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Message no. 1
From: "Leszek Karlik, aka Mike" <trrkt@*****.ONET.PL>
Subject: Re: Archetypes and templates (was Re: A little Gaming History(Wa
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 08:09:33 +0000
On 15 Mar 98, AirWisp disseminated foul capitalist propaganda by
writing:

[...]
> Yeah, but they are generic enough in the sense that Keith was trying
> to come across with ... if someone from Star Wars is playing Luke
> and someone else is playing Luke also then there is bound to be some
> form of conflict from the different rp'ing styles of the two people.

Err... Have you ever played SW? Playing Luke, Leia or Han in SW would
be the same as playing Harlequinn, Dunkelzahn or Ryan Mercury in
Shadowrun. They're all high-level NPCs. (Munchkins, all and each one
of them! ;))

Star Wars has templates like: Starfighter pilot, apprentice Jedi,
Smuggler, cynical scout, bounty hunter, rebellion soldier etc.

[...]


Leszek Karlik, aka Mike - trrkt@*****.onet.pl; http://www.wlkp.top.pl/~bear/mike;
Amber fan and Star Wars junkie; UIN 6947998; WTF TKD; FIAWOL; YMMV; IMAO; SNAFU; TANJ
Geek Code v3.1 GL/O d- s+: a19 C+++ W-(++) N+++ K? w(---) O@ M- PS+(+++) PE Y+
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Give sadists a fair crack of the whip.

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