Re: [HOE] When Do you know...

[Matt Crawford <matt@severian.chi.il.us>]

>      Just simply enough, when do you know it is the right time to
> let a character die?  ... honestly, I expect at least one of them
> to die.  I want them all to finish and complete the story, but...

If YOU WANT the story to come out a certain way, it's ruined.  The
players have to have an effect on how it turns out.  And if that
means the characters cleverly live when you meant them to die, so be
it - take your lumps.  And if it means exactly the opposite, it will
focus their interest and attention.

(So far I've had one go out in a blaze of glory and one in a blaze of
stupidity.  It's early days yet.)