From:	Bryan Linn Schuler <schu1545@****.GMI.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Character Quirks
Date:	Fri, 15 Sep 1995 11:52:10 -0400

> *SIGH*
> I envy you, I wish I had players like that. My players are all
>*profesionalism* and no roleplaying, they even go so far as to ruthlesly
>supress the ocasional attempt at roleplaying that is bound to crop
>up every now and then.
> While this makes the group more focused (note my usage of the word
>focused - not more efficient) it definitely makes for booooooring
>sesions.
>
>PS: (To my players) Hear that guys ? :) Next time better have those
>girlscout uniforms ready :)
>
>

Yea, I know all about that. Some of my groups back home are like that.
One guy I had was talking to a man (kinda like a Johnson) after he did a mission
for him. The player is the "ultra-professional-I-have-no-life-or-humor-etc"
type. Well, I decided to play on this and knew that the only skills the
player had were combat oriented (nothing else!). So after the player briefed
the "Johnson" on the mission and how well it worked, the Johnson made him a few
social offers: golf corse, baseball game, dinner, etc. He started asking about
the player's religeous beliefs, political beliefs, trying to get to know who
he was dealing with a little better. Well, it turned out after much roleplaying
the Johnson got fed up and cursed the player for being a cold heartless
mother-fragger and didn't hire him onto any more runs. It got my player
thinking for a while.

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