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Message no. 1
From: bluewizard@*****.com (Steven A. Tinner)
Subject: Reusable NPC's (was Re: geezers)
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 18:49:13 -0500 (EST)
>> Goober- Dwarven armorer. Can get ahold of just about any weapon or gear we
>> need. We lost track of him after the Bugs hit, but have since hooked back
>> up with him. I used to have to pay him in Magic Cards (as a joke off one of
>> the cards.).
>What you - still trust a NPC who disappeared while the bug-rush? Man, you got
>a lucky GM!

Goober has a phenomenal sense of self preservation. Whever trouble strikes,
he vanishes. He maintains a mobile hover minivan stuffed with equipment for
any such eventualities. At the first sign of the bug invasion, he bolted.

>> Marie- My (Bull's) wife. A human who was a waitres at a local resteraunt.
>Hm - guess she takes a hard time, being a breeder with an orc as husband from
>all kinds of "pure human" fractions. My condolence, and whenever she's in
need
>of an extra gun to defend herself (well, actually an extra spellslinger).

Marie does get a quite a few dirty lloks when she's in public with her
family. However as far as defending herself goes, she's awfully quick with a
knee to the groin :-)

>> Xuxa- A talismonger and enchanting adept. Jonny's wife. (one of two)
>? ? ?

For those who have ever watched any Brazilian Children's TV, Xuxa is a very
popular TV host there. Johnny's player saw this young woman on TV and became
enamored of her. I converted her into an NPC he would likley meet, and they
hit it off quite well. :-)
BTW if you'd like to see pix of the real Xuxa, try doing a serach on her
name on the WWW, or check out alt.TV.xuxa - she's got her own newsgroup!

>> Becky- Former Rat shaman, not Mantis Host, leader of a sizable group of
>> Mantid in chcago. Jhonny's other wife.
>Hope for Xuxa it never gets jealous ! (Hm, maybe I should have wrote "she",
>but I'd never with a bug!)

Bull kind of skirted the issue here. Becky and Xuxa were lovers before they
ever met Johnny 99! They still remain best of friends. (Odd, I know - my
mantids are slightly different from most GM's) Couple that with the fact
that neither Johnny, nor the two women involved have the slightest morals
when it comes to sleeping around, and you can see what kind of relationship
they have :-)

>[snip]
>> Stands With A Fist- Tailspin's niece. Nice girl, good in a fight. No real
>> special abilities.
>Hm - I know the name somewhere from - where? Can someone point me to it,
>please?

SWAF is the name of the white woman raised among the native americans in the
movie "Dances with Wolves" starring Kevin Costner. What can I say, I needed
an "authentic" Indian name off the cuff, and it came readily to mind.
Besides, it does have a strong sound to it!


FAMOUS LAST WORDS
"Bad monkey! Somone should spank that monkey!"
Message no. 2
From: "Sascha Pabst" <Sascha.Pabst@**********.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
Subject: Re: Reusable NPC's (was Re: geezers)
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 14:05:10 +0000
On 25 Sep 96 at 18:49, Steven A. Tinner wrote:
[snip]
> >What you - still trust a NPC who disappeared while the bug-rush? Man, you got
> >a lucky GM!
>
> Goober has a phenomenal sense of self preservation. Whever trouble strikes,
> he vanishes. He maintains a mobile hover minivan stuffed with equipment for
> any such eventualities. At the first sign of the bug invasion, he bolted.
You are the GM, right?
Sure you tell 'em that. I'd, too.

Sascha
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Message no. 3
From: bluewizard@*****.com (Steven A. Tinner)
Subject: Re: Reusable NPC's (was Re: geezers)
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 16:04:05 -0500 (EST)
>> >What you - still trust a NPC who disappeared while the bug-rush? Man,
you got
>> >a lucky GM!
>>
>> Goober has a phenomenal sense of self preservation. Whever trouble strikes,
>> he vanishes. He maintains a mobile hover minivan stuffed with equipment for
>> any such eventualities. At the first sign of the bug invasion, he bolted.
>You are the GM, right?
>Sure you tell 'em that. I'd, too.

Drat!
You've figured it out!
Now I'll have to kill them all!!!
<evil GM grin> ;-)

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