thread: 2008-01-07 : Another year's worth
On 2008-02-12, Christopher Kubasik wrote:
Hi Vincent,
So, the game went south because people weren't actually clear on how to play the game?
Because not only was Joshua completely unclear on what a Kicker was, but, unless there's some rockin' context for why getting a new girlfriend matters, you accepts a perfectly limp Kicker. (That's no criticism of Joshua for suggesting it, since he apparently had no idea what a Kicker was or what it's supposed to do.)
Listen: I'm not going to demand more words on this if you want to stop talking about it. I want you to know that. My now my curiosity is piqued.
What was Joshua's frustration and probs about even before the Kicker (that sounds like the meat of misunderstanding right there, as far as I'm concerned.)
Could you (and I mean this as an open, honest question) tell me what you think a Kicker is, cause it's sort of a thing that demand a choice on the part of the PC—and "I get a new girlfriend" sort of fails that in spades.
What's this Antagonism from the Demon thing? It suddenly makes sense you keep referencing Shock: (a game I LUUUUUUV by the way.) It sounds like you were mapping tons of stuff from Shock: onto Sorcerer—which would, you know, screw things up.
How come the game didn't stop immediately for a re-write once it was clear that what Josh thought was the end goal for his PC was actually the start of the story? I mean, that's huge!
Can we step away from Shock: for a moment. The compare and contrast isn't working too well for me, actually. You keep telling me bananas are long and yellow and apples are round and red, but I really want to hear more about in what way apples are red and how round they really are.
As it stands, given (at least from what I've read) this strange snafu over Kickers, I'm not sure if what you're describing as the Sorcerer rules is actually a rules issue, or what was presented to the players at the table to play.
What did you tell the Players? What did they think they had to do to create a character? What did they think Sorcerer was? What diid you think it was?
CK
