Re: [HoE] PC & Game Control (Re: Road Warriors)

[Whateley25@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/5/99 5:19:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
grifflik@stny.rr.com writes:

<< I'm with you on that.  I had to ask my players (of which there are TEN
 now, in one posse...two of which are harrowed) to come to a compromise
 with me in regard to character types.  Trying to come up with a fun (and
 still challenging) scenario each week with a party of five doomsayers
 and five sykers (with two of the sykers also being cyborgs) would have
 been no picnic (which honestly was the way things were starting to
 head).  Together we came up with a set of house rules that while it
 doesn't solve all of our problems, seems to keep things relatively
 balanced.  Luckily they're a flexible bunch and most of them are great
 roleplayers (there's a few newbies but we're "tryin' ta learn 'em
 good").  As a result of them conceding to my request regarding character
 creation, I try to cater to what each individual wants to do in the
 "grand scheme", trying to keep it flowing as a single plot from week to
 week (which believe me is no picnic when you've got ten different
 concepts of what they'd like to see happen).  Anyway - I agree.  When it
 comes down to it, its all about compromise.
 
 Matt Steflik
 Master of Wahoo
 Gimme Shelter - http://www.geocities.com/grifflik/ >>

    Oh, just to tell you Matt, I recently browsed through your website and 
saw the alternative character creation thing.. I discussed it with my GM 
(We've been having problems with excessive arcane backgrounds), and decided 
to use that for the latest campaign. I have to say it worked quite well, and 
kept the party to a minimal level of the "special characters." We ended up 
with a Syker, a sawbones, a savage, a martial artist, and a harrowed 
gunslinger from the weird west (Cursed red jokers!). 
    
    My obssessive Hell On Earth player seal of approval is on this one! The 
only thing that we will be changing, is how it deals with martial artists 
(Probably a joker will be needed..).

    -~Flounder