It sounds amazingly ambitious but I think it's a great idea. I especially like the registration idea as tool to protect Steven's rights. As a published writer myself, that would be very important to me. On Friday, June 7, 2002, at 12:21 PM, Starshadw at aol.com wrote: > Here are the thoughts going on in my head for this..... > > First off, everything will be accessed via a website. If wanted, a > domain name could be purchased for that – namesecure.com provides free > forwarding so even if the site started out on Geocities or such, the > domain name would forward to it. > > There would be general access (meaning anyone and everyone) to the > homepage and several intro pages. Those wanting to go further > (participate) would have to fill out a registration form. Why? > Because anyone who wants to role-play has to agree to certain things > which will protect Mr. Brust’s ownership/copyright of Dragaera and all > things Dragaeran. That was the stipulation for being able to do this > at all. This means than anything we create in connection to this RPG > does not belong to us, but belongs to him. The registration form > allows us to keep track of this and ensure that people have read said > agreement. After registering, the person receives and username and > password which lets them into the rest of the site. > > Restricted access would be to maps, PC pages, NPC pages, game system > info, etc. To try and please as many as possible as well as provide > multiple RPing experiences, I envision a “hybrid” - > > There would be a message board, for: > > Message-based games > Character Journals > Campaign Journals > FFRP between characters > OOC talk > > There would be a chat component as well: > > Could be done through mIRC which allows for dice rolling > Could be done via HellMUSH (I’m certainly not discounting any > chat-based means right now. We could definitely test it and see how we > like it) > > The chat component would allow for both “regular” (aka structured > campaigns/games using the game mechanics) and FFRP. > > The FFRP would not gain characters experience; rather, it would simply > be for personal enjoyment > > There could easily be multiple GMs running multiple games, plus all of > the FFRPing. How is this sounding to everyone? Comments, criticisms, > thoughts, ideas, objections, etc? > > -------- Read The World at the Edge of Time, my new book! http://homepage.mac.com/christurkel