>>Seconded. It's *not* a rules issue. It's the age old problem of self
>>control.
>>
>>People complain about their players 'getting too powerful too quickly' or
>>that they 'spend HPs even when they don't need to'. What's obvious to me is
>>that a narrator should be far more than just the 'presenter' of the story.
>>
>>You have to encourage a balance. I am definately not suggesting enforcing
>>some kind of artificial rule on this but guidance on how to play wisely.
>
><snip Mr Robinson's rant>
On re-reading this, perhaps I could have been a little more tactful. I'll blame it on the flu. Substitute the following, if it makes you feel better :
I believe the game I run is fun, challenging, interesting, varied and entertaining. I believe the players are enjoying it - largely based on the fact they sometimes tell me so. I know I'm enjoying it.
I believe there is a conflict between the default world scale presented in HW, the default advancement rules, and the length of campaign I'm trying to run and the players I have in that campaign.
I do not believe that my players are notably lacking in self control, nor that they are creating especially unbalanced characters.
I object strongly to being told that the problems I have mentioned are due to a lack of self control on the part of my players, or a lack of ability to GM on my part. Especially when the person saying so has never, to the best of my knowledge, met any of us.
I believe that advice along the lines of "don't change the rules, tell more interesting stories" is wrong because I believe I'm already telling interesting stories. I believe that you should only change your stories if they are not interesting enough in and of themselves. (As a side note, if you do want to tell more interesting stories, I believe Benedict has a number of very good ideas.)
Finally, I believe that some groups need different rules to others. What works for my group will not necessarily work for yours, and vice versa. But I do like to see all the house rules - you never know when someone has come up with the perfect solution to your problem!
Cheers,
Graham
-- Graham Robinson graham_at_... Albion Software Engineering Ltd.
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