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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules? [Previously submitted under wrong thread :( ] </LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Adam Wiggins <<A HREF="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:27:21 -0700 (PDT)</LI>
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On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Dan Shiovitz wrote:
> outcomes. F'instance, "You get a vision of a tribe of orcs attacking
> the city" and then enqueuing an event to start an orc attack three
> days later. This would provide a chance for the prophet character to
> try and warn the guards and gather up defenses into the city to
> prepare for the attack. Or not get believed, as the case may be. I
> think, though, that prophets are most interesting when they get
> visions of Big Events, which are IMO the sort of things that immortals
> ought to be scripting anyway. Sending out visions would be just
> another part of the setup (alternately, if immortals design scenarios
> like "Orc Attack" that get played several times, adding a vision onto
> the prophet queue would be just another command in the scenario).
Of course, this is the *most* fun when you randomly send your would-be
seers messages about things that *aren't* going to happen, or are slightly
wrong. (Hrm, a place for the "prophsizing" skillroll?)
Adam
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01113" HREF="msg01113.html">[MUD-Dev] Prescience Rules? [Previously submitted under wrong thread :( ]</A></strong>,
Larry Homer <a href="mailto:afn40452#afn,org">afn40452#afn,org</a>, Wed 17 Jun 1998, 17:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01118" HREF="msg01118.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules? [Previously submitted under wrong thread :( ]</A></strong>,
Dan Shiovitz <a href="mailto:dbs#cs,wisc.edu">dbs#cs,wisc.edu</a>, Wed 17 Jun 1998, 19:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01120" HREF="msg01120.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules? [Previously submitted under wrong thread :( ]</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Wed 17 Jun 1998, 23:41 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01127" HREF="msg01127.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules? [Previously submitted under wrong thread :( ]</A></strong>,
Dan Shiovitz <a href="mailto:dbs#cs,wisc.edu">dbs#cs,wisc.edu</a>, Thu 18 Jun 1998, 20:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01131" HREF="msg01131.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules? [Previously submitted under wrong thread :( ]</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Thu 18 Jun 1998, 23:31 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01132" HREF="msg01132.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules?</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Fri 19 Jun 1998, 00:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01136" HREF="msg01136.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules?</A></strong>,
Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</a>, Fri 19 Jun 1998, 04:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01139" HREF="msg01139.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules?</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Fri 19 Jun 1998, 16:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01143" HREF="msg01143.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules?</A></strong>,
Nathan F Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Fri 19 Jun 1998, 18:45 GMT
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