From:	Wyrmy <elfman@******.COM>
Subject:	Re: <EGMG>
Date:	Mon, 8 Feb 1999 15:53:19 -0600

David Buehrer wrote:
>
> For the mere cost of a Thaum, Wyrmy wrote:
> /
> / > Just for the record, Steve Tinner propogated the "EGMG" acronym
AFAIK.
> / >
> / > The only requirement for using it is that you actually have to be an
> / > EGM And using critters that can hear ultrasonic frequencies to make
> / > life hell for the Sam who relies on his ultrasound sight qualifies,
> / > IMHO. Welcome to the club <EGMG>.
> /
> / Would sending a runner who is deathly afraid of snakes on a run to
> / parachute into a corp research lab that uses naga as guard animals and
> / having no way out be consiudered evil?
>
> You were doing great until that last little bit. If you force a
> character into a bad situation, that's just being mean (which, BTW, can
> have it's place). If you present the character with a bad situation
> and entice them to enter willingly, that's evil.
>
> So let's say the character is greedy. He is offered a *large* sum of
> money to do a job that requires breaking into the research lab. Once
> inside he finds out there are naga all over the place, but he can still
> back out. Will he back out, or keep going in order to get that *large*
> sum of money?
>
> Got it? :)
i Got it. I have a player in my home game who is deathly afraid of fire.
i think I'll pay him a Hell-of-a-lot(TM) of monye to break into a lonely
research facility. This person is an average Street-sam. When he gets
there, i'll accost him with Deceptively large but still fairly weak(ala
force 2-3). That should be interesting.

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