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Message no. 1
From: Hal Mangold <hmangold@*******.AC.RUNET.EDU>
Subject: What the hell is NERPS!?
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1993 15:04:08 EST
Well afterthe fifteenth billionith reference to some seperate list called
NERPS, could someone *please* explain to me what its all about? I read
this list regularly and wonder how this one got past me. If this is the
kind of list that description seems to point to, it would explain the
degradation in the usefullness of info between this year and last year.

p.s. I already know what the phrase NERPS supposedly means. I just wanna
know what the list is.

Grumpily,

Hal Mangold
Omar
hmangold@*******.ac.runet.edu
Message no. 2
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: What the hell is NERPS!?
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1993 17:04:00 -0600
On Mon, 15 Nov 1993, Hal Mangold wrote:

> Well afterthe fifteenth billionith reference to some seperate list called
> NERPS, could someone *please* explain to me what its all about? I read
> this list regularly and wonder how this one got past me. If this is the
> kind of list that description seems to point to, it would explain the
> degradation in the usefullness of info between this year and last year.
>
> p.s. I already know what the phrase NERPS supposedly means. I just wanna
> know what the list is.

Obviously you either haven't been here long enough, or didn't bother to
read the FAQ for this list, which is posted every couple of weeks.

Don't get so huffy.

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Message no. 3
From: The Deb Decker <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU>
Subject: Re: What the hell is NERPS!?
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1993 20:30:56 GMT
Keep reading. The answer is below.

> Well after the fifteenth billionith reference to some seperate list called
> NERPS, could someone *please* explain to me what its all about? I read

After fifteen billion attempts, curiosity finally did kill the cat.

> kind of list that description seems to point to, it would explain the
> degradation in the usefullness of info between this year and last year.

NERPS: for the humor-impaired.

>>Obviously you either haven't been here long enough, or didn't bother to
>>read the FAQ for this list, which is posted every couple of weeks.

But he still hasn't had his question answered.

NERPS is now the title of the list formerly known as TOM, which was set up
to help compile the various writings that will be put into a net book for
Shadowrun. Included are Archetypes, new and variant rules, spells, and
equipment, and locations adaptable to any campaign. Even though that project
is complete, the list still exists as a forum for future endeavors. Currently
we're looking at compiling NPCs, plots, and locations, among other things.

It's called NERPS because most people wanted to call it that, probably
because NERPS is for everything in Shadowrun, and this list covers just about
everything in Shadowrun.

>>Don't get so huffy.

Yeah!

J Roberson


Buttermilk: It makes a body bitter.

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