thread: 2008-03-03 : The Owe List
On 2008-03-10, Vincent wrote:
Pulling her weight = her strengths don't align with her best interests. A character whose strengths and best interests align can't continue as an interesting character (for "interesting" particular to this genre - she's too known).
When she finds herself in circumstances where her strengths and best interests do align, that means she's wrapping up. In the terms on the back of the book, she's made her fate. She gets a session to drive it home and then we move on to other characters.
Notice how well buying bonus dice off the owe list works, now. I say that you're trading your character's future for her present, but that's not quite it. What you're really doing is saying "aha. THIS is her fate."
