Tai-Eliel

                        An MSN Group
                    Investigated by Sue

Back in April I received an email inviting me to join a new MSN
group called Tal-Eliel. All you need, said the accompanying note
from Bahumut, is an interest in role playing games or fantasy
books and a flair for creative writing.

Yes, this is roleplaying with a difference. There's no dice
rolling or traditional character creation.  One member of the
group starts a storyline, then others join in and take it further
if they want. There are different sections for forces of good,
forces of evil and neutral parties. Each of these currently has
one ongoing story. Bahumut started The Arena of Durn-Batt, The Cat
Who Walks Alone began Evil Stirs, and Cayrok the dwarf began his
own tale under the Neutral Parties section. However the Cat has
also added some sections to the Arena story. All are of good
quality.

There are two more useful sections. The Bestiary contains details
of any beasts introduced by members. So far there are two, the
gryragon and a shurgaz. There's also an NPC section with four
characters. Some areas are restricted to members only. These
include a map and a few documents on warrior history and spells.

The message boards have several discussion and information
threads. Some are general, others are concerned with different
aspects of the group, questing, character details and so forth.

I haven't got the time to join a group like this though I belonged
to a similar play-by-mail group many years ago. But if you've got
any interest in what it offers, why not check it out at 
http://groups.msn.com/TaiEliel and join?




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