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Message no. 1
From: Steve Mancini <phi@****.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Subject: The Sandman?
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 01:49:22 EST
Yes, for those of you who do not know, or cannot tell from
the fact that I am still up at 2:00 am, I am still going
through separation anxiety.

Anyway: Did we ever get a response with regard to the
Sandman's
Message no. 2
From: James King <jmk@***.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: The Sandman
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 15:49:51 +0000
I have to agree with several previous posters concerning this "no
assensing" comment about "the Sandman". Why the hell shouldn't the
description say something like this? We are roleplayers; we are not,
or shouldn't be, slavish adherents to rules. What is important is
what is fun, not some misguided worship of the SR2 rules. One of
the beauteous and wonderful things about being a GM is that we can
do whatever the bloody hell we like. It doesn't have to make sense.
This is a game, for God's sake, it's fiction, we can alter the fiction
however we like. If we couldn't, it wouldn't be worth playing.
Can you say G-A-M-E ?

James.
Message no. 3
From: Quid Non <jdfalk@****.COM>
Subject: Re: The Sandman
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 00:04:58 -0500
In proofreading NERPS: Shadowlore, I've found the part about Null
Adepts (people without magic ability who cannot be assensed or affected my
non-physical magic -- the book explains it better). I don't recall the
specifics about The Sandman, but as long as he doesn't have any magical
abilities there's no reason not to allow this character.
And, remember -- if you don't like him, DON'T USE HIM IN YOUR
CAMPAIGN! Even the Fasa rules are optional, ours are unofficial as well,
and this isn't even a rule!

/-----------------\ "It involves such a marked departure
| J.D. Falk | from normal human conduct
| jdfalk@****.com | that we can't help being
\-----------------/ drawn to it." -Edward L. Greenspan

(Geek Code 1.0.1) GAT -d+(?) -p+(--) c++ l u+ e* m+(*)
s+ n@ h* f+(++) !g w+ t+ r+(++) y+
Message no. 4
From: Doctor Doom <jch8169@******.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: The Sandman
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 01:31:03 -0600
Von Herrn King:

> what is fun, not some misguided worship of the SR2 rules. One of
> the beauteous and wonderful things about being a GM is that we can
> do whatever the bloody hell we like. It doesn't have to make sense.
> This is a game, for God's sake, it's fiction, we can alter the fiction
> however we like. If we couldn't, it wouldn't be worth playing.

True, but no one particularly enjoys a Game Master whose decisions are
motivated merely by arbitrariness. There should be SOME order forged from
the chaos which is role-playing. Certainly, a Game Master should be given
latitude to interpret, augment, and even occasionally stray without the
regulations as they stand--such things make for variety, the spice of life.
However, a Game Master should not simply ride rough-shod over the player's
objections that he's ignoring the rules. Such things do NOT make for good
gaming . . . any more than a "slavish adherence to the rules."

Consider this possible scenario:

Player: "Okay, I wanna assense."

GM: "You can't."

Player: "Uh, whaddaya mean I can't?"

GM: "You simply can't."

Player: "Yeah, but why? You gotta have a reason."

GM: "No I don't, I'm the GM! And if you have a problem with that, you can
go join another game."

I only emphasize this this due to the fact that I have encountered Game Masters
with this sort of mentality (pin-headed fools, the lot of them), and they
are VERY unpleasant with which to campaign.

> Can you say G-A-M-E ?

SPIEL.


Colonel Count von Hohenzollern und von Doom, DMSc, DSc, PhD.

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P.S. And to the chap who asked as to whe'er I can spell potato:

Kartoffel.

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