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From: gordon@uw-june (Gordon Davisson)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: Ideas on Bullys sought.
Message-ID: <1655@uw-june>
Date: Thu, 28-Jun-84 13:29:27 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 28 13:29:27 1984
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<munch>

   Sounds like your Ranger is a fairly new player.  Is this
true?  There's nothing more annoying than a new player who
thinks his character is the hottest thing around.  If you
haven't tried this already, maybe a careful explanation of
the concept of experience levels would show him just how far
down the ladder he is.  If this doesn't work, start throwing
in some impossible encounters (purple worms scare the hell out
of most new players), with the intent that if the Ranger still
wants to go in and hack&slash, the other players will say
"take off, we aren't going in there!" or words to that effect.
The idea in this suggestion is undermine the other players'
loyalty in him, so they won't follow him so blindly.  It is
amazing what a little distrust in the leader of a party can
do to the party's overall bravery (plummet city!).


                    Still waiting for my own account...

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