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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Caliban Tiresias Darklock <<A HREF="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 17:24:21 -0400</LI>
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clawrenc#cup,hp.com wrote:
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> In <<A HREF="msg00636.html">33f80ad0.58413259#relay,mnsinc.com</A>>, on 08/17/97
> at 08:05 AM, caliban#darklock,com (Caliban Tiresias Darklock) said:
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> >I'd suggest an 'edibility index'. Any given type of food is X percent
> >edible -- with a cook adding that percentage of his cooking skill to
> >it, and a survivalist likewise. (Poison is poison, and rotten is
> >rotten. You can't just take tree bark and turn it into a feast; if
> >it's 10% edible, you get to add 10% of your skill to it -- even the
> >best cook can never more than double the edibility. And no
> >survivalist can reasonably expect to go out and eat poison ivy for a
> >week.)
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> There are many foods which are poisonous when eaten unprepared, but
> are quite nutritious when prepared properly. I'd suggest transofrming
> the object type for these cases.
This is... quite rightly... a special case. But remember, if you have
*too many* special cases -- you're doing it wrong. ;)
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<LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] Foods (was Character evolution)</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00738" HREF="msg00738.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Foods (was Character evolution)</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Tue 26 Aug 1997, 06:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00805" HREF="msg00805.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Foods (was Character evolution)</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00812" HREF="msg00812.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Foods (was Character evolution)</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Thu 28 Aug 1997, 20:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00672" HREF="msg00672.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></strong>,
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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>,
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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>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Sun 17 Aug 1997, 15:09 GMT
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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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