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From: quint@topaz.ARPA (Amqueue)
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Subject: Re: Multi-DM campaigns
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Date: Tue, 28-May-85 19:25:48 EDT
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In article <14621@watmath.UUCP> csc@watmath.UUCP (Computer Sci Club) writes:

>This brings up an interesting point.  Rotating DMs within a single
>campaign.  Who else has done this?

I have. I run in a world that was created by someone who no longer plays.
At times he has bemoaned his world's fate: "Don't ever let someone else
dm in your world... they'll take it over." His main problem was that 
one of our players has an eidetic memory, and remembered things better 
than he did, and got real defensive and upset when he was inconsistant
and started screwing characters. (this is not just my opinion). She and her
boyfriend effectively inherited the world, and have been major arbitrators 
ever since. (It helps to have someone with an eidetic memory for this). They
are currently just about begging us to run some games, since they are in
many ways burning out. We have what is effectively a "bible", similar to a
tv series writers guide, that tells people the basics of the world. No one 
is allowed to dm in it unless they have been through at least 3 campaigns
of various levels. If someone wants to create a high level NPC, or a town,
they get together with Liz and Al and ask questions about what is permitted,
and what isnt. We havent had any problems with politics or anything like 
that in the world yet. We usually have about 5 campaigns going at once, 
coordinated by the calendar, and so have lots of characters and lots of 
opportunities to play different things. 

     There is no overall plotline; does life have a plotline? Our group
is a bunch of people who live on a landmass about the size of Europe. The 
population was decimated (or worse) about 250 years ago in the Demon Wars.
Lots of gods died then. Recently, we ahve been coming up against lots of
statues and magic items taht are actually people who were enchanted before
the demon wars. As a result, we (the players) have all been asked to help
create the ancient map, contributing town names and economics, mostly, and
making up old interactions between towns. So we are effectively all creating
the world together... lots of fun!


>My.  Excuse the length.  We now return you to your regular programming.

ditto here, but it was fun


>Gilles Dignard (aka Thunderbuns, the baby storm-giant magic user/druid)
>University of Waterloo
>Waterloo, Ontario

have fun
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