From: | Geoffrey Haacke knight_errant30@*******.com |
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Subject: | Shadowrun Novels |
Date: | Mon, 19 Jul 1999 11:45:53 CST |
>With the Will, GMs did have a lot of freedom to act, but the big event in
>PoaD was Dunk's assassination, and GMs who tried to build a plot around it
>got swatted down a year later with DHS. I still think Headhunters was a
>good
>example of how to do an SR novel without intruding up the game. It
>involved
>the Will, it connected to Dunk's death, yet it was soley the creation of
>Mel
>Odom and so didn't step on any plot hooks the GM might be exploring. If
>FASA has to come out and reveal the plot behind some event, at least they
>could do it in an adventure like HB or Shadows of the Underworld with the
>Yeats assassination so that the players remain driving the universe
>forward.
>
I suppose. I'm just used to my characters NOT being involved in the huge
events like investigating Dunk's death. From a character's point of view,
anyone who could cack the dragon would be someone to avoid at all costs. :)
>-Twist
>
>
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