Re: Ho Much Rule fiddling Is Tolerable?

From: Toread DuDerysi <jakyer_at_m2qJhGR7DHTwdB9w8UtPX9aNtQHKqiQcXTGiZ4Lm6C09vHBe1oEvOZGvIduf6GXFtS6AO>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:11:54 -0000

• In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, "Ian" <ilikemonkeys.geo_at_...> wrote:
  >
  > --- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, "Toread DuDerysi"
  <jakyer_at_>
  > wrote:
  > >
  > > For myself, I can say, I am heartily sick of playing a
  stickpicker. I
  > > want to be a hero.
  > >
  > > Jeff
  > >
  >
  >
  > I... don't see why this is mutually exclusive. Jack of the many
  fairy
  > tales was a stickpicker, and he's done so many heroic things he
  makes
  > Argrath look like a stay at home. The hero of the Lord of the
  Rings was
  > a stupid whiny hobbit - the Demigod and the Hairy, Manly King were
  his
  > supporting cast. The Mouse and His Child, The Brave Little
  Toaster, Ron
  > Stoppable, Beatpot - so many truly heroic characters and stories
  who
  > are the more heroic because they can't crush the thrones of the
  world
  > beneath their sandaled heel. I'm heartily sick of every game
  expecting
  > me to start out just this side of omnipotent or presenting that as
  an
  > obtainable goal. I want to start out as Clever Jack, and not grow
  in
  > power, but still take it to the limit on the heroing.
  >
  > Just keepin' things balanced! :)
  >
  I said hero, not protagonist in a fairy tale. I want to pay Finn MacCoul, the knights of Arthur, the crew of the Argo, the Seven against Thebes. I trust you can see the difference, yes?

Jeff