From:	Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: What the...
Date:	Thu, 5 Mar 1998 13:30:21 -0500

Frank,

I know where you are coming from. Two things I do want to address.

First, there is no reason that very powerful PCs can't run the shadows. It
all depends on the campaign. And I think you'll find that several of the
most powerful PC here, Lynch and his group and the Dark Stranger for
example, either have other responsibilities (the UCAS Gov) or are
themselves pawns/servants (the Draig Un plot).

And as recent events have shown, even these characters aren't invulnerable.
Lynch got shot twice, probably pretty badly. He also just so happens to
be a horribly macho PC who probably had his tear ducts removed so could
never risk crying ;-)

As for the "Darkness" plot, rest assured that big bad nasties won't be
running rampant across city blocks. That's not how I play them, and Paul
has said that he won't either. We are both interested in essentially
writing a horror story ala H.P. Lovecraft. Sure, there are mega-nasties,
but we won't ever meet them - it's all about subtlety. A shadow here, a
flickering light there. All the talk between the characters doesn't mean
that much. None of them really know that much, except for a clear
exception, Draig Un. And that PC is really more of a NPC.

Keep up with your good work. We've all done "mundane" plots and many of us
have been in "save the city/nation/company/world" plots. They can all be
very interesting.

Personally, I like your Haze character. I'm hoping that he'll go down in a
huge ball of flames, taking out as many people as possible as he does it.
While that may not be epic to the scale of "the Darkness," I would argue it
still is epic, though on a slightly smaller scale.

Those are my thoughts anyway. I hope I didn't misrepresent you Paul, but
that's what I got from you; please correct me if I'm wrong.

Erik J.