I sincerely wish that everyone would stop putting value judgements
on other people's Roleplaying styles. What does it really accomplish,
other than provoking hostile responses or agreements to disagree?
As for me, I "play" roleplaying games. I don't worry about my play
habits and whether they consist of mere joke telling, power gaming,
mini-maxing, wargaming, thespian style acting, complete immersion,
or virtual reality. I'm most interested in playing the game. If you
enjoy
the gaming group you're in, what else matters?
As for dragonewts in Dragon Pass...
Dragonewts aren't an expansionist race. They haven't built any new cities or had any population growth that I've ever read of. They are largely a status-quo people. Since everything they do is supposed to be totally alien to the way "people" do things, I don't find this surprising. When other people move into an area that has Dragonewts nearby, the typical Dragonewt reaction tends to be total indifference, unless you provoke them with hostile actions. Even then, they might ignore you. Then again, your sleepy village may never have done anything to provoke dragonewts and one night they burn the whole place down, take everyone prisoner, shave everyone's head, build a mini stonehenge, and then fade into the night. They give a small emerald pig to a small girl. Only male children are born for the next two seasons. There are no explanations in sight. I like it that way.
See you at Convuslion 2000,
Rick
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