| From: | Jamie Houston <s430472@*******.gu.edu.au> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Screwing the players |
| Date: | Tue, 24 Sep 1996 17:17:57 +1000 (EST) |
> Pete wrote:
>
> >This is only safe to assume, if they are on a casual visit, but let's
> >face it, how often do you see the hero in a movie, get out of his car,
> >and lock it.... No often, in fact almost never. Also, if there is a
> >situation developing, and the players bin out of the car, ready to run,
> >or act. There is also a debate as to whether they lock the vehicle.
> >The worst mistake a GM can make is to assume anything about the
> >players, it *will* get thrown back at him/her.
>
> Then lay down your default assumptions at the start of the campaign.
> These defaults apply in any cases where the player doesn't outline his
> actions clearly. make sure your players understand this.
>
> Examples of my defaults:
> Weapons are always concealed except on a run.
> Characters always lock & activate vehicle security systems
> Ammo & weapons normally carried by players are specified on their
> character sheet, otherwise they use their normally used handgun with
> regular ammo.
> Characters always use their SIN for payment (some characters already
> have their laundering systems set up by default.
>
> There's a fairly comprehensive list, with individual varitaions for
> certain people.
>
This sounds like a good idea...we don't have one of these set in stone,
it's just assumed that our characters do these things anyway. They're the
professional Shadowrunners...not us, so we assume that they now the
dangers of unconcealed guns & unlocked cars, whereas, we in the real
world don't often have thoughts of "Oh dear...did I leave the shotgun out
again" :)
This is the same when you are planning and you are at a dead end...we try
to plead with the GM saying "Hey, they are professional, and have
probably done this stuff a million times before! We'll do whatever our
characters would have thought of if we were them!"
Hey...it works....sometimes *grin*
Hamish, the hopeful Scot
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Jamie Houston * "If a kid asks why it's raining,
aka Bollox, Hamish,(and * a cute thing to tell him is "God is
lots of other unmentionable * crying"...And if he asks why God is
pseudonyms) * crying, another cute thing to tell
s430472@*****.student.gu.edu.au * him is "It's probably something
Griffith Uni * you did!"
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