Nick Brooke:
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>...when Garrath Sharpsword (aka Argrath)...
Do you *mean* that Garrath Sharpsword is Argrath? Garrath? Oh gee... The letters! Same letters! An anagram! I never noticed it. Oh gee... How was I supposed to know? Why did nobody tell me! I was right. This was all a big conspiracy. Everybody knew but me!
I used Garrath as one of these mentionned-but-not-described NPCs, to put some more life in my Pavis. He met my players several times! What am I going to tell them?
Oh g... Hey! Wait a minute! What did I just say? "What am I going to tell them?" Hmm... If *I* was surprised, can you imagine *their* reaction?
Them: "Garrath? Garrath Sharpsword? This nice-but-otherwise-not-so- interesting weapon master? He is Argrath? He was Argrath the whole time?"
Me: "Yes, indeed. Surprising, ain't it?"
Them: "And you *knew* about that the whole time, Thomas?"
Me: "Why, of course I did. I am the GameMaster after all..."
Them: "Well, you're a hell of a gamemaster, Thomas, because I never suspected anything about that Garrath guy..."
So what do you think: in the HeroQuest called GameMastering, what is important: Intent or Action?
Yours, Thomas.
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