[UA] Burning Bright

[Tim Bisaillon]

> > From a GM stand point, the detailed setting is beautiful. From sittingo 
>n
> > the other side of the screen, with the players I can see how they never 
>tend
> > to see the process. To some of them it's just an arcade game to be 
>conqured,
> > to find the cheats and ignore the pattern that is tryign to be weaved by 
>the
> > GM.
>
>That's why DnD3 still rules for the vast majority of players <eg>. I
>hate to think this, but unless you "educate the masses" (that is,
>force them to play some other games)  90-odd percent of players
>won't even think there are other games out there.

Even if you educated the masses, they still do not wish to depart from their 
safe haven. They want to continue on, and if you force a new game on them. 
They will tend to hate it. This is coming from my own experience.

Force is too strong of a word though, I just wanted to give the players a 
taste of the other realms that is out there. To open their eyes and see what 
lies behind the viel of imagination. What horror might lurk behind the next 
bend, something strange like a Carnal instead of an orc waiting with a 
short.

>And even if they are aware about it, they don't care: they want their
>lo-tec version of doom, as UA authors brilliantly put it.
>
>Most players simply ignore any "grand design", unless it gives their
>character "more power". Some of my players belong to this breed,
>even if they conceal it behind a "modern-times" veneer (the Barret-
>Arasaka from Cyb2020 instead of the two-hand sword). Luckily,
>they also appreciate some good roleplaying and depth from time to
>time... :-)

But, there is a certain point in a campaign where characters are discarding 
magical items because they have too much. Then they want to find more stuff 
to discard the stuff that they do have. I guess that is why fantasy is king, 
players can horde magical items... while in a game like UA magick rules, but 
artifacts and items are hard to come by.


tjb

"I am the lizard king... I can do anything."
                              - Jim Morrison


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