Re: Re: "Neutrals"

From: Lightcastle <light_castle_at_...>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 23:16:15 -0500


On Thursday 03 November 2005 9:51 pm, Roderick and Ellen Robertson wrote:
> >As long as we are talking about extended contests, I have a question about
> >neutral parties.
>
> As people have said, if there is no resistance, there is no contest.

Yes, yes. Not an issue. They *are* resisting. If I say "you should do this" and people go "No." then it is they are resisting.

> The same abilities as they are resisting with - they *are* actively
> resisting him, just in a passive-aggresive way. Their goal in the contest
> is to "convince him to just drop it and quit rocking the boat."

I guess that is the solution I came up with, it just seems... unsatisfying somehow. Since the game died, I didn't get a chance to play it out and so it may have seemed fine once it started going. I guess just giving them a sort of standardized bid works.

> The council might make unrelated actions - send the PC on a voyage to outer
> Slobbovia to inventory cow patties or somesuch, instead of a "direct
> attack" on his APs. After all, if they are trying to get him to not rock
> the baot, then getting him out of the country is as good as convincing him
> to drop it!

Oh, absolutely. :)

LC

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