From:	Andre' Selmer <031SEA@******.WITS.AC.ZA>
Subject:	Re: POLL--PLEASE REPLY
Date:	Fri, 11 Aug 1995 10:36:05 +0200

:->
:->This brings up another point. I, as a GM, would never force a player to
:->follow the results of a die roll in how the player should respond to another
:->character (PC or NPC). As a GM I use ettiquette, and persuasion type tests
:->only if I am unsure how the NPC would react. If the player wishes to sucomb
:->to the suduction that should be their choice, after all only the player can
:->really know what their character is thinking. I find it incomprehensible
:->that GMs would do this. But that's just me.
:->
I agree with you completely, in our group the only function we
use the etti-quetty skills for is to know who is who, how to act, and
the social postion, current wealth, influence, power (and how far we
can push them) of the individual. The rest comes down to plain
roleplaying and conversation. In fact some of our most memorable
games have been the non-combat, conversing with 'so and so'.

Andre'
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