go so far as to code toiletries....as amusing as it would be to watch
> >> players 'nip off behind the bushes' before a fight, or wet themselves
> >> in combat if they didn't (and had recently drank a lot).
> >
> >Don't forget that well trained persons can exercise a great deal of
> >control over such bodily functions - and factor in fright. ;)
>
> You know, I had a DM once kill off an entire party in an adventure
> because he said up front 'if you don't say it, you don't do it'... and
> then about thirty minutes into the adventure, he had us all pass out and
> get eaten by a passing creature because we forgot to breathe. The same
> DM had on previous occasions had a 'constipation table' on which he
> would roll daily, to determine the state of your digestive system. He
> found the whole thing vastly amusing, particularly when members of the
> party would come down with terrible diarrhea.
The mind boggles. This is of course absurd in tabletop RPGs, but trivial
when taken in a computer environment (as long as its handled with some
modicum of reality in mind so as not to just be annoying).
> In other words, this level of detail in a game really rubs me the wrong
> way, as I have had very BAD experiences with it. I can just see it
> now...
>
> King's Throne Room
> You are in the king's throne room.
>
> King Nelgar says 'What hast thou come to ask of me?'
> You have to pee.
> >hold it
> You hold it.
> >'I must ask of you a favor, oh mightiest Nelgar of the Northern reach.
> You say 'I must ask of you a favor, oh mightiest Nelgar of the Northern
> reach.'
> You have to pee quite badly.
> >hold it
> You hold it.
> King Nelgar says 'And what wouldst thou require of me, then? Out with
> it!'
> You REALLY have to pee.
> >hold it
> You can't! You piss yourself.
> Sithgar laughs and points.
> Jirical says 'Ewwwww.'
> Belthan laughs.
> King Nelgar shouts 'An insult! Off with his head!'
> Big Buffed-Out Guard arrives from the east.
> Big Buffed-Out Guard arrives from the east.
> Big Buffed-Out Guard arrives from the east.
> Big Buffed-Out Guard arrives from the west.
> Big Buffed-Out Guard arrives from the west.
> Big Buffed-Out Guard arrives from the west.
> >'Oh shit
*Laf*
Regards,
-Matt Chatterley
<A HREF="http://user.itl.net/~neddy/index.html">http://user.itl.net/~neddy/index.html</A>
"Speak softly and carry a big stick." -Theodore Roosevelt
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00677" HREF="msg00677.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Tue 19 Aug 1997, 21:22 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00664" HREF="msg00664.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Tue 19 Aug 1997, 01:30 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00632" HREF="msg00632.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Sun 17 Aug 1997, 09:40 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00637" HREF="msg00637.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00638" HREF="msg00638.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Sun 17 Aug 1997, 15:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00642" HREF="msg00642.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Sun 17 Aug 1997, 17:47 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00646" HREF="msg00646.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Sun 17 Aug 1997, 19:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00649" HREF="msg00649.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</a>, Mon 18 Aug 1997, 01:02 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00655" HREF="msg00655.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Mon 18 Aug 1997, 17:00 GMT
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