Posted by Drinks with Evil. on October 19, 2000 at 10:58:48:
In Reply to: My point: posted by The Arcane(VIP) on October 19, 2000 at 09:50:13:
> If you don't have that alias, that "Belaran curses..." is instead a "Belaran's demonfire === OBLITERATES === Kelbesco! Kelbesco is DEAD!!" As it stands, the alias goes off, but he's gone by the time the demonfire goes through.
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> Which do you prefer?
> Which do you think your character would prefer?
> What if it had been, say... Zorszaul, who got away at convulsing due to this?
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> My criticism is less flippant than the tone may have indicated.
Oh my.
If the Player didn't understand the ramifications of having the character
yammer on or emote at only the most critical times, I'm sure he does now.
If the next log shows the character has changed behaviours, then you'll
know what the character prefers, but I think it's obvious what the Player
would rather have, and is only changing the character based on game mechanics.
There are plenty of ways to handicap your character to make the game more
interesting for the Player, at least this one makes it interesting for
the other characters (if not Players) too.
I'd recommend strong drink and not reading the Log Board for a month.