From:	Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject:	Harrowing of Focus (sic)
Date:	Wed, 18 Aug 1999 23:24:42 -0700 (PDT)

> >You missed his point, James. He didn't say people don't do it or
shouldn't do it. He said why do it? We see so much crap in the world,
what's the point of dwelling on it in your escapism?
>
> I don't think I did at all - the question was "why do it?" The answer
I posited was "Because it can be fun." It added a new dimension to my
role-playing, playing someone distinctly amoral, as opposed to myself,
whom I consider to have a fairly strict code of morals. (Apart from
when I'm on the track tho'....:-) ) And, as such, it was a challenge,
coming from a completely different mindset - it's *hard* to really do
an 'evil' character well, when I've spent XX years trying to be nice to
fellow man etc.

Oh, if THAT'S what you meant...

Tell me, did you ever play the kind of characters AE was talking about?
(Rapists, serial killers, etc. etc.)


> >True, but I've played characters who've been mean and nasty without
going as far as being psychopaths or the like. And my current favourite
character is a sniper who DOESN'T kill the sec guards (he packs gel
rounds usually). He only kills bad guys and the guards are just doing
their jobs, so they ain't the bad guys. The only time he pulls out the
"real" ammo is when he's got no chance of effecting the guard with gel
rounds and even then he's sorry if he kills the guy.
>
> Well done, most laudable, but I was say you were the exception that
proves the rule - how many times have we all seen the following
scenario:
>
> GM: "Right, there's no obvious security, just one guard scratching
his arse...."
> Player:" OK, I unlimber my silenced, tripod mounted, APDS packing
Barrett with Assault Cannon ammo mod, aim for 3 hours and roll a
squillion dice. Oh, and it was an aimed shot at his head. Is he dead?"

Point. :)

Btw, my other favourite character is my amoral ex-corp assassin. She
doesn't do kids, though. :)

> >No double standard there.
>
> And <gives Doc large hug>, I never said there was......;-)
> James.

*Doc' eeewwwws..."Get offa me, ya freak!!"*
==Doc'
(aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow)

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