Re: Which is better..?

[Bill Garmer <bgarmer@tsc.net>]

At 09:33 PM 4/21/97 EDT, Joe wrote:
>>>It's very early in the game, and a character does something stupid that
>>>SHOULD get him killed.  Is it better to kill a highly detailed PC off,
>or
>>>to fudge the dice roll so that he's merely wounded instead (with the
>hope
>>>that he will learn something from all this)?
>>
>>Depends upon the PC's actions. Was it just a simple roll of the dice?
>Some
>>antagonist leaping out of the dark, getting a quick shot off and bad
>luck
>>rolling that the character was mortally wounded? That's not worth
>killing a
>>character for. 
>
>I apparently do not communicate well in English.  Maybe next time in
>French, oui?
>
>I am talking about STUPID.  Assinine.  So inanely dumb that you question
>just how much the player was dropped on his head as a child.  Consider
>the following, mon ami--

Try German or Japanese ;)

>(Liberation at Riverton) "The locals don't seem talkative, huh?  Ok, I
>grab the farmer's kid and put my gun to his head.  Doers that make the
>old man more talkative?" [farmer's oldest son nearby shoots player]

<much stuff deleted about stupid PC tricks>

Joe,

Okay - on this list you have access to some very intelligent people who
seem to be able to play that way - how about running a PBEM game?  You can
get what you want and those people out here who don't get a lot of chance
to play, some game time.

Bill