[HOE] Fudging dice

[Dusarat@aol.com]

>I think a better movie analogy for HoE would be Aliens or the Road 
>Warrior - it's got more of the horror element than Star Wars does, and 
>yes, the main characters DO die..


    And do they die to anonymous mooks at random points in the films?  The 
party is not a main character (Max or Ripley) surrounded my lesser supporting 
characters who are expendible....  

    Every character in the party is as important as Ripley.  And so I repeat 
my point, would Aliens be a good movie if Ripley were just as likely to be 
offed by the lesser Aliens as be offed by the Queen?  

     Killing a character is like killing the main character in a movie.  Do 
it rarely, judiciously, and doing it like that makes it more potent when one 
does die.  Doing it randomly as would be done if no dice were ever fudged, 
would lead to a game where death has no meaning, and where, I ask, is the fun 
in THAT?