Re: Difficulty Balance

On Fri, 12 Jan 2007, Simon Smith wrote:
> If I can ask without causing offence, do you think that if you made your
> scenarios slightly harder, the quality of roleplaying for your group
would
> rise or fall?

I think that part of the problem is the assumption that both are 
inherently tied together.  For some people, they are.  For other people, 
they aren't.

It also depends on what you mean by "role-playing".  Does this go back to 
flashy cinematic actions and decisions, like it did with "heroism", or is 
it simply playing the character in character or something else?

You also need to remember that there are other issues involved here. 
Mary strongly dislikes playing hopeless causes.  I've had some fun playing

a character whose addiction to a dark form of magic was ultimately fatal. 
How the players think about PC death and their expectations for the game 
also play a huge role here.

John Morrow