| From: | Guardian <s777317@*******.gu.edu.au> |
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| Subject: | Re: Bad Luck (was Geezers) |
| Date: | Tue, 24 Sep 1996 08:06:36 +1000 (EST) |
> |should someone die like that so many times just cos the dice say so?
> |It's all very well to go by the rules, but rules don't account for a run
> |of bad luck. Conversely, if the dice say someone continually gets 12
> |successes on firearms tests, what's the point of putting the person
> |against anything requiring a skill test? The point of the game is to
> |have fun, so a challenge is good, but a walk-thru or a death march
> |quickly becomes boring or frustrating for players and DMs alike.
> |
> |Some DMs (One that we no longer play with comes to mind) have to realize
> |that rules are there for framework and fun, but they're never unbreakable
> |when the situation calls for it.
>
> In cases of severe bad luck I'll figure out a way to let
> the character live (if I can), but with the understanding
> that I'm going to mess with that character later on to
> balance it out.
But would you WANT to play a particular character after a few stuff-ups
from bad dice rolling? There's a point where any character is no longer
fun to play.
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