Re: [HoE] My campaign again and the milrats

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

>Like I said before could I <b>PLEASE</b> get some advice on my campaign? I
>really do need it.
>

I must have missed your earliest post.  What did you need advice on?

>Anyway this thing about being vindictive just because the players found out
>you made a mistake is childish and more than a little bit of being a
>asshole. I hate gms who cant admit when their wrong. If you never admit to
>being wrong and fix it you know what; your gonna have no players. I hate 
>gms
>who play for some kind of power trip or because they lack control in their
>life.
>

In this case, the players didn't find that you had made a mistake.  Rather, 
they had noticed a rather understated correction to the rules on Milrats, 
which you need to purchase a particular expansion to even know Pinnacle 
"corrected."

But I would tend to agree:  GMs with a "My word is god!" attitude may get 
varying results, but the ones I've dealt with as a player very shortly find 
themselves very lonely deities indeed.

Yes, players should be clear that spending substantial amounts of gaming 
time arguing a rules point is a bad idea - like one more night of them only 
getting 1/3rd the "corrected" value of their Milrats is going to make a big 
deal.

But saying, "You're arguing with me - your character gets the Glows!" makes 
about as much sense to me as a character citing his player's knowledge.  If 
characters aren't supposed to benefit from the extra knowledge of their 
players, why should characters be penalized for their players' out-of-action 
actions?

>If they are RUDE about your mistake yeah I guess I'd say let them have it.
>But in the group I play in the other players are nice about pointing things
>out. And I for one aim to correct mistakes i make. Unless its for plt
>reasons of course. Perhaps corecting the mistake mid game is bad, 
>especially
>if you had a plot tied around the fact that they are running out of food,
>but dont be mean just because they point out a mistake. As I said before if
>they are rude about it, show them its not smart to piss off God. :-)
>

IMO, if a player is rude but his character is fine, I'd address the problem 
outside of the campaign.  To penalize the character for a player's rudeness 
makes little sense to me.

Of course, if I were making them run out of food, I suspect I'd just 
contaminate their rations.  Whether a Milrat = 1 day or 3 days don't matter 
when all the Milrats are contaminated anyway...  :)

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