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From: "Gary L. Kelley" <gkelley@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: Role playing too closely
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 00:01:13 -0500
>> Another time was a player in a Beyond the Supernatural campaign that worked
>> for the FBI. He got pissed in a bar and the bouncers threw him out, so he
>> took the spycar and blew up the bar with a rocket. Needless to say, upon
>> returning to HQ, the base commander unloaded a clip of ammo into his face.
>
>This is an example. "Needless to say?" The FBI doesn't HAVE to perform
>summary executions of their agents for stupidity.. You could just have
>easily have locked the character up for trial and a life sentence, and
>gotten him out of the way without killing him. (And if the other PC's try
>to spring him, well.. That makes for trouble and/or a really good run.)
>>8->
Don`t forget that if this FBI agent has been acting like an ass hole would
they be willing to risk their skin for him. My player would`t(`course hes
pretty mercenary :)

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