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

From: silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)

Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

In article <33C0B967.18D0@gbrmpa.gov.au>,
David Versace <davidv@gbrmpa.gov.au> wrote:
>I think the degree of script immunity has to be tied fairly
>closely to genre, as you've suggested here. If the genre is, for
>example, "hard-bitten, grim-jawed space heroes versus the evil
>Galactic Federation", then genre dictates that ill-considered,

As well it ought... the question the "original poster" (as it
were, since he wasn't posting here) brought up really kind of
implied the question of "Doesn't the commercial need of the game
limit the type of genre that can be played because you don't want
to kill off the cash cow?"

>risky actions will likely result in PC death (<tangent> or other major
>setbacks, but we're talking about death here so I'll try to stay
>focused </tangent>). If, however, you're playing a straight

When the PC Death topic came up on r.g.frp.advocacy, one camp
formed on the basis that "You Guys Who Don't Like Having PC's Die
Just Can't Stand To Lose," and completely overlooked the fact
that there are plenty of ways to "lose" in a session without
losing all the work that went into a character.  But although a
major setback may well cause a customer to quit in disgust, it
shouldn't in the same way that losing a character does.  (Or
maybe it *is* the same way.  I'm open to argument.)

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References

Re: Killing off players... er... characters
s337186@student.uq.edu.au (Bradley Jayakody)
Fri, 04 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Killing off players... er... characters
David Versace <davidv@gbrmpa.gov.au>
Mon, 07 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Killing off players... er... characters
silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Thu, 03 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Killing off players... er... characters
s337186@student.uq.edu.au (Bradley Jayakody)
Fri, 04 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Killing off players... er... characters
David Versace <davidv@gbrmpa.gov.au>
Mon, 07 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Killing off players... er... characters
silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Thu, 03 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000