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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 3251232" data-attributes="member: 9254">In all fairness, I have to point out that our GM had NPCs, like the kidnap victim, act in character rather than just flake out to make events unfold as planned.&nbsp; He was a good GM on his own but was easily led down a primrose path by pre-gen modules.&nbsp; We also used social camoflage to hide illicit gear out in the open, like the hockey outfit walk around in security armor, or the time we were posing as plumbers (after plugging a sewer line with a drone) and carried pistols &quot;to protect ourselves from the devil rats.&quot;&nbsp; If he wasn't a decent GM, we wouldn't have been able to get away with those kinds of psych-outs.&nbsp;&nbsp; Of course, he kind of learned the wrong lesson from the SR game.&nbsp; Rather than recognizing that players can, do and should twist plots like taffy, he came out with the notion that players are always hyper-prepared and he should go loaded for bear.&nbsp; Or rather, loaded for Edge, since that was my character's name and I was the one who tended to have prepped for plan b, c and d.&nbsp; Sigh.&nbsp; I miss his &quot;not explicitly trying to kill you all as fast as possible&quot; halcyon days.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 3251232, member: 9254"] In all fairness, I have to point out that our GM had NPCs, like the kidnap victim, act in character rather than just flake out to make events unfold as planned. He was a good GM on his own but was easily led down a primrose path by pre-gen modules. We also used social camoflage to hide illicit gear out in the open, like the hockey outfit walk around in security armor, or the time we were posing as plumbers (after plugging a sewer line with a drone) and carried pistols "to protect ourselves from the devil rats." If he wasn't a decent GM, we wouldn't have been able to get away with those kinds of psych-outs. Of course, he kind of learned the wrong lesson from the SR game. Rather than recognizing that players can, do and should twist plots like taffy, he came out with the notion that players are always hyper-prepared and he should go loaded for bear. Or rather, loaded for Edge, since that was my character's name and I was the one who tended to have prepped for plan b, c and d. Sigh. I miss his "not explicitly trying to kill you all as fast as possible" halcyon days. [/QUOTE]

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