Re: "scripting" contests

• In hw-rules_at_y..., "simon_hibbs2" <simon.hibbs_at_m...> wrote:
  > --- In hw-rules@y..., "bethexton" <bethexton@y...> wrote:
  > > --- In hw-rules_at_y..., "simon_hibbs2" <simon.hibbs_at_m...> wrote:
  > > > Hero Wars avoids this to some extent by allowing the GM and
  > players
  > > > to decide what the outcome of the dice means much more than
  > > > many RPGs do. Nevertheless, dice are not required in order to
  > > > produce outcomes that could not be predicted in advance by the
  > > > GM or players in the game, and outcomes that are often highly
  > > > entertaining to boot.
  > >
  > > True, add a mix of people together and surpising things can
  happen,
  > > but sometimes the dice sometimes can inspire us to really jump
  off
  > > the track.
  >
  > All very true and good, but the contention was not that dice can
  > help you have fun. It was that without dice an RPG _cannot_
  > be creative and surprising.
  >
  

Simon;

I wasn't trying to refute what you said. This isn't college debating where you have to be for or against the motion.

I was simply suggesting that one facet of using dice is that the results may sometimes lead us to think of results beyond what we would normally consider. I wasn't trying to suggest that we never get inspired otherwise, or that there are no other methods to help us think of unusual events.

--Bryan             Received on Thu 31 Jan 2002 - 09:19:49 EET