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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: Soliciting opinions?  How the *&^* did my mail get in here?
Message-ID: <860@mmintl.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Dec-85 13:06:29 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 10 13:06:29 1985
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Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT
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In article <440@ucdavis.UUCP> ccs007@ucdavis.UUCP (Cionex) writes:
>1) It requires all of a player's attention to play ONE character to the best
>   of their ability.
>
>2) No matter what the intentions of the player, knowledge seems to 'seep'
>   from the brain of one character to the other, which can lead to nearly
>   inconquerable problems of who knew what when.
>
>3) Favoritism always rears its ugly head.

All these objections apply equally to the NPCs run by the GM.  If the GM
can run dozens of NPCs impartially, and keep track of what each knows
while himself knowing everything, surely the players can deal with two
or three.

The players I generally play with do so quite well.

Frank Adams                           ihpn4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
Multimate International    52 Oakland Ave North    E. Hartford, CT 06108