Re: Re: Bumps and shoves

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 09:29:13 -0700

> > As far as rolling the final action, will it spoil
> > the climax to blow the
> > roll? How will your sacrificing player feel when you
> > say "Oh, you didn't
> > make your grab roll? And you are out of AP? So
> > sorry, you fall into the vat
> > of molten steel and die instantly.
>
> As a player: been there, done that, very unhappy.

So have I, which is why it comes up :-).

Basically, I'm firmly on the side of "I play games for fun, and to do Glorious Deeds (that I can't do easily in my mundane life)". I don't see the Narrator as the natural enemy of the Player (as some early games did. *cough* D&D *cough*). We're all in it together, and if something just plain fits the game, don't sweat the dice.

Or, to put it another way, sometimes Sacrificing yourself for the good of the world is something no self-respecting hero should fail at!

RR
It is by my order and for the good of the state that the bearer of this has done what he has done.
- Richelieu