>From: "Greg Stafford" <greg_at_glorantha.com>
>
>As for the surfer dude: don´t you guys ever get players hwo want to play? I mean PLAY. I hav always had someone who wants to stretch thing, to fool around a little bit and so on. I COULD tell him, "Hey, this is a serious game! Play Right!!"
>Or I could PLAY the game.
>
My first thought when I read the HQ examples was "Wow - these guys
really know gamers!" In my experience there is always at least one
player who has his heart set on something completely weird ("Why can't I
play an elf Storm Bull?"). Most of my players are familiar with
Glorantha, and like the setting, but don't particularly care about the
details. They absolutely *hate* being told "No, it doesn't work that way
in Glorantha." Thus, I have learned to count to ten in my head and then
say "Yes, but...". The results are sometimes more creative and
entertaining than the more standard player characters.
An example from my current game is a player who, without reading the HQ rules, decided to be a Carmanian ancestor worshiper (and thus a theist) who could summon famous ancestors and have them possess either himself or one of his followers. Working this out in game terms was difficult for me, and I am still not sure I am doing it the best way possible. The player ran with the ball, however, and has a stack of narrative descriptions for the ancestors his character can summon. I have rarely seen so much creativity go into a character in one of my games, so I am disinclined to nit-pick with him on the details. You don't slow someone down when they are on a roll! <laugh>
~Kevin McD
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