Mailbox, Mail and Parchment

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Azkanan
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Mailbox, Mail and Parchment

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Searched, none exactly relevant.

Alright so, say I want to set up a marketplace where only accepted traders are allowed in. I set up a runestone/sign outside saying if they wish to join the Market, they would have to leave contact details, of some sort. Leaving their hearth secret on a runestone isn't that great.

Another scenario, is conversing with strangers. You come across someone in the wild with something you don't have. You leave them a runestone you're interested. They leave a runestone in response. You leave a runestone. They leave-... You get the idea. It gets cluttery, messy and is a grand waste of boulders and such.

So, what I propose is a constructable Mailbox, which uses parchment for mail. Anybody can access the mailbox, unless you throw a lock'n'bolt on it. You can then grab the written-on parchment from them, and write a reply below, till you run out of lines, which cannot be "overwritten", leading to another parchment being in requirement.
Of course, throwing a lock'n'bolt on means that the stranger also can't read anything you put in, so instead, he could "post" you his location, HS, etc.

Or alternatively, you could pin a parchment to your palisade, and... I digress. You get the idea.

It's only a half-thought one, but that's what the Critique and Ideas board is for ;).
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Re: Mailbox, Mail and Parchment

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Azkanan wrote:Searched, none exactly relevant.
really? REALLY? search.php?st=0&sk=t&sd=d&keywords=%2Bmailbox
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Azkanan
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Re: Mailbox, Mail and Parchment

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sabinati wrote:
Azkanan wrote:Searched, none exactly relevant.
really? REALLY? search.php?st=0&sk=t&sd=d&keywords=%2Bmailbox

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Anaklumos
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Re: Mailbox, Mail and Parchment

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LIEUTENANT ARMSTRONG TO THE RESCUE!!!!!! :D
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Re: Mailbox, Mail and Parchment

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I really like this idea. It would be totally awesome to have a mailbox near my house and receive letters from people. (:
hfacktor
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Re: Mailbox, Mail and Parchment

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Why not just put a basket by your door with a bunch of blank parchment in it like everyone has been doing since forever?
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Re: Mailbox, Mail and Parchment

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ewlol wrote:I really like this idea. It would be totally awesome to have a mailbox near my house and receive letters from people. (:
Letter 1: HAY EWLOL I HEER U DO TRAED 4 SODOM REPLY PLX
Letter 2: EWLOL Y HAV U NOT RESPOND YET
Letter 3: EWLOL I WAN MY TRAED NAO K REPLY PLX
Letter 4: EWLOL WRY U NO LIEK ME
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Re: Mailbox, Mail and Parchment

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hfacktor wrote:Why not just put a basket by your door with a bunch of blank parchment in it like everyone has been doing since forever?
Lets see.. Trespassing scents? Possible theft scents if they use your parchment?
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Re: Mailbox, Mail and Parchment

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I think he 'meant outisde the claim.'
sabinati wrote:But Wolfang, it's the mods who are trolls, remember. please have some mercy on this innocent victim of merciless trolling by the moderation team before you make any more ad hominem remarks about him.
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Re: Mailbox, Mail and Parchment

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Wolfang wrote:I think he 'meant outisde the claim.'
Then dumbshits stealing my basket and parchment? XD

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