| From: | reynardsurface@*****.com (Pace) |
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| Subject: | SR4 Conversion |
| Date: | Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:12:51 -0700 |
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> D20 Shadowrun and Heaps-O-Dice Shadowrun are both too distant a departure
> for me to accept.
Heaps-O-Dice Shadowrun? How is that a departure from the current game?
I know I've got my 5 gallon "dice bucket" already. It's the primary
complaint most have against SR, in my personal experience.
As for the rest, I used to play this way, but frankly, I got tired of
being the only one that knew how to competently gm the system, and
having to keep track of the vagaries of each sheet. If you lay the
modifiers out on the table, and let the characters apply their
cyberware and so forth, and calculate it themselves, the game system
runs a lot smoother, and you soon find yourself explaining less, and
playing more. If they don't know what's causing the mod, just don't
tell them. They may look around for something funny (and they may not
find it), but really, there's no reason to hide systemic information
from players, in my opinion. Thematic information is an entirely
different matter, and is where the system truly shines. Your methods
and objections are valid, but it leads to closed-book GM'ing, in my
opinion. Not saying you're wrong, or even that you are doing it, I'm
just stating my opinion.
