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From: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp,net.flame
Subject: Spelling
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Date: Sat, 13-Apr-85 06:10:43 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr 13 06:10:43 1985
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Summary: 


I can't take any more of these FRPers who are obsessed with food.

There are the ones who worry about their mages' Food Points (Manna =
divine food, given the Israelites in the desert, as opposed to *MANA* =
magical potency).

There are the ones whose priests worship a diety (instead of a *deity*).
(Maybe a Rabbi who kept Kosher might have both a deity AND a deity, but
normal FRP clerics of Thor and Set should stick to just a deity.)

Are these people Cooks?  Or Kooks?  (And do they spell them differently?)

It's TOO much.  (If you're an FRPer, keep reading.  Otherwise, hit N.)

THE TYPO AS AN FRP MONSTER (out of Walt Willis's "The Enchanted Duplicator")

Typos are built like armored porcupines.  They've got as many Hit Points
as a Werewolf.  They're in the equivalent of plate armor.  (If you fall
on one, take 1 HP damage from its spikes.)   They attack about as
efficiently as an Orc (doing Lion-type claw and bite).

Magic devices don't affect Typos.  That includes magic weapons (no damage),
armor (Typo can attack as vs normal armor worn, or as vs skin if it's a
magic robe), protection devices, etc.

Any spell cast within 30' of a Typo goes wrong, in a way to be determined by
the GM's imagination and spelling ability.  (Sleep => Sheep (create them)
or maybe Sleet.  Charm Person => Chart Person, you get a map.)

Typos cannot be trained, befriended, subdued, or otherwise used efficiently
against one's enemies.

Two Typos cancel each other out.  They also cancel out typos in the
house rules (or the professional rules for that matter).

Now that I've calmed down slightly, let me tell you about a typo I caught
on proofreading LANDS OF ADVENTURE in galley.  "A feudal knight acquired
his land by swearing an oath of realty to his liege lord."

--Lee Gold