From vesper at libra.seed.net.tw  Mon Jun  5 13:28:50 2000
From: vesper at libra.seed.net.tw (Jeremy Martin)
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 11:28:50 +0800
Subject: [RQ-Rules] Balance
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"Hibbs, Phil" wrote:

> >It is true, IMO, of every important encounter, even if not a long term
> adversary.
>
> If every session involves a physical clash with a similarly-powerful group,
> then the game will end quite swiftly. It doesn't seem right to me to have
> characters that have been built up to Rune-level wiped out just because they
> are Rune-level. Characters can die through carelessness or outrageous
> misfortune, but to have them die in droves just because they should be
> fighting people that /can/ kill them seems pointless to me.
>

Well, the common, low-level threats should be running to get out of your way by now.  Once, I
had a player in a high-level D&D campaign ask why they never saw orcs anymore.  I ran them into
about 150 orcs and, while it made them nervous for a bit, they wrapped it up pretty quickly.
Then I pointed out that, with their reps, most any basic creature would be jumping to get out of
the way.  If they want to go around and kill little things that can't really fight back...

>
> You present some interesting ideas for high-level campaigns. However, the
> game is already running - and I am a player, not the referee, so I can't
> reorganise the game anyway. It just seems that whatever we do to improve our
> characters, the GM just sees it as an excuse for bigger monsters. I'm really
> enjoying it, though, I don't see a great need to fix the situiation. The
> other players, however, don't see it the same way.
>

Then point it out to them.  Talk to the GM and have see if he'll throw some small things your
while for a fight or two, to bore the party, then include in descriptions things like, "Roll a
Spot.  Okay, you easily see 12 Trollkin, quietly pulling back from an ambush and waiting for you
guys to go by."

You can harrass them if you want, but pretty soon, you'll get a rep for being bullies, other
Rune characters will tell you to lay off, and the troll Rune Lords will come looking for you.
Gee, back where we started.

Are you sharing all of these emails with your GM?

Jeremy