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Ankhanu
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| Kora Tyr wrote: | | garhkal wrote: | | Quote: | | Also I have to say sometimes people have to get injured, possibly even die. (the latter is rare) so necessity is my guide |
Which i cannot ever agree with not giving a dsp. The road to hell is paved with good intentions and sometimes necessity is taking the lesser evil over the greater one (eg taking that dsp rather than letting a bigger evil go). |
Which is why one can redeem themselves. |
Through the process of Atonement. It's not easy, but it is a viable player option.
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Through the process of Atonement. It's not easy, but it is a viable player option. |
Hey PC's need exp and adventures. a perfect opportunity.
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| If a dark side player wants xp all they have to do is get a darkside point witch is as easy as using any darkforce power. GMs beware. |
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| Lostboy wrote: | | If a dark side player wants xp all they have to do is get a darkside point witch is as easy as using any darkforce power. GMs beware. |
Which makes the redemption all the harder.
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True but power gaming becomes allot easier and redemption is still possible.
A scaling system might work, for example if you have 1 dark side point you must commit an act worthy of 2 dark side points in order to qualify for a second point and so on. |
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That gets into a kind a game that I wouldn't want to run. Part of the fun of Star Wars for me is that it has clearly defined morals. Running a dark side game where a player is murdering, torturing, or just plain doing evil for a good portion of the time and then having some redemption at the end just doesn't sound enjoyable.
I know that the strictly defined morals isn't something that isn't as widely embraced anymore, but it's one of the things that I think gives the real flavor of Star Wars.
I just don't usually enjoy power gaming, and I don't usually enjoy dark side games.
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| cheshire wrote: | That gets into a kind a game that I wouldn't want to run. Part of the fun of Star Wars for me is that it has clearly defined morals. Running a dark side game where a player is murdering, torturing, or just plain doing evil for a good portion of the time and then having some redemption at the end just doesn't sound enjoyable.
I know that the strictly defined morals isn't something that isn't as widely embraced anymore, but it's one of the things that I think gives the real flavor of Star Wars.
I just don't usually enjoy power gaming, and I don't usually enjoy dark side games. |
I like the idea of being able to play Dark Side... but like you I also don't like the evil for evil's sake sort of gaming. I do enjoy manipulative or simply selfish Dark Side concepts. Using Darkness as an excuse for destruction is just weak  It's possible to have a very dynamic and interesting dark side game (or just character), but most are not mature enough to play them, imo.
Though I do like Dark Side characters (in a limited fashion), I also quite like the black and white morality of earlier interpretations of the Force (ie. WEG). Because most players (imo) aren't capable of responsibly playing Dark Side, I like the idea of GMs taking fallen characters away if there's no indication of seeking redemption, or if there is failure to redeem.
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| cheshire wrote: | | Lostboy wrote: | | If a dark side player wants xp all they have to do is get a darkside point witch is as easy as using any darkforce power. GMs beware. |
Which makes the redemption all the harder. |
If the are willingly going that far to the dark side, i find it hard to see them getting redeamed.. unless of course luke comes a callin' 8)
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