What is “fluff?
This service is intended to allow users to distribute large files to others (both within and outside the University) without transmitting the files by email. The user uploads the file via a web form, and is then sent an email containing a URL from which the intended recipients can download a copy of the file. The intention is that instead of sending the file itself, the originator can simply mail a URL. The files uploaded to this server are kept for up to fourteen days before being automatically removed. For further information, please visit the fluff user area, or go to the fluff tool (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/fluff/).
Fluff is the slang term for stories or fiction written by players. Part of the fun of playing in a campaign is seeing all the stories that the players produce and getting immersed in the idea of a real war taking place. We encourage all players, regardless of skill, to have a go at writing as it will contribute to your factions final tally when the dust settles. A good place to start would be to come up with a name and a background for your general then try and work this into your battle reports. Instead of telling people ‘I moved my black Orcs to try and counter charge his Clanrats’ try and put it over as a narrative. ‘Gitgit urged his Boyz forward, the heavily armoured Orcs surging forward hoping to catch the ratmen off guard’. Fluff does not have to be very long, it is the cumulative effect of lots of little bits that really makes a campaign special, so get writing!
Fluff is a term used for stories written and distributed on the Internet. In the case of rec.games.frp.dnd, it takes the form of stories based on the results of role-playing sessions. Some people like reading fluff, some don’t mind it, and some rabidly detest it. If you feel you must post your fluff, please put STORY: at the beginning of the subject line so that is can be easily found or avoided, as the case may be. This is ok for one-shot short stories, but if you are writing longer works, such as stories based on entire campaigns, then please do not post the chapters to rgfd. Instead, if you feel you must post them to Usenet, post them in rec.games.frp.archives, wait for the moderator to post them, and then post a note in rgfd stating that anyone who wishes to read your story may find it in rec.games.frp.archives. A much better solution these days is to get yourself a web page (Yahoo GeoCities is one place that provides free web space), put your chapters there, then add a line contai
