| From: | the holy Entombed <rasputin@***.UMD.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Miffed---> Rant, not discussion |
| Date: | Mon, 3 Oct 1994 17:02:49 -0400 |
> > 1 Was the GM's purpose to kill you, or to get you to run away [...]
> >
> No, it was not to get us to run away. After my held action w/ the sniper
> rifle, we were all dead before anyone got any actions. When it was over,
> the GM told us that he decided to kill us, and that there was no way we
> could have lived. When I pulled the trigger, he decided to kill us all.
> No escape was possible, ever, what so ever. He said "You are all dead,
> don't worry about rolling." Even the three of us who were inside the 12
> body, 6 armor truck (big rig type truck) were dead, don't worry about
> rolling.
You know, I read something like this, and I'm astounded. How in the hell
could a GM (a) say something like that, and then (b) have the gall to do it?
It really burns me up when I hear about other GMs pulling crap like
that. So the players are upset and possibly getting themselves into
something too deep. Give them a chance!
What's worse, apparently, this GM took your actions personally. I
have never been able to understand this, either. If you're a naturally
adversarial person, don't try to run an RPG. It sounds like this guy
took your revenge on the Johnson as a challenge to his authority.
> This time he said, your dead, it's your fault. Don't ever
> f*\/c|< w/ a corp in my world. If they screw you over you are screwed over,
> deal. I personally feel this was a very poor way of making that point,
> especially when he had the johnson specifically insult us by offering to
> sell us the antidote to the poison they infected us w/ in a ver flippant
> manner. He was an elf though, so I guess that was to be expected.
Yes, but it wasn't the elf speaking as his character in the game, it was
the GM speaking through the elf.
--the holy Entombed--
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