Familiarity with the milieux

From: bjm10_at_cornell.edu
Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 18:52:23 -0400 (EDT)


> Al Harrison, in the midst of a tortuous thread that may or may not be
> about 'high level' beginning characters:
> > I agree with his original implication that, while high-level PCs are
> > acceptable starters for a commonly-understood setting such as Arthurian
> > legend, similarly powerful PCs in a setting _not_ inculcated in the
> > player's experience from birth would tend to be played less in keeping
> > with the setting.
>
> I'm aware you're saying this, though it was deeply unclear if the
> person you're agreeing with was. I remain quite unconvinced. The

That was the point I was trying to make.

> To reiterate the basic point: in some ways it's easier to play an
> archetypal instance of [arbitrarily chosen Keyword] than to play
> some unfledged youth, whom to play effectively one needs to understand
> his society in a much more rounded fashion.

Is there no middle ground?


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