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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 1191107" data-attributes="member: 5100">I have actually seen this work, once or twice.  It really only works when the more potent character(s) are willing to act as advisors or mentors to the rest.   The focus has to be securely on the less potent characters, though.  In the situations where I have seen it work, it was usually a couple of very experienced people, only one of which could act as GM, teaching others how to play.  The experienced players got their kicks from 1) helping out newbies and 2) copping a little 'tude, but without overshadowing the newbies.  Short run set-up, though.  The "established" characters didn't hang around for more than a few sessions.  Not as the focus of a campaign.  All characters should "evolve" over their life of play.  To focus on it, though, really does suck.  I guess my thought on this is that it shouldn't be forced upon the group and the character shouldn't overshadow the others.  Also, the group shoudl be just peachy with the character both in the form in which he starts play and the form he ends play.  Of course, if you can keep the same association before and after, you probably haven't changed that much.  This is the only one with which I really disagree.  I do have to modifiy the statement to pick a bone, though.  Rough and gritty/potentially high body count.   I, as a player, actually really enjoy games in which the PCs really have to scramble and think to survive.  I like the "in the cross-hairs" feeling.  This is still a matter of degrees, though.  If it starts to feel like the outcome is a certainty, then we have a problem. Also, my understanding of the Call of Cthulhu game is that insanity (effectively death, in terms of play) is an inevitability.  It's not "if", it's "when".  I would expect that the continued viability of CoC as a product speak a bit on this style of play, too. I guess, I agree with the first two points about 95%.  They can work, but it's hard and not long-term viable.</blockquote>

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