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Very good, all of you that have posted. I see that not every player has had a chance to voice their opinions, so I am inclined to give them just a bit longer, because every person should have a say in this.
This is what I am seeing at this point.
***Everyone basically agrees with one another on the major points of game play. That is why we always tend to play in one another's games. Notice how similar the responses are.
What you have posted is exactly the type of game I am trying to create for each of you and all of you. I do not expect one player to be the super-star. Notice what happened to Brendon Grey at the end of the last game. Did he receive a hero's prize? Nope. What happened to Anarrima? She was able to cast one spell that did the Hunger in, but she would not have been able to do it alone. The game master at the time, Cyril, required that she have help or she would have died. Honestly. I would have let her die for the good of the game. If I get bested, then I am bested. How do you think Cyril killed The Mage in the first place? He outsmarted me! He was a better gamer, and I was clumsy. So I lost. Big deal, because everyone including me had FUN!
Okay...Let me mirror your posts that have been made so far and tell you what This game is about.
1. This is a free-form game that has limits, and those limits are what I set. If I allow one character certain things and not another, it is because it serves a particular purpose that virtually serves my purposes. I am not strict, and usually allow special things if you ask me and make your case well.
2. If anyone feels cheated that one person has more than you, ask me for an allowance. I will hear you out, and try to give you what you want, if it will not detract from the plot. I have to keep the story on-track, but I want you to have...guess!...FUN!
3. I would like to see people of various degrees of power, and experience because having 10 clones of equal brute strength is boring for me to DM. That is one of the reasons that I am playing a lowly first-level nobody that has lost his previous life's XP.
4. I just want everyone to love this game and love playing with your friends here on this forum. I am a moderator here, so it is my job to ensure that you are all having fun. By me taking part within this fun does not derail me from my main mission. If any of you think that I am not doing my job as Moderator of this forum, please talk to me about it. If you think I am a bad DM, teach me what I lack so I can make things better.
I shall leave this closed until tonight, my time, to allow the other posters to get a word in. I will not wait longer than tonight. I hope that I have not abused my power today in holding everyone up in order to get this audit. Thanks for your help.
[ 04-16-2004, 03:22 PM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]
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