Re: A little self-conscious self-defense

From: David Dunham <david_at_...>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:48:05 -0800

Jeff

>Many times, I don't bother as a narrator to develop
>a "true" objective statement of facts. I just give the players a
>variety of biased and conflicting narratives, and let them run with
>it.

I sometimes do the same, for various reasons. These include:

1. I don't have time to work out all the details. (Often times it doesn't matter.)
2. Players will often come up with something more fun in any case.
3. Players will generate a variety of theories, and I can direct the story to the one they seem most amused by.
4. If I have a Cool Secret (TM), I may be tempted to railroad the plot so as to reveal it. Even if the players show no interest in uncovering it.

Ian

> > By the way: This month's Myth of the Month on Glorantha.com was quite
>> nice.
>
>Scored a Critical on your 'Be English' roll thier Rob ;-)

But you, I'm afraid, fumbled your Identify Nationality, Ian. So far as I can tell, Rob is very American. (Either that or he has a great secret identity he uses for our games.)

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David Dunham
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