Re: [DL] Meta-games and the people that love them.

[Brett Dixon <balance@tubas.net>]

On Monday, September 8, 2003, at 02:42  AM, Tyler Childers wrote:
> I know, this is one of the first things that I need to hash out before 
> the first dice begin to roll. If we all play our cards right, we may 
> be able to do this without too much incident or "devil worshipping". 
> But I don't want to curtail decent player to player interaction. The 
> Blessed players idea of his char was basically along these lines: what 
> would happen if Antonio Banderases Desperado turned to the Lord after 
> too much killing and became a man of the cloth? He liked the idea of 
> playing an ex-vigilante with no compuncition about killing the wicked 
> and using what was necessary to fulfil his mission. If he sees it as 
> necessary to work with a huckster, than that will be that. Then he may 
> deal with the huckster once it's all said and done. Should make for a 
> cool showdown.

As long as the player understands that every kill is a Sinnin' roll... 
I'd also recommend using the recommended option from Fire and Brimstone 
where Sinnin' imposes a temporary blackout on miracles even if the roll 
is made. I don't have it handy, but it means that minor Sinnin' causes 
a temporary disconnect from the Powers That Be, but there's no 
permanent effects if the faith roll is made (which isn't too hard with 
the 5d12 faith I wouldn't be surprised to see).

> > Second, I'd be careful with that party. It's high powered, and 
> > honestly,
> > that MA idea is really sick to the point of obserdity, so I wouldn't
> > allow it.
>
> MA? sick to the point of absurdity? please explain further...

MAs can outfight most brawler-types, and have powers to hit a lot of 
'unhittable' enemies such as Smoke Parts for Iron.

> Oh, the meta-game will shape up fairly well. I have faith in my 
> players not to go for broke on the power curve. I have played with 
> most of them for a few years now. We like to act as much as we like to 
> chuck dice, and a challange issued is rarely turned down as far as 
> power-denial is concerned.

We're just trying to be helpful... As stated, this is kind of like, 
say, a D&D game starting at 10th level or so where characters tend to 
have dozens of tricks up their sleeves. Fun, but potentially difficult 
to handle.