From:	Phil Smith phil_urbanhell@*******.com
Subject:	Bear shifters vs. Bombs
Date:	Sat, 10 Jun 2000 08:15:36 GMT

>From: dbuehrer@******.carl.org
>If the shifter is a PC, then there are a lot of variables. Do I want the
>PC to continue to have a place in the campaign? Do I have any sympathy for
>the PC? Do I think the PC's death would contribute positively to the
>campaign I'm trying to run? How do I think the player would react to the
>life or death of their PC? How much do I care about the player's reaction?

This is something that came up in our game yesterday; the GM (not me)
decided that he really did not like one of the PCs; the character was a mass
murdering ghoul asshole who just did not fit with the others (the player
played him perfectly, the character was just an asshole). So the GM decided
to really shake him up - giving him a cranial bomb that will go off if he
gets violent or goes near ghoul town (we're in Chicago). The player did not
like this and explained how he had put a lot of time into creating his
character and basicly this was not how he wanted him to go.

I know that the Phil GM school of apathy dictates that the player should
learn to live with it as quietly as possible but what does anyone else
think; should GMs take back decisions that really annoy the players even if
it makes the GM's life a lot harder?

Phil

...Unfortunatly one of them spotted our hidden microphone and followed the
extension cable back to the police station.
Milton Jones

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