From: rjr@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Richard J. Resnick)
Subject: Campaign To Save Prometheus
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 14:03:44 GMT

Hello,

A number of articles back, I posted about a campaign idea I had, which included
the rescue of Prometheus. I have had a number of responses from it. Some are
simply correcting my lack of knowledge in Greek Mythology. I have about 6 or
7 interested people, three of whom have already sent me character sheets.

I put a Wednesday evenign deadline on the character sheets. But I was hoping
to be able to choose from a wide array of characters. So, I am extending the
deadline for characters to be in until Thursday evening. Below, you will find
my original post, in case you missed it.

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I was corresponding this morning with a frequent poster on the newsgroup,
who goes by the name of SeaWasp. Our conversation led me to an interesting
idea for a campaign. Read on if you are free to join an internet game.

We were talking about my .sig file, which is included here:

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*        "I'll return your fire, if you take away your vultures..."           *
*                       - Prometheus, gaining leverage                        *
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                  Internet Address: rjr@titan.ucc.umass.edu

He began to sort of analyze it, and that's when I got the idea. Anyways, let
me fill you in on the story of Prometheus, as far as I know it (I may very
well be off in some of the Greek Mythology... please don't flame.)

Prometheus was a god or demi-god of some sort, who in a sense, caused civili-
zation. He gave the mortal world fire, and with it came all of the technology
which allowed Greece to prosper. But in the immortal eye, this was a cardinal
sin. As such, he was punished by being tied to a rock with chains, while
hungry vultures eternally circled him, coming down to peck away at his stomach
and eat his innards.

I got the idea for my .sig file, that Prometheus took the fire away, and thus
he said: "I'll return your fire, if you take away your vultures..."

As I understand it, however, Prometheus never did anything of the sort, so my
.sig file is sort of an extension to the original myth... an untrue interpreta-
tion of the actual story.

Ok, so my idea for the campaign: I want a few _very_ high level players to form
a party. The reason: to rescue Prometheus from a punishment he doesn't deserve.

Please note: this party will be fighting _GODS_. I can't afford to take a few
12th level players on to do this.. we need high level players.

Ok, the way I want this to work is like this. I have a server program avail-
able to me that allows everyone to get on it at once, and play -- sort of like
IRC, except it was built for role playing games, and as such it has die rolls,
and other stuff like that.

I CAN ONLY ACCEPT PLAYERS WHO MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
	1) Must have access to the internet (You wouldn't be reading this
	   if you didn't, but...)
	2) Must be available to play _evenings_ and _weekends_.
	3) Must be able to submit to me a character of high level with
	   equipment by Wednesday, August 26th, at 4:30pm EDT.
	4) Must be willing to play 1st edition.
	5) Must be able to check your electronic mailbox at least once
	   day.	   

Other qualifications, not necessary, but quite nice:
	1) Excellent _role_ playing skills.
	2) Female (I was the fellow who recently posted about the male/female
	   ratios in gaming. I absolutely want to have more females involved
	   in my party. They tend to be better roleplayers, and less interested
	   in the bland technical aspects of gaming, which I find utterly
	   dull. Males will of course be accepted as well.)
	3) A good sense of humor.
	4) A good sense of responsibility.
	5) Over 20 years of age.

Ok, enough is enough. If you are interested, please drop me a line. Perhaps
this campaign might even cause me to have to change my .sig file. Thanks in
advance.

P.S. To my old campaign... we are still on, but many of us are away now. I am
     ready to resume play as soon as I hear from all of you.

Richard Resnick

*=====/=== ===^=====.==='========`============/==== = ^========~====/====^ =-=*
*        "I'll return your fire, if you take away your vultures..."           *
*                       - Prometheus, gaining leverage                        *
*===^==/=======\======= ===`====='===> ==========>====.===== =^=====/====*====*
                  Internet Address: rjr@titan.ucc.umass.edu