tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5795783517175604986.post1031878191579510033..comments2024-03-28T02:18:56.639-05:00Comments on GopherDave Abides...: Odd Adjustments And Ruminations...GopherDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205502194332440070noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5795783517175604986.post-37110510721828764302012-05-18T23:41:09.084-05:002012-05-18T23:41:09.084-05:00Tom: I have been guilty more than once of my NPCs ...Tom: I have been guilty more than once of my NPCs becoming the primary story movers. Trouble is lately, when I try to pull away from that lately, I get a table full of people who stare back at me and do nothing without me prompting them. It gets maddening sometimes, and I blame myself more often than not for not giving folks easy to pick up plot hooks.<br /><br />As we we discussed a bit earlier today, I am currently looking for something that's a bit more narrative in operation, with a great deal of interaction between the PCs themselves. I'm just trying to find the system that will accomplish that for me/us.GopherDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07205502194332440070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5795783517175604986.post-9665108591423025782012-05-18T08:17:48.814-05:002012-05-18T08:17:48.814-05:00Dave, I must agree with you. As much as I'd lo...Dave, I must agree with you. As much as I'd love to recreate the feeling those old games had, it's probably not possible. as you said, people change. <br /><br />I did more prep work for my Buffy the Vampire Slayer game than any other I had run before and that made a change. Sure, I still "wing it" most of the time, but I do have background on a lot of NPCs, etc. <br /><br />And we have all seen cases of where the GM has gotten so in love with their NPCs that the players started playing second fiddle.<br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5795783517175604986.post-70088785607101719342012-05-18T01:00:56.491-05:002012-05-18T01:00:56.491-05:00Tom: The feeling of those old games is what I am t...Tom: The feeling of those old games is what I am trying to recreate, but I am not certain if it can be done. I am not the same person/GM I used to be. I have grown/changed and with growth/change, my attitudes and abilities have adjusted as well.<br /><br />BA: How much pre-prep are you doing? I had a friend that used to write "campaign bibles" modeled on information packets that television writers used to pitch series, and then continued to refine/use to keep the characters within the series written consistently. Early on in my own superhero GM-ing, I used to write and sketch out practically every NPC that a group could meet, as well as each agency (heroic and villainous) and their corresponding agendas.<br /><br /> Either way, it seemed like the games became cases of the PC's serving the story rather than the story serving the PC's, and that's not really what I've truly been after.GopherDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07205502194332440070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5795783517175604986.post-90836696821173984802012-05-17T22:22:48.631-05:002012-05-17T22:22:48.631-05:00You and I have a very similar outlook toward runni...You and I have a very similar outlook toward running games my good sir. <br /><br />I tend to do the prepwork long before a game is run and that helps a great deal to get a handle on the various elements involved. In my current Champions game (4th Edition of course), the NPC heroes, villains and everyday folk are all from previous campaigns that none of my current players have participated in.<br /><br />I didn't want to divulge this so soon but I am already working on my next campaign, likely to start in or soon after August.<br /><br />Even a little prep goes a long way with Supers.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5795783517175604986.post-25141077142639904372012-05-17T20:21:56.148-05:002012-05-17T20:21:56.148-05:00I must say that I have really been jonesing for a ...I must say that I have really been jonesing for a really well done and well run Superhero game. And it seems that with age I have mellowed and want more than just slam bang action. I want more character driven storylines, etc. I remember fondly some of the early Champs 3rd & 4th ed games at the Foreign Languages building. A lot depends on the players. Chicago, London, Washington, some very memorable games back then.\<br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com