[UA] Bad Reactions to UA?

[Bryant Durrell]

On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:26:22PM -0800, Chad Underkoffler wrote:
> Hidey-ho.
> 
> Another poll for the list, but I hope it spins into a discussion
> topic.
> 
> Has anyone on the list introduced UA to a player who doesn't
> like it, and what has their experience of it like? 
> 
> I ask this because one of my friends and players has a
> significant dislike of the somewhat nihilistic tone of UA, that
> everything seems to be tainted or undercut, that everyting is
> depressingly overempahsized realism in terms of what characters
> can do, and that all magick does is make your life worse.
> (That's his perception of it. SK, AB, check me on this, and
> correct me if I'm wrong, 'kay?)

Not for that reason; however, I know a number of people who dislike
the rules system.  The usual reasons:  percentile curves don't do
it for them (some people just prefer bell curves), and there's a 
little more GM fiat than they like in the auto-success rules.

I actually think both of these are perfectly valid preferences and
don't waste time trying to change minds.  This probably doesn't help
Chad much, though.

-- 
  Bryant Durrell [] durrell at innocence.com [] http://www.innocence.com/~durrell
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