| From: | "S.F. Eley" <gt6877c@*****.GATECH.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: gamemastering |
| Date: | Tue, 22 Aug 1995 19:30:33 -0400 |
> >[S.F. Eley writes:]
> >Yes, there are people who do these sorts of things. There are bastard GM's,
> >after all, and GM's who just don't pay attention. But it's only
"power"
> >depending on your perspective. If you're maintaining what I consider (in
> >my not so humble opinion) the "right" GM perspective, you don't FEEL a
whole
> >lot of power. Particularly when your players have just managed to call off
> >your Lone Star manhunt with very effective use of the Control Thoughts spell.
> >
> On the other hand, if you want YOUR manhunt to happen becuase it's essential
> to the plotline that YOU authored so you fudge the dice rolls what's going on?
AAAAARRRRRRGGGHHHHH! Yes, yes, I KNOW I said I wasn't going to waste my
time on this thread anymore, but this level of blockheadedness is too much
for me to sit idly by.
READ MY PARAGRAPH!! I used past tense. "...have just managed to call
off..." That means THEY GOT AWAY WITH IT, you dolt! Stop twisting
everything to match your grudge, whether it fits or not.
Just to hammer the point in to the extent that it MIGHT make an impression
on you: I was citing an example from one of my runs. The shaman cast
Control Thoughts on the cops, and ran the standard "These are not the Droids
you seek..." suggestions through his head. It worked. I didn't fudge any
dice rolls. The cop who was controlled rolled Etiquette (Police) against
the other cop, and succeeded. I didn't fudge any dice rolls. They stopped
harassing the players, though the uncontrolled cop insisted on putting drone
surveillance on them and wouldn't take any drek about it. There were no
dice rolls for that part, and I didn't fudge any.
This was a clever move on the part of the player. It worked, and the PC's
were rewarded accordingly. Had the spell NOT succeeded, I might have fudged
to make it work, just because I liked the idea. (I take it you'd have said
"Bravo" to that.) In either case, it didn't make too great a difference, as
it was a street cop they confronted and not Captain Grissim, who was the one
coordinating the search. It didn't destroy of my "plots," it just bought
the players some time. Had it threatened anything, I simply would have
restructured my plot.
NOW do you get my point? And if so, will you finally stop snivelling about
it?
Yes, you've pissed me off. No smiley.
Blessings,
_TNX._
--
Stephen F. Eley (-) gt6877c@*****.gatech.edu )-( Student Pagan Community
http://wc62.residence.gatech.edu| Gray's Corollary to Clarke's Theorem:
My opinions are my opinions. | "Any technology that is distinguishable
Please don't blame anyone else. | from magic is insufficiently advanced."
