Cedric
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In my Saturday group, I run Vampire. We alternate who's running...and twice a month, I run.
I've seen a number of people with good and bad things to say about Vampire. And I wanted to this past Saturday's game, just to see what people thought. I'm especially interested in the opinons of people who don't necessarily like or play Vampire.
The Toreador's (socialites of the vampire world) threw a party, a house warming for one of their members. The players were there along with almost every other kindred (vampire) in the city.
There was chit chat, politics, information and the talk of the night was the recent murder that everyone was investigating. Very mysterious circumstances. The pc's have been tasked with finding out info, they are still waiting on a vampire who was forced to leave town to return so they can question him more.
There is some entertainment...
Then the vampire everyone is waiting on returns. They have a big powwow, ask him questions and basically try to pump him for more information. He hasn't done anything to warrant being mistreated, being somewhat cooperative. But no one really stnds up for him either...he kind of defines, "evil bad guy". I mean...he is a creepy, evil, person..even for a Vampire.
They end up forcing him to agree to perform some rituals to track down and entrap this rogue spirit that they think is responsible for the murder in some way.
During this entire session, which was basically about 4-5 hours...none of the players rolled a single die. I rolled a few for NPC interactions and to determine what certain outcomes would be. But the players didn't roll any dice. They just investigated, asked questions and enjoyed the party.
How would you, as a player, handle a game or session like this? Would you or could you enjoy playing something where whole sessions could go by without having to unpack the dice?
I'm just curious...
Cedric
I've seen a number of people with good and bad things to say about Vampire. And I wanted to this past Saturday's game, just to see what people thought. I'm especially interested in the opinons of people who don't necessarily like or play Vampire.
The Toreador's (socialites of the vampire world) threw a party, a house warming for one of their members. The players were there along with almost every other kindred (vampire) in the city.
There was chit chat, politics, information and the talk of the night was the recent murder that everyone was investigating. Very mysterious circumstances. The pc's have been tasked with finding out info, they are still waiting on a vampire who was forced to leave town to return so they can question him more.
There is some entertainment...
Then the vampire everyone is waiting on returns. They have a big powwow, ask him questions and basically try to pump him for more information. He hasn't done anything to warrant being mistreated, being somewhat cooperative. But no one really stnds up for him either...he kind of defines, "evil bad guy". I mean...he is a creepy, evil, person..even for a Vampire.
They end up forcing him to agree to perform some rituals to track down and entrap this rogue spirit that they think is responsible for the murder in some way.
During this entire session, which was basically about 4-5 hours...none of the players rolled a single die. I rolled a few for NPC interactions and to determine what certain outcomes would be. But the players didn't roll any dice. They just investigated, asked questions and enjoyed the party.
How would you, as a player, handle a game or session like this? Would you or could you enjoy playing something where whole sessions could go by without having to unpack the dice?
I'm just curious...
Cedric