# Anyone interested in a RPG PBeM? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2001, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511 "2001-04-27T08:05:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/61 "2001-04-30T14:09:06Z")
What the heck, I’ll play. Are we doing an attribute auction? I’ll email you shortly. I have an old Amber char I’m fond of whom I’d love to dig out of retirement. MR ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/62 "2001-04-30T14:36:24Z")
No auctions. I hate the auction and as rank newbies in the ancestreal homeland you wouldn’t be aware of each other’s abilities anyway. **Verrain** has finished his “How to Make a Character” essay for our game and I’ll have it up this afternoon after I get the graphics done. A discussion of the various Powers will hopefully go up sometime tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/63 "2001-04-30T14:42:59Z")
Oh well, I love the auction. 😉 In my games, we keep the results secret, so players are only aware of how they stand in relation to the others. No chance of starting in Shadow? MR ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/64 "2001-04-30T14:48:05Z")
Sure you can. I suspect a few people will. We’re going to have to put a cut off date on this sign up list. I’ll confer with **Verrain** and then post it. ---
**Author:** ![Cumber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@Cumber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumber)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/65 "2001-04-30T15:02:51Z")
Verrain, I think I can handle stepping into a character… I’m something of a writer and the skills overlap a bit. I don’t have any experience with it though ('puter RPGs invariably lead you to be more concerned with exploiting the game to win than with ‘becoming’ your character), and I’m a bit lacking in confidence… I expect I’ll muddle through, but any general pointers would be appreciated. 🙂 I’m more concerned with not having a clue about Amber actually (well, I’ve played ZAngband and that has Amberites in it, and the ultimate nasty is the Serpent of Chaos, but that don’t count :)), be it the style, the rules, or any of the background… how long have I got to read that book? Have I got time to finish _Alice_ first or am I popping off to the library/bookstore after my lab tomorrow? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/66 "2001-04-30T15:19:41Z")
You can read _Nine Princes in Amber_\* in an evening. These aren’t the most intense or wordy tomes I’ve ever read. I’d say read it as soon as possible. We’d like to get this started in a couple of weeks at least. That’s when my finals are over. Something else to keep in mind is that everyone’s views of Amber are different. My palace has hot and cold running water. Showers, even! Other’s have bathing rooms set aside and servants have to haul your water up. Feh. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/67 "2001-04-30T15:20:12Z")
Now that I know where my Star Wars books are, I can check to see how well it would lend itself to PBeM. Sign me up for the Amber game. ---
**Author:** ![Cumber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@Cumber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumber)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/68 "2001-04-30T15:28:30Z")
Right. Will grab it soon and read it. Tankee Arden. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/69 "2001-04-30T15:33:48Z")
Any room left for another player, or are we nearing critical mass? ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/70 "2001-04-30T15:49:29Z")
We have to let LNO in. Otherwise I’ll cry. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/71 "2001-04-30T16:06:27Z")
There will be no crying! Luckily **Verrain** is as much of a glutton for punishment as I am. **LNO** and **Jeff** , drop me an email at **[antonia.net](http://antonia.net)**. Visit the links on page one. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/72 "2001-04-30T16:27:17Z")
_sigh_ or more appropriately, you should email me at **[antonia@cowboy.net](mailto:antonia@cowboy.net)**. Excuse me. I have an HTML headache from working on the game site. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/73 "2001-04-30T17:29:09Z")
Well Arden the school blocks via a program called Bess (I just call it that damn dog since whenever you try to get somewhere you can’t go a picture of a dog shows up saying ‘Bess can’t go there’) anything not allowed is blocked which means anything that is rude and crude and known to be not the best is blocked… IE: [http://www.plif.com](http://www.plif.com) [http://www.stickdeath.com](http://www.stickdeath.com) and anything that is free sites or email(angelfire, hotmail, yahoo) is as well. It’s very annoying especially when trying to do research online because half the sites that come up are blocked. I’ll email you from my school addy and I’ll just use that (I can enter it from home too) Once summer comes though I’ll have to switch to hotmail because the school mail drops you once school is over. I need to start reading those sites now since I’m gonna be confused when we start if I don’t! I have to do class work first though… all the comps were in use during my spare so I couldn’t do anything except think my thoughts for an hour or so. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/74 "2001-04-30T17:52:52Z")
Damn. How tyrannical. Where do you go to school? Anyway. I’m still working on the Powers stuff but the [Character Creation Step-by-Step](http://www.angelfire.com/ab2/antonia/dtachc.html) is up: ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/75 "2001-04-30T18:54:52Z")
I know it is… I go to Center High (It’s a high school… I’m finishing my diploma up) I’ll take a look at the char creation thing from home tonight if I get the chance ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/76 "2001-04-30T19:19:21Z")
Ta-Da! The [Available Powers](http://www.angelfire.com/ab2/antonia/dtapowers.html) page is up. Much rejoicing. I may take a nap now. ---
**Author:** ![Verrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/46a35a/32.png) [@Verrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verrain)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/77 "2001-04-30T23:02:45Z")
Ok guys. We are announcing are time cutoff. If you wish to play in this game, you must post here or contact one of the GM’s by 10pmCST. With the people finalized, we can start to move forward. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/78 "2001-05-01T00:26:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Maeglin \* > \*\*We have to let LNO in. Otherwise I’ll cry. \*\* Yay! You’re now my bestest friend for the day. ---
**Author:** ![Verrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/46a35a/32.png) [@Verrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verrain)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/79 "2001-05-01T03:04:05Z")
No more new players will be accepted. To all of you now in the game, we look forward to seeing your character concepts and answering your questions. All those who have expressed interest should have receieved mail from Arden. If you haven’t drop her a line at [antonia@cowboy.net](mailto:antonia@cowboy.net). See you in Shadow! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511/80 "2001-05-01T04:34:24Z")
Wow. I’m working on adapting a character and, at the same time, shuffling through Amber pages looking at character profiles for guidance. Wow, some of these people’s characters are super-multi-talented/powered. And here I am, worrying about not putting too much in, I may not have enough. Or is that atypical? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-interested-in-a-rpg-pbem/63511.md?page=5)