In message <199608072036.PAA10092@microlink.net>, linebacker@microlink.net writes > >Although, do you think steel is suitable to >fantasy AD&D? > Let's hope it doesn't rain! Saying that, maybe you could have a "rust" affect, which increases (worsens) the AC of steel armour after the character's been in the rain for an hour or so. Then maybe he would need to 'oil' or 'repair' his armour to return it to its former glory. Regards, Ian Stephenson +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ From goamkows@kirk.geog.sc.edu Thu, 8 Aug 96 8:50:11 EDT X-SystemInfo: MyE-Mail: EMail X-Message-No: 3587 (database) From: goamkows <goamkows@kirk.geog.sc.edu> To: circle <circle@cspo.queensu.ca> Subject: Re: [Circle] [world] names for metals Date: Thu, 8 Aug 96 13:50:00 Message-ID: <CMM.0.90.0.839508611.goamkows@janeway.geog.sc.edu> Reply-To: goamkows@kirk.geog.sc.edu (goamkows) X-POP3-Rcpt: lk4150@per Return-Path: <@QUCDN.QueensU.CA:owner-circle@cspo.queensu.ca> Received: from QUCDN.QueensU.CA (QUCDN.QueensU.CA [130.15.126.2]) by per.cybercity.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA21439 for <lk4150@krull.dk>; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 16:57:43 +0200 Received: from cspo.queensu.ca by QUCDN.QueensU.CA (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP;Thu, 08 Aug 96 08:58:51 EDT Received: by cspo.queensu.ca (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4)id IAA28608; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 08:45:06 -0500 Received: from otis.cla.sc.edu by cspo.queensu.ca (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) Received: from kirk.geog.sc.edu by otis.cla.sc.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) Received: from janeway.geog.sc.edu by kirk.geog.sc.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) Sender: owner-circle@cspo.queensu.ca Precedence: bulk actually, electrum is used in standard AD&D, but most DM's tend to ignore it :P the question regarding steel - of course they used it! in DragonLance, steel is the standard medium of exchange (steel pieces are to DL what gold pieces are to most other fantasy worlds). be sure to throw in an occasional "collector's" coin, say a copper piece that is old and rare and worth a fortune, but unless the players look closely at it, they may just spend as a regular copper... <g> i would be curious to know just how many people out there are making their muds to be as close to AD&D rules as possible ;) it sounds like quite a few, and it seems silly they should all work independantly to do exactly the same thing. of course, gotta watch out for TSR finding out... copyright infringement and all that :P +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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