From: Martin Laurie (MLaurie@compuserve.com)
Date: Tue 01 Feb 2000 - 08:59:34 EET
Rick:
>I like Martin Laurie. I like his story telling skills.
>I don't even mind when he writes stories that take
>place in the Greydog village.
Thanks dude, ditto of course.
>Regardless of all that, I dislike the concept behind a character like
Onslaught.
Okay, what _is_ the concept behind Onslaught? I can say that he's
definately NOT an incarnation of the god killing AD&D powerplayer
character, although, like most RPers, I was one of those in my teens. Now
I'm thirty and have less spots, this isn't my motivation behind the
character.
>Martin can write as many stories about him as he likes,
>and certainly doesn't take any of his creative cues from
>me, but I can't really see someone like Onslaught
>appearing in any game where I had any say over what
>is used and what isn't.
Fair enough, although if you've never seen me run him as an NPC, then you
really can't know how he plays. But I take your point.
>I also get the feeling that Martin likes to pull Onslaught out of his
sheath on occasion
>at least partly because the character really winds a large number of
people up. After >all, negative attention is usually better than no
attention at all.
In some senses, yes. On the other hand, I've had a lot of positive
comments too and that can't be bad.
>Now all we need to really round things out is a return to the "kill
Onslaught off" thread >from a while back.
Naa, I've already killed him in "The Terrible Tale of Sir Death" so the
door would be shut on a long bolted horse!
>PS to Martin: I owe you a pint at the next con we both attend.
Good on you sir!
Martin Laurie
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