Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
From: arsmith@nyx.cs.du.edu (Alan Smith)
Subject: Re: ADMIN:  How about synopses?
Message-ID: <1993Jun21.212448.29161@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
References: <1993Jun21.145045.26008@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <204v7lINN1j2@news.gac.edu>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 93 21:24:48 GMT

In article <204v7lINN1j2@news.gac.edu> mcutter@nic.gac.edu writes:
>I seem to remember seeing several attempts at this in the past.  But none of  
>them ever got going very well.  Maybe it's time for another try.
>I am volunteering to collect and post the synopeses if I get any.  Net access  
>is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so I won't have any problem there.   

Hokay, remind me to swamp your mailbox.

>Ideas and comments (and hints!) would be welcome.

Idea for posting format

[Thread Name]
First Character (adress) Second Character (NPC) Third Character (Adress)
Fourth character (General/thread NPC)

Based out of: base location.
Quest: single sentence describing task.
Synopsis: A paragraph or so describing the thread.

Example:
[NTY]
Palandun (arsmith@nyx.cs.du.edu) Ja'nis (NPC) Gunther Toodie, Dawg the Dragon,
King Glorrin (Thread NPC)

Based out of: Dragon's inn, Generica.
Quest: A description of the adventures of Palandun the Bismanian during his
stay on the continent.
Synopsis: Palandun traveled to Generica to complete his graduate studies in
biology, while there he befriended Ja'nis the warrior, who took a job under
Gunther Toodie, a Gem-merchant.  On a trip to visit the scource of Gunther's
gems, Palandun was sold into slavery, He is currently escaping and finding
a way to free the other captives.
  The thread has also encountered Jorma and Rackesh, other bismanians who
are on the continent due to running away from an abusive family and being
thrown in exile, respectively.

A note on NPCs: A plain NPC is a subordinate of the PC described just
before.  A "Thread" NPC is one useable by any member of the thread, a "General"
NPC is one useable by anyone in APDI.

I really think we should make this a Periodic Posting.