[UA] Unbeatable PCs

[Saul Peers]

You know, I have a much differant problem with my group... They don't care 
what they play, either in terms of games or characters.  It gets 
frustrating, since I'm never entirely sure if they'd rather be doing 
something else and never manage to really involve them in events.  I don't 
think this is my fault, I go to great lengths to get the atmosphere right 
and to make sure the adventures have motivation beyond character 
improvement.  Ah well...

Incedently, I emailed Isaac Bonewits a while ago asking if he really calls 
himself a Wiccan, Santaria-initiated druid and he just responded that yes he 
did.  I'm trying to decide whether I care enough to email him back.

-Saul


>From: Royal Minister of Stuff <yokeltania at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
>To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
>Subject: [UA] Unbeatable PCs
>Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 10:49:54 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>--- Winged.Coyote at aol.com wrote:
>
> > My personal opinion is that they do it because
> > they're [people who make unbeatable PCs]
> > dissatisfied with their personal inability
> > to shoot fire, fly, or just kick ass. They can't do
> > those things, and wish they could, so they make
> > characters who can. Doesn't seem like such a bad
> > thing to me.
>
>In my experience, they're dissatisfied with me as a GM
>and are trying to make a statement.  This also tends
>to hold true for people who make psychopaths and won't
>add plot hooks or bother to act scared.
>
>After talking to one guy last night, who kept
>insisting on making a murderous software magnate (sort
>of American Psycho meets Bill Gates) without any
>concessions to the rest of the party (mostly a group
>of inner-city kids who made art with urban refuse), I
>discovered he'd gone with the character because he
>didn't like my idea for a campaign and was even more
>incensed that everyone else did.  I gave up and let
>someone else run a mecha game instead (in which we all
>played inner city kids who made art with urban refuse.)
>
>=====
>-- Rp Bowman, Royal Minister of Stuff
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