[UA] Some Practical Concerns

[Alexander Lampros]

Their talents arn't the most helpful thing for  that situation, but they 
have to do it anyway because who else will?  Andrew Jackson was trained as 
a lawyer, but he later turned out to be a great General.  Et cetera

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 01:39:08 -0500, Jo Andros 
<catalyst_paradox at hotmail.com> wrote:

> So I've just kicked off a campaign I feel has great potential, but I've 
> run into a problem, beyond the shaky beginnings that are more or less to 
> be expected.
>
> At least one of my players is plagued by the question, Why am I here?  
> This seems to affect in some degree everyone.  I really need to give 
> them a more personal motivation for things...
>
> My plot revolves around an Avatar trying to ascend an entirely new 
> archetype: a particularly foul one called "The Defiler", through a 
> series of ritual rapes.  This person has been murdered (under mysterious 
> circumstances, but as the characters are gradually discovering, this 
> person's activities have created a ripple effect in the statosphere (a 
> term they are not yet familiar with) that lingers, and it will be up to 
> them to restore the balance.
>
> I thought a truly... loathsome and disturbing villian and the impulse to 
> "Do the Right Thing" would be enough.
>
> It looks like I may need something more.
>
> In particular, the psychiatrist and psychomancer character feels she has 
> no reason to be involved.  The others have enough of a sense of 
> connection to the man who asked them for help in the beginning to feel 
> motivated, but could still use a better reason, I suppose.
>
> Perhaps most importantly, the group (consisting of two annihilomancers, 
> the psychomancer, and an avatar of the demagogue) doesn't have a sense 
> of why their particular talents are helpful, or where they should be 
> applying them.
>
> I think I could remedy all these problems in one fell GMing blow with 
> the right high-impact situation, which I'm already applying my energies 
> to creating, but suggestions of any sort could be of enormous help, and 
> would be much appreciated.
>
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