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Frank Apologies for you not being approved for so long. I've been away for a while - now back. David...
David Gordon
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Aug 5, 2007
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Welcome back David! Right, now give us all the goodies you created or have squirrelled away while you were absent. ... Frank Apologies for you not being...
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Thanks Adrian I have to be honest - I've been away from RPGs for the past year or so - apart from the work I've done for Gwenthia - http://www.gwenthia.org/ ...
David Gordon
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WooHoo - Congratulations.... And you think missing a year of RPG was a long time - Just wait. I'm only now corrupting the minds of my young boys into home made...
Adrian Sayle
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Aug 6, 2007
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I was busy creating a 400 year old character and waiting for Larrys next book....
Frank Creighton
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Aug 12, 2007
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Dear Ringworld RPG group, (if anyone is home after all this time...) I have a fun little question for you all. Supposing the Kzinti on the Map of Earth got...
David Fraser
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Nov 27, 2007
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We're home - in the Map of Mars. :-) I'll read your mail later....
David Gordon
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Interesting concept; please read below... ... Yup, I'm still reading! Really! ... I thought the cziltang brone only rendered the material *permeable* and not...
Gerall Kahla
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Nov 27, 2007
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... There are indications it makes scrith malleable, not just permeable. Note in /Protector/, Phssthpok uses the "softener key" (which appears to be the same...
Lensman
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Nov 28, 2007
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Indestructable Gun Barrels? Also not strictly within in the scope of this question but I wonder what would happen if you set off a nuke inside a GP Hull? ...
Tim Atkinson
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Nov 28, 2007
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In effect the Cziltang Brone in itself becomes a Weapon of Mass Destruction - you point it at the floor underneath your enemies HQ and presumably he (and the...
Tim Atkinson
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Nov 28, 2007
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I didn't manage to finish Niven's third book as I ground to a halt somewhere in the first third of the book, so I don't know if the other maps were explored....
David Gordon
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Did you read Ringworlds Children? (Vastly better than Throne - but you do need to read Throne to get the complete story and even that picks up speed towards...
Tim Atkinson
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Yeah - read Children but can't remember much of it. I do remember that one of the lead characters - a red tribe hominid (can't remember the hominid race)...
David Gordon
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... "The strengthened molecular bonds are proof against any kind of impact, and heat into the hundreds of thousands of degrees." ("Flatlander", /Neutron Star/...
Lensman
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Nov 28, 2007
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... But only if the brone has sufficient power (area of effect) and range to be usable as a sort of field artillery. Frankly, I think anyone who would use such...
Lensman
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... The third Ringworld book, /The Ringworld Throne/? I don't blame you, it's quite a come-down from the first two. I hope you'll try the fourth, /Ringworld's...
Lensman
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Dear RingworldRPG Group, Wow! A response! More than one! I am blessed. Thank you all. Some great ideas there, and some really evil ones. I particuarly like the...
David Fraser
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... Now that I consider it, I believe you're onto something here, Lensman... Loosing the device would be devastating. Unfortunately, these are somewhat feral,...
Gerall Kahla
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... This was discussed on the larryniven-l list, and for once a consensus was achieved! We believe the Map of Earth looks something like this: ...
Lensman
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... Lensman... ... Good points on both sides here. However, the kzinti carrying it into battle like a high-tech "ark of the covenant" would make the job of...
David Fraser
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... Author advice: "Never let the facts stand in the way of a good story." If I were running a RPG which required the PCs get their hands on a cziltang brone...
Lensman
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... Nice map. I do like it. ... Nonetheless, that's what Larry Wrote (and I'm tap-dancing desperately so as not to contradict The Master...) so I chose another...
David Fraser
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... Right, Louis recognized the shape of various continents, including IIRC Antarctica. As has been said, one can either preserve the shape of continents, or...
Lensman
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... other ... the ... about as ... May ... Has it not shown up in the Photos Section of this Yahoo Group for you? How odd! Assuming you can log onto yahoo...
David Fraser
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... Well yes, I *can* log into Yahoo! Groups, but no, it is *not* necessary to be able to do so to subscribe to a Yahoo! Groups list. I never bothered setting...
Lensman
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... My apologies for any inconvenience :-(, I'm not very good at this "web" stuff. Now, with that cleared up... what about the map? :-). -- DF...
David Fraser
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Nov 28, 2007
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Easy Kzinti! ;-) But I know your frustration. I've set up another group recently with non techie minded people and a few people have been lost because they...
David Gordon
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... Lensman... ... Good points on both sides here. However, the kzinti carrying it into battle like a high-tech "ark of the covenant" would make the job of...
Tim Atkinson
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... Sorry for the "geekier than thou" stuff. If you're using Windoz, just right-click on the image and select "view image". That will give you a URL you can...
Lensman
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