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> YGWV
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> rune.writer wrote:
> > >From such POVs, darkness probably wouldn't be recognized as an
> > element, and such statements would be an example of cultural bias.
> > This, of course, makes for some interesting ways to mess with players
> > who read the book and think it's all sonar.
> > GM: "You're in a cave and you see a troll."
> > PC: "Make lots of noise to confuse its sonar(Darksense)!"
>
> I don't think this wold be certain of working anyway. Even with the
> relatively crude sonar in WWII a skilled sonar operator could tell the
> differences between a school of fish, temperature variants, a whale and
> a submarine.
>
Yeah, but we're not talking about skilled Sonar counter measures.
We're talking about smart ass players who read the books and think of
ways to screw up the game in many wonderful ways the GM had never
imagined.
Of course, I have to include myself in that group as well...
It's a nice, in game, way of challenging preconceptions and making
Trolls a bit more exotic without GW-style "spiky bits".