http://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/96/grand-experiments-well-always-have-lorngard/ art of the game, roleplaying game theory from the brain of ben robbins Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:54:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/96/grand-experiments-well-always-have-lorngard/comment-page-1/#comment-12767 jonathan Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:10:08 +0000 http://arsludi.lamemage.com/?p=96#comment-12767 Thanks ben. every once in a while something truly blows me away... and you've done it yet again. You must have a very good / dedicated gaming group... the stuff of legends man. totally blown away here on my end. Gah! I could never pull that off... Thanks ben. every once in a while something truly blows me away… and you’ve done it yet again. You must have a very good / dedicated gaming group… the stuff of legends man. totally blown away here on my end. Gah! I could never pull that off…

]]> http://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/96/grand-experiments-well-always-have-lorngard/comment-page-1/#comment-11532 Syrmagrin Tue, 27 May 2008 19:17:13 +0000 http://arsludi.lamemage.com/?p=96#comment-11532 How many years ago was that? Damn you are old. As a player in that game, I will say that it did transform play for me. I think it was around that time (though my memory may be deceiving me), that the "morally dubious wizard" chose to try to find some peace (after getting that damn staff). I agree that knowing your players was key to this, and it could have worked much like a normal-vision were it not for the choice with how "real" we wanted the experience to be. I think it would have failed if we were told "this is the real you, and we made you think you were a Wizard (or Fighter, or identical Half Elf) only to save the city." It only changed the character as much as we wanted them to be changed. I think it was cool that we all seemed to take it differently, but in complementary ways. How many years ago was that? Damn you are old.
As a player in that game, I will say that it did transform play for me. I think it was around that time (though my memory may be deceiving me), that the “morally dubious wizard” chose to try to find some peace (after getting that damn staff). I agree that knowing your players was key to this, and it could have worked much like a normal-vision were it not for the choice with how “real” we wanted the experience to be. I think it would have failed if we were told “this is the real you, and we made you think you were a Wizard (or Fighter, or identical Half Elf) only to save the city.” It only changed the character as much as we wanted them to be changed.
I think it was cool that we all seemed to take it differently, but in complementary ways.

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