OddHat
Sep 6th, '04, 03:58 PM
EDIT: DUPLICATE THREAD. Please delete. Sorry.
Looking at another thread made me think this one might be useful.
How do you deal with Characters that have powers that would short-circuit a scenario you want to run?
My own quick answers:
1) I try to build scenarios around the characters in order to avoid this. Sometimes you can't, but it's usually possible.
2) I don't give every NPC in the world Mental Defense because I've OKed a high powered mentalist. It's not in genre, and it's not fair to the player. I have asked players to tone down mentalists (and every other type of character) before play begins.
3) Sometimes I've asked players with scenario-breaking characters to build a back-up character, then let them play that back up in scenarios unsuited for the main character. If Harlequin's 90 point cosmic VPP would unbalance the game, he can handle a mission in space while the player takes the role of Paladin, Armor-Suited Jedi. For players that like having multiple characters, this works. For others it doesn't.
So, how do you usually handle the problem?
Looking at another thread made me think this one might be useful.
How do you deal with Characters that have powers that would short-circuit a scenario you want to run?
My own quick answers:
1) I try to build scenarios around the characters in order to avoid this. Sometimes you can't, but it's usually possible.
2) I don't give every NPC in the world Mental Defense because I've OKed a high powered mentalist. It's not in genre, and it's not fair to the player. I have asked players to tone down mentalists (and every other type of character) before play begins.
3) Sometimes I've asked players with scenario-breaking characters to build a back-up character, then let them play that back up in scenarios unsuited for the main character. If Harlequin's 90 point cosmic VPP would unbalance the game, he can handle a mission in space while the player takes the role of Paladin, Armor-Suited Jedi. For players that like having multiple characters, this works. For others it doesn't.
So, how do you usually handle the problem?