| From: | Jeffrey Riordan <JRIORDAN@***.gov> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | sidebars and trainingwheels -Reply |
| Date: | Mon, 09 Sep 1996 08:19:28 -0400 |
> It's not drivel or filler. It's deliberate misdirection. It
allows each GM
> to customize his campaign for his preferences and
power level.
> It also keeps munchkins who read the books from
knowing everything about
> what goes on in the game world.
>
So it is ALL misdirection..I don't buy that..And I D@*m
sure wouldn't waste any more of my hard earned
cash in rule books full of that sort of thing either if I
believed it for a moment..Afterall, I buy the books so I
can run/play the same game as everyone else..Not
so I will have to change everything to fit a universe I
created..If I want a totally unique universe..I will start
from scratch and do it all myself..I will grant that
SOME of it is misdirection..However, I would say on
average..Oh say 4% to 6% is deliberate
misdirection..another 4% to 6% is accidental/ignorance
inspired misdirection..maybe 3% is filler..leaving
aprox 89% to 85% as helpful info in one way or
another..
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Not to be picky but most of those books are "Source
books" not "rule books". The only real rule book is
the original SR2 book. All the rest are expansions,
additions and clarifications to the main book.
You're probably right that most of it is true and
accurate descriptions. But how do you as a GM know
which of the comments are true and which are fake?
how can you tell the 85-89% of the true from the fake
or exaggeration? I generally look to see how much
information is in the book before I buy. I bought Aztlan
because I need info and possible ideas for runs from
Texas into Aztlan territory. I don't own corp security,
bug city or a few others because I didn't like or want
the info/rules that they have. If I had a decker in the
group I would buy VR2. I WISH they would come out
with a new RBB to scrap the old system they had.
Those books I consider more of a "rule book" than the
Awakenings book. Even shadow tech and SSC have
more of a "rules" bent that a "story telling" bent such
as Cybertech.
