Re: Killing off players... er... characters

From: soliiigm@aol.com (Sol III GM)

Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Karen Cravens said:

>Killing off PC's.
>Specifically, his comment implied that a paying customer was
>entitled to (or, depending on your viewpoint, saddled with the
>out-of-game-knowledge of) a larger amount of "script immunity."
>That is, "they won't kill the character of a paying customer."
>(Substitute "happy/active/contributing" for free games, I
>suppose.)

"Death, where is thy sting?"
  Our paying customers are entitled to a certain amount of script
immunity, but with the knowledge that it will not stand up in the face of
blatant stupidity.
  The game system behind Sol III goes out of it's way to be realistic, and
the players are aware of this.  They know that a center torso shot from a
pistol might kill them outright, and have them in too much pain to do
anything if it doesn't.  They understand that losing a limb in a sword
fight is a real possibility.
  Add to it the fact that serious wounds cause long lasting damage, and
you have a situation where the players do try to avoid combat.
  Of course, we also tell new players that there is not much they can do
to get themselves killed on their first adventure, so try the stupid
things then.

Eagle
Sol III Game Master
Sol III Play By E-Mail Role Playing Game
http://members.aol.com/soliiigm/

Friends come and go.  Enemies accumulate.

References

Killing off players... er... characters
silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Thu, 03 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000