Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site busch.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!mgnetp!we53!busch!mte From: mte@busch.UUCP (Moshe Eliovson) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Guardians of the Flame Message-ID: <478@busch.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 14:00:29 EDT Article-I.D.: busch.478 Posted: Fri Aug 9 14:00:29 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Aug-85 01:30:25 EDT Organization: Anheuser-Busch Companies - St. Louis Missouri Lines: 28 Keywords: give credit where credit is due While the characterizations may not be optimal this is due to the fact that this was taken from a role playing game. Not all characters in the game campaign will be played by an animated player, so often the game master (DM) or whoever wrote this had to create the characterization from impression alone. Add to this the fact that the author of this book is probably not a true "writer" in the sense that this type of book is a recreation of sequential events, which are not neccesarily his/her ideas, rather than a full creation of the writer's imagination. The ending to the third book clearly shows the constant game player that this is created from a game: DM: So you've killed the lord and there's no ruler in the area, unrest threatens... Players: Hmmm...... Solution: Well since in this setting all this area belongs to the king who is an npc (non-playing character) why not make the game interesting and reward the pc (player) for succesfully making it through the campaign. Moshe Eliovson {allegra, ihnp4}!we53!busch!mte