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[ZEITGEIST] The Continuing Adventures of Korrigan & Co.
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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7140871" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Ob Conclave - DM's Preamble</strong></p><p></p><p>This was always going to be a challenging session to run. On one hand there is the sheer thrill of penetrating the Obscurati after all these years; the excitement of finally getting to know what they are up to. On the other, the massive information dump and the constriction of playing dutiful Ob officers could conspire to confound that excitement with a lot of reading and listening. (Turns out that, even in the Bleak Gate and surrounded by ghosts, a conference is still a conference!)</p><p></p><p>I love this. To me it isn't a weakness but a huge strength, confounding players' expectations. A total one-off for a group of fantasy roleplayers, but a challenge to run nonetheless.</p><p></p><p>I had already dealt with the 'fitting room' via email last week, to avoid another lengthy session in which player choice is limited (both by necessity and causality...) Before this session I sent a reminder of the teaser, so we could begin straight away with Nicodemus' fireside chat. Now the players could roleplay their part in the circle of introductions and get the session off to an interactive start.</p><p></p><p>The subsequent social montage was more typical of a normal non-combat encounter, albeit a fairly complex one, but from here on out things got a bit read-aloud heavy. This is how I dealt with it:</p><p></p><p>I had another player - a Texan who used to be an actor - read Nicodemus' opening statement. (So folks didn't get sick of the sound of my voice.) Leon's surprise encounter broke the monotony here.</p><p></p><p>Then I handed out the Grand Design Handout in the form of a booklet and we read through each page in turn, as the party moved from speaker to speaker. Each player read a different faction. </p><p></p><p>The first murder and their investigation closed the session - save for the announcement that Nicodemus would begin to interview each officer in turn (which I thought might ratchet up the tension).</p><p></p><p>We'll handle the preliminary vote on-line, and I plan to send out a heavily edited text taken from the ‘Villainous Conspiracy’ thread all the DM’s contributed to a few years ago, so the players can read how the debate rages to and fro without playing it out at the table. They will of course be free to contribute should they choose to do so.</p><p></p><p>Session report to follow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7140871, member: 79141"] [b]Ob Conclave - DM's Preamble[/b] This was always going to be a challenging session to run. On one hand there is the sheer thrill of penetrating the Obscurati after all these years; the excitement of finally getting to know what they are up to. On the other, the massive information dump and the constriction of playing dutiful Ob officers could conspire to confound that excitement with a lot of reading and listening. (Turns out that, even in the Bleak Gate and surrounded by ghosts, a conference is still a conference!) I love this. To me it isn't a weakness but a huge strength, confounding players' expectations. A total one-off for a group of fantasy roleplayers, but a challenge to run nonetheless. I had already dealt with the 'fitting room' via email last week, to avoid another lengthy session in which player choice is limited (both by necessity and causality...) Before this session I sent a reminder of the teaser, so we could begin straight away with Nicodemus' fireside chat. Now the players could roleplay their part in the circle of introductions and get the session off to an interactive start. The subsequent social montage was more typical of a normal non-combat encounter, albeit a fairly complex one, but from here on out things got a bit read-aloud heavy. This is how I dealt with it: I had another player - a Texan who used to be an actor - read Nicodemus' opening statement. (So folks didn't get sick of the sound of my voice.) Leon's surprise encounter broke the monotony here. Then I handed out the Grand Design Handout in the form of a booklet and we read through each page in turn, as the party moved from speaker to speaker. Each player read a different faction. The first murder and their investigation closed the session - save for the announcement that Nicodemus would begin to interview each officer in turn (which I thought might ratchet up the tension). We'll handle the preliminary vote on-line, and I plan to send out a heavily edited text taken from the ‘Villainous Conspiracy’ thread all the DM’s contributed to a few years ago, so the players can read how the debate rages to and fro without playing it out at the table. They will of course be free to contribute should they choose to do so. Session report to follow. [/QUOTE]
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