| From: | Black Death <ddmaster@**.NET> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | TO TopCat was Re: Saving the Team by Self-Sacrifice |
| Date: | Thu, 17 Jul 1997 16:32:15 -0500 |
>
> At 10:46 PM 7/16/97 -0400, J. Keith Henry wrote:
> >In a message dated 97-07-16 19:18:44 EDT, topcat@***.NET (TopCat)
> writes:
> >>>And when you and your team gets into a bind and you try to save the
> team
> >>>by self-sacrifice your GM wimps out and lets you live?
>
> >>I wouldn't allow the character in the campaign in the first place.
> Design
> >>the campaign, then design characters to fit it. Assuming I did let
> the
> >>character in, I'd let him die. In fact, I'd strive to kill him.
> Cruel?
> >>Perhaps, but he wanted the spotlight...
>
> >Not to start an argument here, but what if said player didn't want to
> steal
> >the spotlight? Sometimes, as you yourself has indicated, "Power" is
> a
> >decision. Deciding to play it comes with a lot of responsibilities,
> for all
> >those involved in the particular game.
>
> As I mentioned in the first line, I wouldn't allow the character to
> play
> anyway. I've got a current situation where one player wants to use a
> "Speed
> Elf" character (23+3D6 intitiative) in a low-mid powered campaign and
> I'm
> not going to allow it.
>
> Power is always a decision. You don't accidentally take a PAC, you
> take it
> because it is powerful. Deciding to play a powerful character does,
> indeed,
> come with responsibilities (and I take each of those very seriously,
> though
> many of the players of such characters do not), but there is also the
> responsibility to play the game as a group and within the bounds of a
> given
> campaign. If you let a superpowered character into a group of
> low-powered
> types, it'll ruin the game for all involved. I choose never to let
> that
> situation occur. Saves me a lot of trouble.
> --
> Bob Ooton
> topcat@***.net
Who mention that the others where low powered characters??
wait a minute. They were but not because they were just made or not been
played that much. Hell all of them except one other still had the same
stats as when they where created.
Is it my fought that the players did not use they Karma??
So until you know the whole situation don't be a drekhead.
PS: I understand the "speed elf" situation and i would not allow it if
he just created it.
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