[UA] One o' them thar pwernomancers!

[Chris Milne]

It's one of these YMMV situations. One of the great things about UA 
(IMHO) is the variety of game-styles you can incorporate. If the 
characters are all adepts, then fine, let them know stuff. If they're 
clueless Reality Cops, then don't. It's all down to the sort of game 
you and your players want. From what you say, you & your group seem 
most comfortable with seeing the rulebook before you play. Characters 
aren't _supposed_ to be anything - they can be whatever the hell you 
want  :)

Greg's idea on how to deal with OOC knowledge is neat - shifts it 
into a game situation. Some players could take it as a 
confrontational action, though. If you don't like that approach, then 
change the game so that the players' OOC knowledge is no longer 
accurate, but be prepared to put in some effort to make it work 
without being obvious.

Does that help?   :)


Chris Milne



On Monday, April 02, 2001 3:28 AM, Royal Minister of Stuff 
[SMTP:yokeltania at yahoo.com] wrote:
> Please, somebody, answer this question(the more people
> the better.) It does not, in any way, consist of
> sarcasm or mean anything other than what it asks:
>
> Knowing about the various types of magic (pornomancy,
> dipsomancy, etc....) is out of character knowledge?  I
> kind of got the idea that everything in the UA books
> was, more or less, open knowledge to those in the
> Occult Underground.  At least, that's how I've end up
> interpreting it.  That approach made it the first game
> my wife really liked, too.
>
> Really, characters are supposed to be in the dark
> about the various groups and types of ghosts and the
> nature of demons and stuff?  Really?
>
> (Again, -and I realize repeating this makes it seem
> like sarcasm, but do not take it that way- I honestly
> do not undestand and would very much like to before I
> really, really embarrass myself.)
>
> -- Rp Bowman, Royal Minister of Stuff
> The Electronic Nation of Yokeltania:

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