On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Carl D Cravens wrote:

CDC>of possible outcomes, Stakes are boiled down to just two.  If Karen 
CDC>wins, we get a cougar; if Bill wins, we get a pixie.

Mmmkay...

CDC>Hm.  The negotiated story-telling takes power away from the GM and 
CDC>puts it in the hands of the players.  And in doing so, it takes away 
CDC>the GMs ability to _surprise_ the players.

Yabbut I was talking about me *as GM*.

CDC>I think that's what killed _Dogs In the Vineyard_ for me... I didn't 
CDC>find the process to have any elements of surprise in it.  (That and it 
CDC>turned roleplaying into a stilted, mechanical give-and-take.)

It was definitely the clunky/intrusive/broken die mechanic that did it for 
me.


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Karen J. Cravens  silver@phoenyx.net

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