Re: Re: What's in a keyword?

From: Lightcastle <light_castle_at_...>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 12:53:49 -0500

Oh absolutely. But that is a bit of a learning process for players used to "I kill it, give me experience." I certainly wouldn't put her ability at stake except in a Heroquest because of the way her character was conceived. But her whole obsession with protecting children became a fun point to put her in which she had to question what she was doing. :)

LC

On Saturday 24 December 2005 5:06 am, Rob wrote:
> Hi LC
>
> I think the key here is to challenge players with this mindset with
> challenges that do not explicitly refer to the rules for resolution.
> For example, the player is very invested in this there/not there
> ability. Give the player the opportunity to gain something that they
> really want, maybe close the their stated goal in exchange for that
> ability!
>
> One of the fundemental premises of the Hero Wars is 'The hero wars
> are here, what will you do?'. In my game we have addressed this
> premise, among others, in a number of different ways, but the cue
> always comes from the players.
>
> Regards
> Rob
>
>
> --- In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com, Lightcastle
>
> <light_castle_at_s...> wrote:
> > On Friday 23 December 2005 7:23 pm, Roderick and Ellen Robertson
>
> wrote:
> > > C'mon, that abilkity is just *so* munchkin!
> > >
> > > :-).
> >
> > Actually, she did try to muchkin it once by using it as a bonus to
>
> chasing
>
> > someone. (She also used it as a bonus in a surprise attack, but
>
> that made
>
> > sense, so I didn't consider it munchkin.) Interestingly, if
>
> instead of saying
>
> > she could run real fast because of it, she had simply asked to
>
> dramatically
>
> > show up in front of the fleeing villain (probably framed
>
> dramtically against
>
> > the waxing moon) I would have given it to her. :)
> >
> > LC
>
>
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