Re: [HOE] Powergaming v. Roleplaying

["Terry Hawley & Tammy Crew" <Shaggyterry@hotmail.com>]

> Anyway, I'm not sure what to do. I've got half my group - and they're
really
> powerful. One of them even admitted that the characters shouldn't be this
> powerful, but they abused the system {somewhat. I'm also a good bit at
fault as
> Marshall, as I let them do this}.
Depending on what you have in the group, have some real fun with them.
Import a few fun things from weird west
My personal favorite is  the poor, sweet, innocent, and defencelss
jackolope. Or if they're getting a little to big for their britches, sned
the good ol' Los Diablos after them. Have most of the gear infected by
gremlins.Or start to assign some nasty hindrances to them, say Grim Servant
of Death. If they've "gone to the Dark Side", send a group of Templars after
them.

> What should I do? An easy answer is "show them that you can abuse the
system
> better than they can". And I can't.
I take it you haven't really taken a look at our good friend Mister
Stone.You know, the guy so scary the demon keeping him alive is afraid of
him. Send him to have a chat with the power mad characters.

> As far as point in story: they're currently making an armored assault on
> Denver. I need to get a copy of the book, but one of the _players_ is the
only
> perosn in the group with a copy {I've borrowed it before, I'm tempted to
> reborrow it and look through and keep throwing things at them 'til they
run out
> of ammo and/or die}...
>
> ... and, naturally, I prefer to play in a roleplaying game than a
rollplaying
> game.


Me personally, I tried to tailor most of my adventures to one player at a
time. That way, everyone got tot be in the spotlight at one time or
another.They always seemed to like it.


Hope it helps

Terry