> This is probably an artifact of face-to-face gaming,
Could be - see my earlier comments on my own incompetence at doing so in F2F. Though you people get more practise than I do...
> but in Seattle
> Farmers we don't usually insist that players extemporize descriptions
> of how they are augmenting,
That, I think, is a difference in preference. We don't exactly "insist" in the Swords campaign. More that we give the opportunity to do so. And the players do, whether there's a contest in the offing or not! Personally when I was playing not GMing I had a rule of thumb that if my post went over 1000 words, I'd put an RTF version in the Files area as well - easier to read. We write descriptions because that's what we're there for - that's what the game's all about.
> but I don't usually have time -- I want to play.
(nods) Of course, unless you're running a voice recorder, it's a choice between writing down what others are saying and saying summat yourself. Needs a *very* good memory to do Chronicles otherwise. I remember trying to do just that in college (sorry, this was 20 years ago, I can't supply details now, can't even find the Chronicles).
> For example: Once we were on a sea voyage and trying to catch some
> pirates for a well-deserved beating. I spent a Hero Point to help the
> ship catch them. I described how the rowers increased their efforts,
> smiling, as they watched the party's combat monster put on his gear
> and saddle up his horse, Duet of Death, for a leap onto the pirate
> ship -- a tactic the rowers had seem him use successfully in the past.
Ooh, nice!
> These kinds of incidents happen relatively rarely in our games. Apart
> from the fact that the games are face-to-face, we often cover quite a
> bit of Gloranthan time in a four-hour session. Last night's Umathela
> game (which is actually taking place in Maniria, at the moment)
> covered four seasons.
Yes, I can see that limiting your detail a *lot*. Swords, having been running since Storm Tribe came out, has so far covered (I think) about eight weeks of Gloranthan time.
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