From:	Ojaste,James [NCR] James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA
Subject:	Mike Mulvihill on STATE OF THE ART
Date:	Wed, 25 Oct 2000 14:56:41 -0400

> From: Gurth [mailto:gurth@******.nl]
> Sent: October 25, 2000 14:03
>
[snip]
> > I could live without the fiction (which, while I might
> enjoy it, I'll
> > only read once), but I like Themed books. For one, it means fewer
> > books to lug around (mages generally don't need R2).
>
> "A fiction section" means an in-character part of the book, which is
> then followed by an out-of-character part -- like in the
> NAGRL, Awakenings,
> Fields of Fire, etc. The first half or more of each of those books was
> written from the POV of someone in the game world, while the
> second section
> had game rules to back up the things introduced in the first part.

Hm. Differing terminology I guess. I wouldn't call that fiction,
I'd call it a description of the world as narrated by a fictional
character. The description itself is no more fictional than the
rest of the game (ie "anybody" could have made those observations)...

James Ojaste