| From: | Caric <caric@**********.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: RP Karma award (was Re: Sex & the Single Shadowrunner(thanks)) |
| Date: | Thu, 7 May 1998 13:53:18 -0700 |
>
> |> Subject: RP Karma award (was Re: Sex & the Single
Shadowrunner(thanks))
>
> |> > I personally dislike the RP karma award, since it's...
rewarding the
> |> > character for something the player should be doing anyway.
> |> Roleplaying is,
> |> > after all, the point of this game. It doesn't make sense for
> |> a character
> |> > to gain experience and 'luck' because he is so completely
> |> 'himself' that day.
>
> Well, I don't see it that way at all, but this is a valid
viewepoint I
> guess. I see it as a case of rewarding the PLAYER for playing his part
> correctly. If you view it as a reward to the player, rather than the
> character, then reward for staying in character makes sense. True,
as you
> say, role-playing is the point of the game, ergo it should be
encouraged and
> rewarded.
I agree whole heartedly with Katt on this one, in fact I was just
discussing this with Loki the other day. Basically a RP award is
given out on rare occasions in my group and then generally to the more
munchkinous of the group as a way to offer positive reinforcment of a
learned behavior...much like training a dog, it lets the person know
that "Hey the rest of the group thought that I did a bang up job, I
should do it some more." Over the years it has greatly enhanced the
amount of good roleplaying that we get from members of our group. I
can honestly say now, and I realize without playing with most of you
on the list, that I feel we have one of the best RP based gaming
groups in Phoenix...and of all the ones I have witnessed/played in
certainly the best regular SR game. Now I admit that this is biased
and I have by no means had direct interaction with even most of the SR
games out there, but going off of some horror stories that I have
heard and lived through myself...life is good right now and RP karma
awards helped get us there.
Caric-the-damn-I-can-run-at-the-mouth-sometimes-shaman
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