>From: David Dunham <david_at_...>
>In my game, I think the decision whether to accept clearly useful --
>but blatantly weird and foreign -- magic was one that players had to
>make in character terms as well as simply by the rules, and that's
>the important thing. The fact that one player essentially waffled on
>this shows to me that it wasn't an easy decision, and I think that
>reflects Glorantha very well.
See, there it is again. Players have fun playing around the character's decision to either be the generalist, or go the specialist rout. Especially early on. I'll bend heaven, earth, and Glorantha if I have to in order to ensure interesting decisions for the players. Yes it takes away another potentially interesting decision that Nick points out (that being, "Do I heed my culture's rules, or take on more magic"), but I think either way is just as compelling.
Mike
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