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From: Loki <loki@*******.com>
Subject: Re: PC's Morality
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 11:30:52 -0700
Ubiquitous wrote:
>
> At 06:13 PM 9/24/96 +500, you wrote:
>
> >I recently started a campaign, after being away from the game for
> >about a year (not by choice mine you). And the PC's were indirectly
> >involved with the death of 149 "innocent" children being held
> >in a corp facility. Mind you the corp is offering a reward for any
> >information leading to the capture of said PCs, whom they had a
> >relatively good video of. I asked the players if they felt any
> >remorse whatsoever about the deaths. And they said "No." My
> >question is should I as a GM make their lives a living hell? I mean
> >being somewhat responsible for the deaths of a 149 children, wouldn't
> >it ruin their street reputations for getting jobs? What would you
> >other GM's do, if this type of situation came up in your campaign?
> >Curios,
>
> Well, I sppse those won't be getting as many karma than if they hadn't
> killed the kids, possibly even a penalty of some sort.
>
> As for making their lives hellish, I'd say it's conceivable that the
> corporation which is sponsoring the facility is going to be pissed, as well
> as the children's
> relatives.

I've even awarded neagtive karma for killing innocents. It definitely
serves to make the Player's think as the erase their Good Karma off
their chracter sheet and write in a lower number without raising some
stat or putting the amount into team karma...


@>-,--'--- Loki

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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

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