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Archive-name: auto/rec.games.frp.announce/Roleplaying-net-books


Archive-name: roleplay/part7
Original-archive-name: rgf.7

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
        Net.Shadowrun.Book
        Net.Monstrous.Compendium

        ADND-L Lists of 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.


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:       tybalt.caltech.edu, both ascii and postscript versions
Description:    A bunch of mostly goofy bard songs. Pretty good. Absolutely
                fits the definition of "fluff".


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 usdcsv.acusd.edu (192.55.87.6) in the
                directory rpg/shadowrun

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.

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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).