From: | "Michael R. Goldberg" <mrgoldbe@**.NETCOM.COM> |
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Subject: | Corporate war timeline |
Date: | Wed, 6 May 1998 23:27:37 -0500 |
conversation. Currently, no one has been asking to run stories
anticipating what FASA might be on the verge of doing. If they have
been and communicating their intentions with the list on plot-d, then
things could be worked out. (Both in how to not kill the on-going
story, and to move the way FASA wants the world to go.)
In the case of Burning Bright and Bug City, FASA's surprise of the nuke
on Chicago caught the list completely off-guard. Enough to disrupt a
couple of on-going stories and plans for stories. It caused the FAQ to
be modified for the month of lapse time for people to pick FASA's
latest gem up so that it could even be discussed on plot-d how we want
to handle the change.
The basic agreement from the Burning Bright escapade was that having a
world-shattering event that catches the characters off-guard and force
them to react is one thing, but destroying on-going stories in the
process is not something to be done without serious planning. Hence
the reason for discussing it on plot-d beforehand. Luckily for the
list, FASA's surprises this time will be easier to incorporate than
Burning Bright was.
As such, as long as we don't act out on the list one of FASA's
published adventures, I don't have any problem with seeing the posts.
IMO, the published adventures should be left for home play. I really
don't feel like re-reading them here. (Which is a similar reason to
why none of the characters on the list have officially gone through any
of the modules that FASA has put out. We all at least a couple of the
modules. How many characters here have gone through at least one of
FASA's modules? Probably a decent amount.)
Mike