Re: [HoE] (Side)Kicking an Idea Around

["Kociak a.k.a. Kitten" <kociak@usa.net>]

At 07:18 PM 1/10/00 -0500, Matthew Steflik wrote:
>Hey Folks,
>
>Had an interesting (well, at least we thought so) conversation >start up
at the other night's session, and I'm looking for input:  >What if a player
wanted to play another player's sidekick?  Would >you deal with this as an
edge / hindrance kind of mechanic or not?  
In my group, two of the players work as a master/sidekick team -- we
decided that it'd be better to let them _just_ roleplay it, without putting
any points into it (you could have the sidekick edge, the loyalty
hindrance, or some kind of a "mentor" edge, or whatever).  When we keep the
mechanics out of the interplayer relations, it makes it easier for the
players to play it out whichever way they want, and if push comes to a
shove, they *can* split up without bothering to sort out the mechanics.  In
our case, it seems to work just fine -- the arrangement is that a
librarian/tale-teller lugs around his apprentice -- but, of course, YMMV.




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