Designing Interactive Characters Class - The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game - page 162

n Tom Foolery, a remarkable thief able to charm any lock to open or cloud the
minds of victims to become almost invisible, whose skill had now vanished.
He would be in the care of the Angry Fashion Crusaders guild in Fenwick.
n Jurmund Njordr, a hunter and tracker, who can no longer read the land
he once knew or command the wild creatures to do his bidding, now
under the protection of Aesir in High Reach.
n Medea, an ancient crone, once a powerful witch, whose spells now fizzle
and die, accompanied in Miscato by the guild Park Rangers.
n Asha, a woman, once a shape-changer, but who had lost that power, pro-
tected by the Far Plains guild, Chasers of the Dawn.

The second message summoned all guilds to Scaleport for what was to be their
first scouting expedition not only in Scaleport, but in the real world as well.

Stalking

To stalk is to follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement.
That s another one: observing fellow human beings for the express purpose

of learning about human characters from the source.

' s one definition. Here '

That second definition is what we were up to on a cold day in February when the
class split up into guilds and spread out across campus to observe, take notes,
and then report, as shown in Figure 10.7.

The text reads:

“ Park Rangers, leave behind the forest

And travel southeast to Scaleport
There must you examine the good (and not so good) folk of that town
Study their ways.
The knowledge you gain may help you aid the ancient one called Medea
Then return home
Travelers will soon approach to seek you out
Be ready for soon your true quest will begin

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