Re: Leave it alone!!!

From: Jeff <jeff.kyer_at_...>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:19:53 -0000

> Mikko writes:
>
> That's dodging the question. How do you think 'broad abilities'
would
> help resolve a situation where three players are using more-or-less
> specific abilities and the fourth is going with a general ability?

I shan't be using them until and if 2nd ed uses them.  

> More narrowly, what would your group do if something like this came
> up during a game of "Hero Wars"? Reach for the rules, wish for
better
> ones, or quickly impose a Narrated modifier? (Or something else?)
>

I wave my arms and work out a modifier on the fly. Players may debate about my cruelty but the one who usually does this is the resident min-maxer and everyone else does their best to keep him in check.

I'm usually too busy running a story to check the rules. Someone might say 'can we check that' adn I'll say, 'sure' and if I'm wrong, I'll say I'm sorry and then we'll remember it for next time. And the players _will_ remind me. But the story's the thing, at least for us. (Some nights, though, we just want to roll dice and kill things)

Jeff