This was posted to the SLA-L list a while back, in response to Neil de Carteret's ideas for a SLA Code. Over to Tim...

Now, I applaud the nascent SLA code, but I'm sure we can do better than that... if you'll permit me the liberty (even if you won't permit me the liberty, actually) I'd just like to suggest one or two extensions, which I will illustrate with my personal codings:

SLA Code 1.1

by Tim Dedopulos

Material Objects:

Books:

Bks:
- Si - Sourcebook First Ed
- Sii - Sourcebook Second Ed
- Ku - Karma UK Print
- Ka - Karma US Print (You can't see the Vev's nipples or pussy)
- G - GM Screen
- Mu - Mort UK Print
- Ma - Mort US Print (Age Warning)
- k - Key of Delhyread Manuscript
- s - Shaktar Manuscript
- c - Contract Directory Manuscript
- _B_ - Writer's Bible
- #! - Contributed to work
- !# - Contributed to work but don't have copy
- * - Have rebound that book
- ** - Have had book replaced 'cos it fell to bits so fast
- & - additional copy of book
: - Start and end of books code field

(For example: Bks:Si Sii Ku** Ka G!& Mu! Ma! k! s! c! _B_!&)

Other paraphenalia:

SCL - Have SCL Card
SCL! - Have SCL Card issued by Nightfall
SJT - Have Halloween Jack T-shirt
SJP - Have Halloween Jack Badge (Pin)
SJC - Have Halloween Jack Postcard
SJC! - Returned Halloween Jack Postcard to Nightfall as it asks you to on the back
ST* - Have SLA-related T-shirt
ST! - Have produced SLA-related T-shirt
SD - Have dice used _ONLY_ for playing SLA with
SM - Have Unofficial SLA Magazine / Fanzine / Article
SM! - Have contributed to unofficial SLA Mag / Zine / Article
SM!! - Are Max Bantleman

(For example: SCL! SJT SJP SJC ST* SM)

Nightfall Connections:

N[0-10] - Association with Nightfall, from 0 (Night who?), 1(Got insulted by Morton) to 8 (Regular Nightfall Freelancer), 9 (Nightfaller, including WotC days) and 10 (One of the original three Nightfall partners)
NW - Recieved SLA submission guidelines
NWx - Submitted test-piece; got rejected
NW! - Submitted test-piece; got tentatively accepted
NW!! - Wrote/drew stuff for SLA
NW!!! - Was paid by Nightfall for anything other than sexual favours
NW!!!! - Was paid by Nightfall for sexual favours
Ny - Have met Nightfaller/Ex-Nightfaller
NG - Have played SLA with Nightfaller/Ex-Nightfaller
NY - Bought Nightfaller/Ex-Nightfaller a drink/meal/sexual favours
No - Have visited/seen old Argyle Street office in Glasgow
N!o - Have drunk Addlestones in The Brewery Tap on Sauciehall Street.
Nt - Have had sexual intercourse with Nightfaller (other than self)
NT - Have had sexual intercourse with more than one Nightfaller...
NT! - ...simultaneously

(For example: N9 NW!!! Ny NY NG No N!o NT) [I'm kidding on the last one there - that should be NT!, of course, with thanks to Anne, Karen and Freddy for a wild night.]

Playing SLA:

PC# - Where # is the number of SLA characters you have
PC!# - The number of them you can name without checking
PG# - Where # is the number of sessions of SLA played in last 3 mo
PSCL# - Where # is the SCL of your lowest SCL character
PN# - Where # is the number of Necanthrope characters you have
PP# - Where # is the caliber of ammo of the character you last played
PA# - Where # is the PV of armour of the character you last played
PM# - Where # is the number of BPNs your character completes in a month of game-time (warning - less than 1.0 could prove dangerous to your health)
Pfc - Primary Character has Finance Chip
PP: - Planets your characters have played on:
- M - Mort
- K - Knnth
- P - Polo
- W - White Earth
- N - New Paris
- C - Czaria
- S - Static
- A - Artery
- X - Cross
- D - Dante
- ! - Other Planet
PL: - Legendary Characters your characters have met:
- S - Slayer
- I - Intruder
- T - Preceptor Teeth
- D - Digger
- W - Senti
- B - Bitterness
- J - Halloween Jack
- E - Ernest Strand
- H - Max Hagen
- C - Matt Cradle
- A - Anyone from Stigmartyr
- X - Other NPC mentioned in a Nightfall product
- ! - Attacked Legend / Was attacked/killed by Legend
- !! - Killed Legend
Pcs# - Number of different Cannibal Sectors your chars survived
PgT - Have played a Thresher Character
PgD - Have played a DarkNight Character
PgW - Have played a Conflict War character
PgS - Have played a Serial Killer & graphically described torture
P! - Have ever sickened fellow players with graphic descriptions of violence, torture or sex
P!! - Enough so someone had to leave the room
P* - I have taken 'Sterile' disadvantage more than once
PF - Favourite Race:
- H - Human
- E - Ebon
- B - Brainwaster
- F - Frother
- S - Shaktar
- W - Wraith
- M - Malice 313 Stormer
- X - Xeno
- V - Vevaphon
- C - Chagrin
- N - Necanthrope
- ! - Manchine / Cannibal / Carrien / LowWave

(For example: PC17 PC!10 PG2 PSCL2F.9 PN0 PP12.7 PA12 PM4 PP:MWSA! PL:SITDBJ!E!H!!CX!! Pcs3 PgS P!! PFH). For the record, my PL: code there is a reflection of Morton's GMing style!

