Re: Player Character's challenging societies rules

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From: Wulf Corbett <wulfc_at_...>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 10:50:45 -0000

> > and so on. Players often take so much care to make their

> > believable given their culture that they end up with boring

> > characters.

> I think this is mkuch more symptomatic of people just not bothering

> to engage with the culture

Allowing unrestricted ability to challenge the norm also means that that norm no longer gets seen nor felt. I believe it is important to resist every challenge (but lose gracefully - or not - to the challenges that you like) just to ensure everyone understands what is, and is not, a challenge. Otherwise the original closed or medium campaign quickly ends up an Open campaign in somewhere only vaguely reminiscent of Gloratha, simply because everyone just ignores the bits of Glorantha that don't fit their pre-conceived ideas of fantasy RPGs.

I'd love to have a character take up the ancient and honourable sport of collecting heads... just to upset other players... Then if they join in, let the neighbours find out, and disapprove :-)

Wulf