From: dclayton@bmerh801.bnr.ca (Don Clayton)
Subject: A different type of Forgotten Realms PBEM
Keywords: Forgotten Realms Drow Evil PBEM
Organization: Bell Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 15:55:41 GMT

Wel met,

  I am starting a new Forgotten Realms Play by Email campaign.  But this
one will be a little different then most.  Why?  Because it starts in 
Menzoberranzan and most of the characters will be Evil Drow!  As always
any player types (and alignments) are allowed, but preference will be 
given to those who are evil and are Drow (so if you don't like other 
players stabing you in the back then don't bother playing here).  
The rules :

    - 2nd Edition
    - All characters start with 20,001 experience points.
    - Races allowed : Drow, Human, Halfling, Dwarves (Grey), Gnomes 
      (Deep)
    - Classes and limits :

               Drow      Human     Halfling     Dwarves     Gnomes
      ------------------------------------------------------------
      Priest    U          U          8            10         9
      Mage      U          U          -            -          15 (Illusionst)
      Warrior   12         U          9            15         11
      Rogue     12         U          15           12         13

    - Multi-Class Combinations
      Drow (Fighter/Mage, Fighter/Thief, Mage/Thief, Fighter/Mage/Thief)
      Halfling (Fighter/Thief)
      Dwarf (Fighter/Thief, Fighter/Cleric)
      Gnome (Fighter/Cleric, Fighter/Illusionist, Fighter/Thief, 
             Cleric/Illusionist, Cleric/Thief, Illusionist/Thief)
    - no psionics, but all spell like abilities for Drow, Grey Dwarves 
      and Deep Gnomes allowed (as governed by the Monster Manuals and 
      FOR2 - Drow of the Underdark).
    - Moves are Tuesday and Thursday at 4:00 (my time in Ottawa, Canada)
      and I go with or without you.

All characters will be given an appropriate background (i.e. only Drow 
come from the city and you may be of a house).  Drow will know more of 
the city and are allowed in more places than others.  You will start 
apart but will be brought together by circumstances (i.e. you may play 
5 or 10 moves outside the party to begin with).  Please use the 
character sheet below to make your character.  I will give you your 
background, but you can decide on your own description.  Roll your 
own abilities (I usually allow 6 rolls of 4d6, rerolling the lowest, 
can be asigned in any order, one roll can be modified (-1 on one, 
+ 1 on another), and then apply race modifiers).  I will also
award all spells and magic items.

Until swords part.
Don (a.k.a. Rear-Admiral Maverick)
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Here is a short review of the Menzoberranzan Box Set (just bought it a 
few days ago and am still reading).  Menzoberranzan is a Drow city of 
about 20,000 that is detailed in the Forgotten Realms books series "The 
Dark Elf Trilogy".

Cost : $30US, $36Canadian, 18L UK.

The Box Set Contains :

  4 Maps of the City in good detail and colour.
  1 Picture of the Ruling House of the City in 3D.
  1 Poster showing the house relationships.
  1 Poster of the Cover of the Box.
  Several cards containing detailed information of many Drow NPCs (10+).
  Essays on Drizzt, which are really just quotes from the Dark Elf 
    Trilogy and the new hard cover FR book (Legacy).  Also new stats. 
    on Drizzt are given (updated from the FR Hero's book), AC -3 now!

It also contains 3 detailed books :

  An overview of the city (it's history, culture, layout, laws, non-Drow
    [i.e. Human] interactions, slaves, food, trade, etc.).
  A description of the House alliances and goals (all 18).
  An adventure for 6-8 4-6 Level PCs.

So far I've just read part of the Overview of the city.  It is quite 
detailed and appears to be well thought out.  The Maps (especially the 
3D one of the ruling house) are all excellant, but made of the same 
paper material as the rest of the maps of the realms (which some have 
complained about).

This set contains a significant amount of detail, but does not give 
detailed floor plans of buildings - hey, it's a city.  It is much 
better than the last Drow city detailed by TSR (D 1-3 series).  It 
refers to the "Drow of the Underdark" Forgotten Realms book (an 
excellant book on Drow contained class, culture, gods, new spells, 
magic and house insignia information) frequently, so you will 
probably require both to make good use of the box set.

As I read more I will publish more information.

Don
My brain, my thoughts, my words.
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                   Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
                   Player Character Record Sheet
                   -----------------------------

Player Name	: 
Character Name	:
Character Class	: 
Character Race	: 
School of Magic : 
                        
       Total, W/O Shield, Back
Armor Class :         Experience Points :             Alignment :   
Hit Points  :                    Level  :             Deity	:       
Movement Speed :    

Abilities 
---------
Strength     :   (  ), +  to hit, +  on dam.
Intelligence :   Languages :                                   
Wisdom       :   +   on saving through versus magic
Dexterity    :   -   on Armor Class, +   to hit with missile weapons
Constitution :   +   hp/level,   %S.S.,   % Resurrection Survival
Charisma     :   

Equipment,  Weight :        
---------
1.                     11.                      21.
2.                     12.                      22.
3.                     13.                      23.
4.                     14.                      24.
5.                     15.                      25.
6.                     16.                      26.
7.                     17.                      27.
8.                     18.                      28.
9.                     19.                      29.
10.                    20.                      30.

Spell Book                         Spells Memorized 
----------                         ---------------- 
Level: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 
     ( 3/  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  )  ( 2/  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  )
1.                                1,                                   
2.                                2.                                   
3.                                3.                                   
4.                                4.                                   
5.                                5.                                   
6.                                6.                                   
7.                                7.                                   
8.                                8.                                   
9.                                9.                                   
10.                              10.                                   

Magic Items
-----------
1.                      6.                      11.                     
2.                      7.                      12.                    
3.                      8.                      13.                    
4.                      9.                      14.                    
5.                     10.                      15.                    


Treasure (1P = 5G, 2 E = 1G, 20 S = 1 G, 10 C = 1S)
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Platinum :    , Gold: 12  , Electrum : 1  , Silver : 8  , Copper :      
Gems and Jewelry:	                                                

Profeciencies   :
Non-weapon Prof :                                                       
Weapon Specialize:
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