Re: [HoE] Help! [OT]

[Doctor X <doctorx@aa.net>]

Well, I'm usually the Marshall-GM-Storyteller-Guy-Who-Has-To-Buy-All-The-Books, and I can only speak from
personal experience, but my official policy is "If nothing happens in fifteen minutes, make something
explode."

"Kociak a.k.a. Kitten" wrote:

> Hi,
> At 01:52 PM 3/7/00 -0800, Doctor X wrote:
> >I can only speak from personal experience, but I've been gaming for
> >fifteen years without killing anyone.  (Least of all myself, as
> >evidenced by my typing this message.)
> Here's a slight counterpoint -- I do know people who have gamed for a few
> years already without killing anyone _ingame_ either (no, not myself,
> unfortunately) -- it is possible, and it doesn't take the fun out of it,
> either (I myself played in MANY great campaigns in which I haven't killed
> anybody either).  True, I believe ingame violence has its place, but
> there's still no reason to default to it -- I see no reason why killing
> should be taken lightly even in a make/believe setting...
> Kociak a.k.a. Kitten => kociak@usa.net
> "Why do people find each other strange?
>     I can't tell one deranged from another deranged"
>                                                                                                 Long Pig
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