GMing SLA:

GT[0-10] - Familiarity with the official Truth, from 0 (Never read the IFC stories), thru 4 (Have read what the list posts and thought about it) to 9 (Have read the Bible) and 10 (Have sat drinking with Dave & Jared and probed them for info). If you are in doubt, reduce the number until you are no longer in doubt.
GT! - Screw the official Truth; I made my own up.
Ggm# - Number of sessions run in last year
Gcam# - Number of different campaigns currently GMing
Gpc# - Number of PCs killed in last year in your games.
GDn - DarkNight Status:
- S - SLA-controlled
- I - Independent
- T - Thresher-controlled
- B - Bitterness-controlled
- i - Intruder-controlled
- W - Womble-controlled (DN picking up litter...!)
- V - Vampire Penguin-controlled
- ! - Don't exist at all
- * - No comment
GT - Thresher Status:
- As Dn above, but T - Thresher-Controlled becomes D - Darknight Controlled (Duh!)
GB - Bitterness Status:
- As Dn above, but B - Bitterness-controlled is removed, and we get additionally:
- =i - is Intruder
- =s - is Slayer's multiple personality
- =! - is the adversary, the great evil of the WOP
- =* - is the saviour, the great good of the WOP
- =t - is Preceptor Teeth
- =a - is Angel
- =d - is Digger
- =o - is just some Joe Slop
- =: - is _really_ pissing me off
- =! - is other (explain, ie GB=!Womble)
GDw - The Deathwake Device is:
- As Bitterness above, except add back in B - Bitterness-controlled
GM - My players regularly come up against:
- t - Thresher
- c - Cannibal Sectors
- w - War Worlds
- x - The Conflict Wars
- r - Root Dogs
- k - Contract Killers
- m - Manchines
- l - Anyone listed in the Player/Legends section above
- n - Necanthropes
- ! - Ummms, Laaas, Old Herb, Crazy Herman & other sillinesses
GN - Necanthropes:
- a - Abduct Children
- f - Fuck Children
- k - Kill Children
- t - Torture Children
- e - Eat Children
- ! - Leave Children alone
- * - Are Children
GG - I think the coolest gang is:
- t - Krosstown Traffik
- k - Kiestas
- j - Johannas
- ! - Other
- * - The Red Hand Gang
- ** - The Famous Four
Gice - I have run a pair of NPCs called "Ben" and "Jerry"
Gice! - I plan to run a pair of NPCs called "Ben" and "Jerry"
GPM# - Greatest number of players killed in one phase
GX - My games often include graphic sex or violence
GXXX - My games include loads of (porno)graphic sex or violence
GXXX! - My GMing has so disgusted a player that s/he fled the group
GXXX!! - MY GMing has so disgusted a player that s/he threw up
G! - I have never GMed SLA
G* - I have GMed SLA in the style of Basic D&D
G** - I have GMed a sunny day on Mort (after 0SD)
Ggmb# Number of gaming sesions which included game mastering conducted by shouting from bathroom.

(For example: GT10 Ggm1 Gcam0 Gpc0 GDn* GT* GB* GDw* GMcm! GNe GG* GPM1 GX G**)

List Info:

Lr# - Where # is percentage of list posts read in entirety
Lt - Position on Trolling
- A - Approve
- D - Disapprove
- ? - What?
Lo - Position on Off-topic posts
- As for Trolling above
Lg### - Where # is international code for country of residence
Lp - Number of posts made to list in average week
Ls - Number of bits of original fiction posted to list
Lb - Number of original BPNs posted to list
La - Number of original pieces of art posted to list
Lr - Number of rules extensions/new critters/equipt/powers/&c posted to list
Lw - I have a SLA web page
Ll# - Where # is the number of fellow list-members met IRL
LC - I was at SlaCon 97
LM - I will be / was at MortCon 98
LO - I remember when Declan set SLA-L up
L! - I am normally a lurker on SLA-L
L* - I am not on SLA-L

(For example: Lr99 LtA LoA LgUK Lp10 Lb0 Ls0 La0 Lr2 Ll21 LC LM LO)

Well, I think that'll do for the moment. After all, that makes my complete SLA Code:

Bks:Si Sii Ku** Ka G!& Mu! Ma! k! s! c! _B_!& SCL! SJT SJP SJC ST* SM N9 NW!!! Ny NY NG No N!o NT! PC17 PC!10 PG2 PSCL2F.9 PN0 PP12.7 PA12 PM4 PP:MWSA! PL:SITDBJ!E!H!!CX!! Pcs3 PgS P!! PFH GT10 Ggm1 Gcam0 Gpc0 GDn* GT* GB* GDw* GMcm! GNe GG* GPM1 GX G** Lr99 LtA LoA LgUK Lp10 Lb0 Ls0 La0 Lr2 Ll21 LC LM LO

If, for some unknown and perverse reason, people want to extend this still further, I'll make a note of extensions, incorporate them, and repost new versions as appropriate. Unless Neil wants to do it, which he would be very, very, very welcome to...!