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From: davek@***.lonestar.org (David Kettler)
Subject: SR4 Conversion
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 06:41:30 +0000
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 05:02:03AM +0100, Matthew Bond wrote:
>
> I get the feeling that if I ever played with you as the GM it would only
> be for one session... you seem far to much of a control freak for my
> taste.
>

For what it's worth I think I would love to play in Kori's group. I've been reading his
posts to this list for a long time now and he seems to run a pretty tight ship (at least
that's the impression I get). You may not always agree with his system, but he definitely
has a system, which is a whole lot better than a lot of GMs.

In any case, on this particular topic it seems perfectly reasonable for the GM to not tell
the players the TN. You do not always know the exact odds of doing something in real
life, so why should your player? Yes, experienced players will often be able to guess at
the TN, but that's never the same as knowing it for sure. And there is always the issue
of TN mods the players aren't supposed to know about...

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Dave Kettler
davek@***.lonestar.org
http://davek.freeshell.org/
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