Family Feud
                       A Live-Action Roleplaying Event 
                                      by
                                 Alan Schwartz


INTRODUCTION

In the beginning, the earth was without form and void, and darkness was
upon the face of the deep. And the SPIRIT moved across the face of
the water, and said "Let there be light" and there was light.

Yeah, that's the official story, anyway. The winners get to write history.

SIX THOUSAND YEARS LATER...

You're one of the former Gods and Goddesses that used to hold sway on
Earth, but as the beliefs of humanity have changed, your kind have been
relegated to the status of has-beens while the Christian angels and the
principalities of Hell war over souls on Earth. Despite the occasional
New Age revival, you have never garnered enough human belief to regain
your former power.

AND ONE NIGHT...

One advantage of being an immortal is access to good hardware. And
thanks to a few friends in high (and low) places, you managed to
intercept the following emails:

   From: SPIRIT@heavenlyhost.net
   To: <recipient list suppressed>
   Subject: The time is at hand

   > It's that time. 

   And behold, let the Word go out to all the choirs of angels.  The Sixth
   Seal has been broken and the time of the final battle is nigh at hand.

   The place determined where the Adversary must be met and defeated
   is no Earthly city, but at the juncture of Earth and mind, electrons
   and data.

   mush.pennmush.org 4201

   -----------------------------------------------------------------------

   From: EternalKing@gehennom.com
   To: <recipient list suppressed>
   Subject: The time is at hand

   > Very well, let it commence

   And behold, let the Word go out to all the Powers and Principalities of
   darkness. The Sixth Seal has been broken and the time of the final
   battle is nigh at hand.

   The place determined where the Adversary must be met and defeated
   is no Earthly city, but at the juncture of Earth and mind, electrons
   and data.

   mush.pennmush.org 4201

The messages came as quite a shock, but their import was clear.
Armaggeddon is at hand, and for some reason, the final battle is to
be fought on M*U*S*H, a mud that you've been a regular player of (even
immortals need something to pass the time).

Now this is not good news. If those nouveau-divine wannabes destroy
the Earth and all life on it, there will be no one to believe in you.
And that'll spell the very end. 

Of course, there's an upside too. This could be your chance to 
regain your previous position or some semblance of it, either by
joining the winning side or by starting your own. If enough mortals
return to the old religions, maybe this whole Armaggedon thing can
be avoided and you can get back to some serious fun.

But the confrontation's going to be on M*U*S*H, and that means that your
usual immortal perceptions of goodness and evil, mortal and immortal,
and even male and female won't work. After all, on the internet, nobody
knows that you're a god. Then again, that works for you too.

You're going to have to be very careful.  Reveal yourself to the angels
or principalities, and they might just decide to take you out of the
picture to avoid complications.  But you need the belief of mortals --
and maybe other former Gods and Goddesses like yourself -- if you want to
increase your sway and make a difference to the Earth and to yourself...

A WORD ABOUT MIRACLES

Although your powers are severely limited by being funneled through a MUSH
player, you may still have certain limited abilities that you can call
upon. In general, the strength of these abilities depends crucially on
the number of sympathetic witnesses present when you use them.  That is,
your powers are more effective in the presence of your followers.
A follower, on M*U*S*H, is literally that -- someone who has typed
'follow <yourname>' and thus appears on your list of followers.