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From: Travis Casey <efindel@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 13:46:05 -0400
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
Thursday, June 27, 2002, 7:56:21 AM, shren wrote:
[snipped rummaging about the impracticality of enforcing a "character
vault" mechanism]
> That, or let players play whatever they like, which is an
> interesting concept I wonder if anyone's tried yet.
It's been done plenty of times in paper RPGs, although "GM approval"
is usually required.
Since NWN isn't out for Linux yet, I haven't picked it up and tried
it, so I'm not sure how the "run a server as a GM" stuff works.
Does the GM have authority over who can and can't play on his/her
server? If the GM does, what information does he/she have access to
in order to make that decision?
Personally, I see NWN's server mode as a semi-automated way to run a
regular D&D game -- like WebRPG or OpenRPG, but in 3-D and with a
lot more automation. Coming from a paper D&D perspective, it
doesn't matter to me whether someone got their character "legally"
-- all that matters is whether or not that character is appropriate
to the adventure being run, and whether the player is a decent
player (by which I mean someone who's going to be fun to play with,
not necessarily someone who's "better" at playing the game).
--
Travis Casey
efindel@earthlink.net
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