Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Vyvyan Basterd" data-source="post: 4728316" data-attributes="member: 4892">I can understand this. I'm looking from a slightly skewed viewpoint. I've mostly played combat-centric games, while the games I've played that don't fall in this category are light-hearted to say the least (Paranoia). I haven't experienced some of the serious purely roleplaying games like Hero's Banner.IME, roleplaying in games that are normally combat-centric tend to become collaborative. Since the goal is to overcome another challenge the other players tend to chime in to help the spotlight character achieve their goal. And as DM I support this style for a couple reasons. First, It keeps everyone in the game involved in the scene. You don't get the Shadowrun Decker Syndrome. Second, I believe it actually helps simulate that character's abilities. Most of us real-world folks aren't ranging in the super-human stat range that our characters are. A collaborative effort can help make up for the difference in ability between our PC and ourselves. The player of the character still has the final say as to how his character acts, he just has the benefit of others' input.So it hasn't really ever been an issue for me when there is a disparity outside of combat. But I agree with you completely that problems arise in systems that try to balance combat and non-combat aspects simultaneously.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vyvyan Basterd, post: 4728316, member: 4892"] I can understand this. I'm looking from a slightly skewed viewpoint. I've mostly played combat-centric games, while the games I've played that don't fall in this category are light-hearted to say the least (Paranoia). I haven't experienced some of the serious purely roleplaying games like Hero's Banner. IME, roleplaying in games that are normally combat-centric tend to become collaborative. Since the goal is to overcome another challenge the other players tend to chime in to help the spotlight character achieve their goal. And as DM I support this style for a couple reasons. First, It keeps everyone in the game involved in the scene. You don't get the Shadowrun Decker Syndrome. Second, I believe it actually helps simulate that character's abilities. Most of us real-world folks aren't ranging in the super-human stat range that our characters are. A collaborative effort can help make up for the difference in ability between our PC and ourselves. The player of the character still has the final say as to how his character acts, he just has the benefit of others' input. So it hasn't really ever been an issue for me when there is a disparity outside of combat. But I agree with you completely that problems arise in systems that try to balance combat and non-combat aspects simultaneously. [/QUOTE]

Verification