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Message no. 1
From: Marc A Renouf <jormung@*****.umich.edu>
Subject: Re: Character types
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 01:24:38 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, U-Gene wrote:

> NOTE: I think goon should be added to common terms that refers to the PCs
> (actually, the players) who are very combat oriented. You know, the ones
> that say, "It's been a long time since my character fought something" or
> "When do we get to fight?"

What about guys whose idea of combat is to assemble the medium
mortar and do it military-style? I have one player whose character
doesn't think it's combat unless artillery is involved. Go figure.

Marc
Message no. 2
From: Russ Myrick <rm91612@****.net>
Subject: Re: Character types
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 07:39:58 -0700
Marc A Renouf wrote:
> What about guys whose idea of combat is to assemble the medium
> mortar and do it military-style? I have one player whose character
> doesn't think it's combat unless artillery is involved. Go figure.
> Sounds like the pair we nicknamed "Thunder Turkeys" in our group. Their
idea of an assualt grenade is a 500Lb Fuel Air Explosive bomb (Troll
Cyber Sams in SR, something else of a similar vane in Space Opera).

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