[UA] Risking it - Sunbjectivity or objectivity?

[James O'Rance]

Royal Minister of Stuff <yokeltania at yahoo.com> said:

 >>>Just asking a player to think about what it means to have your 
buddy/colleague/assistant hand you a gun you intend to shoot yourself with 
so gleefully is a good idea to get people thinking.<<<

Stress checks are very good for curbing metagame playing. For example, if a 
PC seems remarkably blase to a violent attack (because the player knows 
mathematically that he could not have taken more than X points of damage) 
then a Violence check may remind the player that these experiences are 
actually pretty horrible. Either the PC will fail the check (and freak out, 
or whatever) or he will act as originally stated - but become more hardened 
to the world.

It's more satisfying to allow concsequences to prompt appropriate responses 
from PCs than it is to bully them.

If only there was a similar system to check GM laziness and inconsistency... 
  :)

Cheers,

James O’Rance
“Divine being creates petting zoo. It gets out of hand.”
- The Bible (summarised by John W. Mangrum)

http://www.geocities.com/dragon-dreamer/



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