Full Version: My player wants to be a Jedi
I guess that one thing you could always do is pelt the Jedi guy with obnoxious and annoying NPC enemies. For example, you could keep having him run up against Metal Gear Solid characters, and have a homoerotic Raiden with a M4 be a recurring NPC. Make the whole game a phantasmagorical swirl of annoying cross genre shlock.
I vote that you kill this player. Or tell them to find someone GM'ing Star Wars.
At least your targeting is accurate. Always aim at the player, never the character. 
It's the roleplay equivalent of, "One in the head, one in the heart."
It's the roleplay equivalent of, "One in the head, one in the heart."
Seems like everybody's over-reacting, to me.
From a RP perspective:
I'm sure if I looked around hard enough, I could find some crazy guy who was convinced that they were Napolean, or descended from aliens, or even [gasp!] the incarnation of a fictional movie character. That person would derided and ridiculed by the population at large, and probably eventually institutionalized if their delusion caused them to be a danger to themselves or others. But until they were, they'd be running around fighting crime, or invading Russia, or whatever (at least in their own mind). In the SR universe, it's entirely feasible that someone with a magic rating might suffer a mental break that causes them to act in this way, and that limits their magical powers so that they manifest as fictional force powers. Doesn't mean that it's not a crock of shit, just means that they believe in it.
From a game balance perspective:
There's nothing that the crazy jedi wanna-be would want to do that couldn't be accomplished by an magical adept. Enhanced Skills? Blind Fighting? Telekinesis? Mind Control? So what? As far as the 'lightsabre' stacked sustaining focus/weapons focus would be a bitch to bond, gives him the distinctive flaw, would require the guy to spend an action and resist deadly drain every time he wanted to turn it on, and would have to be cast at a high force to be even remotely effective.
It's more like the player is crippling his in-game effectiveness in order to be a concept character. This could be a problem with the other players, since balancing their opposition to give everybody a reasonable challenge might be tough, but otherwise who cares?
From a RP perspective:
I'm sure if I looked around hard enough, I could find some crazy guy who was convinced that they were Napolean, or descended from aliens, or even [gasp!] the incarnation of a fictional movie character. That person would derided and ridiculed by the population at large, and probably eventually institutionalized if their delusion caused them to be a danger to themselves or others. But until they were, they'd be running around fighting crime, or invading Russia, or whatever (at least in their own mind). In the SR universe, it's entirely feasible that someone with a magic rating might suffer a mental break that causes them to act in this way, and that limits their magical powers so that they manifest as fictional force powers. Doesn't mean that it's not a crock of shit, just means that they believe in it.
From a game balance perspective:
There's nothing that the crazy jedi wanna-be would want to do that couldn't be accomplished by an magical adept. Enhanced Skills? Blind Fighting? Telekinesis? Mind Control? So what? As far as the 'lightsabre' stacked sustaining focus/weapons focus would be a bitch to bond, gives him the distinctive flaw, would require the guy to spend an action and resist deadly drain every time he wanted to turn it on, and would have to be cast at a high force to be even remotely effective.
It's more like the player is crippling his in-game effectiveness in order to be a concept character. This could be a problem with the other players, since balancing their opposition to give everybody a reasonable challenge might be tough, but otherwise who cares?
I agree with Apathy. (Both in this specific and in general world view.)
The base acceptability is wether the player is willing to except the entirety of the paradigm, good and bad, opposed to just the benefits.
The WHY and the HOW of a characters development during character generation, in that order, are always the most important questions.
Personal preference tailors a game to individual tastes, so when killing players,
"One to the head, one the heart."
And I doubt there is a ref who has not thought about it.
The base acceptability is wether the player is willing to except the entirety of the paradigm, good and bad, opposed to just the benefits.
The WHY and the HOW of a characters development during character generation, in that order, are always the most important questions.
Personal preference tailors a game to individual tastes, so when killing players,
"One to the head, one the heart."
And I doubt there is a ref who has not thought about it.
| QUOTE (Kyoto Kid) |
| Naw, just give him a Maglite & put him in a smoky darkened room. He'll be amused for hours. |
I was thinking, "let him tape a maglite to his monoblade - everyone's happy."
-Siege
Considering the potential for poser gangs, I don't see why a geek couldn't be a Jedi.
The setting practically begs for LotR posers.
-Siege
The setting practically begs for LotR posers.
-Siege
How many Shadowtalk posters had Tolkien-esque names, again? Oh yeah, quite a few.
In other words: If people still know about Tolkien, people still know about Lucas. Therefore; if people post as Legolas, people can think they're Jedi. Not that hard to figure out, folks.
In other words: If people still know about Tolkien, people still know about Lucas. Therefore; if people post as Legolas, people can think they're Jedi. Not that hard to figure out, folks.
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