thread: 2013-06-20 : The Sundered Land
On 2013-07-13, John Mc wrote:
Gordon, let me know if this tracks with your thoughts at all. I'm thinking there is implied or hidden goals/content. I'm not complaining and I don't think it invalidates the focus on the DOOM, but this talk has me questioning myself. Vincent, let me know if this doesn't jive with you:
Doomed Pilgrim does not instruct the "world" players to "make the world seem real", "say what honesty demands", or invest themselves in the story in any way.
I posit that these goals can (but do not always) conflict with the goal of seeing the pilgrim to his doom.
Furthermore, I believe that some degree of the above or some similar manner of thing is implied or perhaps unimplied but a good idea. Am I wrong?
The primary goal is of course seeing that Pilgrim to his doom. But speaking for myself, I'm also going to show off for my friends. If I'm telling a story (even part of one), I'm always going to try to entertain my audience. So that's a goal I bring to all roleplaying games. Is it out of place here? Because it *can* conflict with my goal of Dooming the Pilgrim. It mostly won't, but it can. Right?
