MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 2672 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Velgarth Deities by =?iso-8859-1?q?Jasmin=20Haviland?= 2) RPG by LunaDrkwd-+AT+-aol.com 3) Re: RPG by Beckyrgreen-+AT+-aol.com 4) Re: RPG by troll-+AT+-netcomuk.co.uk 5) Re: RPG by B10nd31-+AT+-aol.com 6) Re: RPG by "Misty's Secretary" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 19:36:45 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Jasmin=20Haviland?= To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Velgarth Deities Message-ID: <20010817183645.18430.qmail-+AT+-web11608.mail.yahoo.com> To throw another wrinkle into this... Remember, the Shin'a'nin have a God too. So maybe he's Vykandis? That would make sense if the Star-Eyed is Vykandis's consort. As for the "children of my other self" comment, I think it goes with the companion as commitee theory we had a while ago. Kind Valedamar prayed to every God he could think of so it's stand to reason that Star-eyed would fall in there somewhere... especially with Karse right there... I do think that having ALL the Gods and Goddesses being the same would be awfully pat. I think it's just because the races we are dealing with are ALL surviors of the mage of silence's (whose name escapes me at the moment) army. Excepting the Empire, who has their own separate deity stucture, and Valdemar, who seems to be a mis-mash of everyone's diety. I would like to argue that there is any patron god of valdemar. The twins are ONE religion in Valdemar but hardly the only and I doubt even the most popular. I do hope some of this made sense. I'm hopped up on cold meds right now. :) Jessie ===== The Self Appointed Vice President of the "Vote Booker for Rock Boy of Summer" Campaign ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free -+AT+-yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free -+AT+-yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 17:02:45 EDT From: LunaDrkwd-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: RPG Message-ID: <12e.32e6784.28aee075-+AT+-aol.com> --part1_12e.32e6784.28aee075_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have heard rumors that Misty is coming out with an RPG (roleplaying game) but i have not been able to find any info about it at all anywhere. Does anyone know anything about this? Pax --part1_12e.32e6784.28aee075_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have heard rumors that Misty is coming out with an RPG (roleplaying
game) but i have not been able to find any info about it at all anywhere.
Does anyone know anything about this?

Pax --part1_12e.32e6784.28aee075_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 18:07:38 EDT From: Beckyrgreen-+AT+-aol.com To: Subject: Re: RPG Message-ID: I hadn't heard that rumour until now, but oh, boy would I be interested . Can I put in another plea for any available information? And in the meantime, If anyone's looking for a system that works with all the mind-magic, you could do a lot worse than to try C J Carella's 'Witchcraft' system. It's got a very good set of rules for psychic powers, most of which match up quite well with the Valdemaran mind-magic. Check out http://www.edenstudios.net/witchcraft/index.html for more information. Cheers, Becky Green. .. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 23:38:58 +0100 From: troll-+AT+-netcomuk.co.uk To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: RPG Message-ID: <2001817234210641-+AT+-netcomuk.co.uk> I'd understood for the last eight years (on the list and before that on the ABML newsgroup) that Misty was categorically refusing to produce an RPG, as well as declining to issue anyone else permission to do so, so I'd be most happy if she's finally changed her mind :) As far as game mechanics go - if she was going to use an existing system for Velgarth rather than come up with the rules/game mechanics herself - I'd recommend Rolemaster (formerly the jewel in the I.C.E. crown, not sure if anyone's supporting it anymore since I.C.E. went bankrupt a few years ago). That system would handle the mind-magic pretty well too, as well as being fairly adaptable generally. My two sheep worth... Muranog Shadowbane Troll Knight-Adept of Earth and Fire ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 19:05:12 EDT From: B10nd31-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: RPG Message-ID: --part1_f9.e4f881c.28aefd28_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit here is misty answer about a valdermar rpg from ask misty section at Firebird Arts & Music Virtual Catalog <> also i have heard no mention of misty doing a valdemar rpg in her conferance section ( dixon's vixen ) in Baen's bar at Science Fiction & Fantasy from Baen Books - Home Page so i guess it's just red herring. of course if you really wanted a valdemar rpg, then write one up ( making sure that the system isn't a rip off an other system ) send it to her agent and ask him how much it would cost to buy the license, if he okay's it ( after all he would'nt want Misty associated with a shoddy* game ) then buy the license and manufacture the game. *shoddy = english slang for a bad constrution or poorly made. Shas --part1_f9.e4f881c.28aefd28_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit here is misty answer about a valdermar rpg from ask misty section at
Firebird Arts & Music Virtual Catalog

<<A: Okay, here is the scoop on the possibility of a commercial Valdemar RPG.
We have absolutely no objection to having a commercial RPG, but so far no one
has been willing to pay the money it would take to license the property for
an RPG. It's that simple. If the gaming public displays overwhelming support
to a game company for such a game, perhaps one might consider licensing
Valdemar. Licensing rights are a valuable commodity, and are essentially in
the hands of my agent; he's not going to give them away. However, I must
point out that in terms of sheer numbers, the Lord Of The Rings trilogy has
sold over 10 MILLION copies, making it one of the all-time best sellers; we
haven't even made it to the New York Times best-seller list even once.And I
absolutely do not intend to write, publish, and distribute one myself. Why?
Simple; it would take a year or more just to write it, which would mean a
year in which I would write no books, and get no income, and there would be
three less books by us out---probably an entire year without new books on the
shelves. Then it would TAKE money we do not have to publish it. Then we would
have to somehow convince stores to stock it. Then we would have to ship it,
deal with the accounting, the returns, etc, etc, etc. And all of these other
things would take time we would have to take away from writing books, because
we cannot afford to hire someone else to do it for us.>>

also i have heard no mention of misty doing a valdemar rpg in her conferance
section
( dixon's vixen ) in Baen's bar at Science Fiction & Fantasy from Baen Books
- Home Page

so i guess it's just red herring.

of course if you really wanted a valdemar rpg, then write one up ( making
sure that the system isn't a rip off an other system ) send it to her agent
and ask him how much it would cost to buy the license, if he okay's it (
after all he would'nt want Misty associated with a shoddy* game ) then buy
the license and manufacture the game.

*shoddy = english slang for a bad constrution or poorly made.

Shas

--part1_f9.e4f881c.28aefd28_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 04:09:21 +0100 From: "Misty's Secretary" To: Subject: Re: RPG Message-ID: I guess this is rumour squashing, but I haven't heard anything about it either. If there is something, it's not Misty driving it. Paul > > I have heard rumors that Misty is coming out with an RPG (roleplaying > game) but i have not been able to find any info about it at all anywhere. > Does anyone know anything about this? ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 2672 **********************************