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- NET BOOKS
-
- One class of article which is typically not posted to rec.games.frp.misc
- is the net.book. Though they are occasionally posted to
- rec.games.frp.archives, you may be more likely to find them at an ftp
- site or other archive. Here is a list of net.*.books, along with the
- names of the designated compilers, names of archive sites where known,
- and a short, opinionated description.
-
- Contents:
- Net.Spell.Book
- Net.Prayer.Book
- Net.Plots.Book
- Net.Traps.Book(s) (two different collections)
- Net.Fantasy.Character.Book
- Net.AD&D.Character.Book
- Net.GURPS.Spell.Book
- Net.Resources.Book
- Net.Forgotten.Realms.Book (Tome of the Forgotten Realms)
- Net.Sphere.Book(s)
- Net.Bard.Songs.Book (V1 and V2)
- Net.Shadowrun.Book
- Net.Monstrous.Compendium
- Net.Fiction.Story
- ADND-L Lists of Net.*.Books
-
- FAQ KEEPERS
-
- In addition to the general FAQ (of which this is part 7, there are other
- FAQ (frequently asked question lists) which are maintained by other members
- of the net community.
-
- Contents:
-
- ** Shadowrun FAQ
- ** GURPS FAQ
- ** ADND FAQ
- ** The General FAQ
-
- =============== NET.BOOKS ==================================================
-
- Name: Net.Spell.Book
- Compiler: Boudewijn Wayers <wsbusr1@urc.tue.nl>
- Description: A collection of D&D like spells for magic users. They
- are stored in Zoo'ed, uuencoded format if you get them from
- Boudewijn, so unless you are an old pro at BBS play you better
- look in one of the other archives for them.
-
-
- Name: Net.Prayer.Book
- Compiler: Boudewijn Wayers <wsbusr1@urc.tue.nl>
- Description: A collection of D&D like spells for priests. They
- are stored in Zoo'ed, uuencoded format if you get them from
- Boudewijn, so unless you are an old pro at BBS play you better
- look in one of the other archives for them.
-
-
- Name: Net.Plots.Book (2 volumes complete, 3rd in progress)
- Compiler: Aaron `Phrixus' Sher <ars3_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu>
- Archived: GRASS-SERVER among others
- Description: A list of plots for roleplaying games in order
- from shortest plots to longest ones. some of them are very
- good. An overabundance of liches in the first. No liches
- in the second.
-
-
- Name: Net.Traps.Book(s) (two different collections)
- Compilers: James C Phillips <jphillip@ecn.purdue.edu>
- Michael Sloves <grms@marist.bitnet>
- Updated: 1-Jan-1992
- Description: A list of traps for dungeons. includes these
- categories, maybe more, Creator, Location type, Trigger
- Type, Trigger Description, Effect Type, Effect, Disarming,
- Game system if necessary.
-
-
- Name: Net.GURPS.Spell.Book
- Compiler: Raven <bfwong@tsunami.berkeley.edu>
- Archived: eklektik.cs.pitt.edu
- Description: A list of spells for the standard GURPS magic system.
- the first collection is pretty well done, with only a few
- munchkin bait spells. The second collection is under way now.
- ** eklektic is no longer available, watch for an update soon! **
-
- Name: Net.Forgotten.Realms.Book (Tome of the Forgotten Realms)
- Compiler: Chris <CMK113@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Description: All things forgotten from the Realms. As such,
- plotlines, folklore, new places, NPCs, monsters, and even
- PSEUDO-Fluff are all acceptable submissions. The
- compiler is also looking for information to put in
- Net.books for Greyhawk, Dragonlance, Ravenloft, and
- Spelljammer.
-
-
- Name: Net.Sphere.Books
- Compiler: Christopher M. Knuth <cmk113@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Description: A *HUGE* project covering: Non-Player Characters, New
- Deities, New Countries, or Buildings (Towers, Castles,
- Etc.), New Spells (special to sphere), New Prayers, New
- Monsters, New Weapons & Armor, New Classes & Races,
- Miscellaneous Information, Extended Time Lines, etc. For
- all the different TSR-published settings for the D&D and
- AD&D games. [Intended but not completed. Don't expect it
- any time soon. --LJM]
-
-
- Name: Net.Bard.Songs.Book
- Compiler: Jeff Gostin <jgostin@eternal.chi.il.us>
- Archived: sandman.cco.caltech.edu, greyhawk.stanford.edu
- Description: A bunch of mostly goofy bard songs. Pretty good. Absolutely
- fits the definition of "fluff". Versions 1 and 2 are available
- in ASCII only on the above sites.
-
-
- Name: Net.Shadowrun.Book
- Compiler: Jerry Stratton <jerry@teetot.acusd.edu>
- Description: _The Annual Neo-Anarchists' Guide to Everything Else_ is
- coming your way soon. Jerry is looking for Regional
- Descriptions (your home town, chummer!), New Spells,
- Spirits, Cyber, Equipment, Skills, Adventures, Creatures.
-
- [29-Jun-1992] The First and Second Annual Neo-Anarchists
- Guide to Everything Else are now ready. You can get it
- via ftp at teetot.acusd.edu in the directory /pub/Beelzebub/
- Role-Playing.
- These are in RTF.
-
- Name: Net.Monstrous.Compendium (LaTeX only currently)
- Compiler: Robert Chrisitian <robertc@garfield.cs.mun.ca>
- Description: A collection of AD&D monsters to be used with the 2nd Ed
- rules. Submissions and requests for the compendium always
- welcomed.
-
- Name: Net.Fiction.Story
- Compiler: mar@astrop.physics.su.OZ.AU
- Archived: suphys.physics.su.OZ.AU rpghelper/net.fiction.story
- Description: Up to the minute-proofread and edited version of the
- Net.Fiction Story in LaTex format. Files are allofit.tex (for
- the LaTex version) and allofit.tex.z for the compressed version
- of the same.
-
- * * * * * * * * * *
-
- Name: ADND-L Lists of Net.*.Books
- Compiler: Freeman MacCleane <ADP89@msu.edu>
- Description: A list of projects begun and/or announced fairly
- recently on the ADND-L mailing list, all centered around the
- xD&D game(s).
-
-
- ============= FAQ Keepers ===================================================
-
- Name: Shadowrun FAQ
- Keeper: Wordman (lward@husc.harvard.edu)
- Posting: Monthly (or more often when needed)
-
- Name: GURPS FAQ
- Keeper: Jim Duncan (duncanj@umd5.umd.edu)
- Posting: Every 4-6 weeks
- Notes: Quoted from the Keeper:
-
- I usually check in on the Illuminati BBS (Steve Jackson Games' BBS)
- once or twice a week. I may get some of my FAQs from there and add
- them even if they have not been FAQ in rec.games.frp.*.
- Submissions should have GURPS FAQ in the subject line.
-
-
- Name: ADND FAQ
- Keeper: Chris Warren (warren@Apple.COM)
- Posting: Monthly
-
- Name: The General rec.games.frp.* FAQs
- Keeper: cwatters@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Coyt Watters)
- Posting: Biweekly, weekly at beginning of fall quarter.
- Notes: Email me for any changes to the 8 (soon to be 9) part
- general FAQ. Typos, corrections, suggestions, submissions
- all cheerfully received by my automated mailer, then
- scowlingly inserted somewhere into the FAQ.
-
-