Cao, not a knock on you, but for future reference, if you are bringing up something off a chronicle sheet, please use the spoiler tag, as it can unintentionally lead to metagaming.
Well, if he wants to be as extreme about it as to not play modules because they give out 2 fewer PP, that's his business. I still think he'd be missing out on a lot of great times. I know, from my experience, that many of the players that I deal with on a regular basis would rather play modules instead of scenarios. They don't care that they only get 4 fame from them. As a GM, I really want to feel for you, but I can't, because as a player, I have made choices that have kept characters of mine from having a full amount of fame for their level, whether it be at character creation, or flat out not doing a faction mission, or playing in a module. The point of the game isn't to be able to always buy that snazzy +2 Flaming Great Sword. The point is to have fun. If the fact that you aren't able to generate the maximum amount of fame per session is defeating your fun, then I don't know if there's anything that can be done to help you. But what you're asking is for a complete rewrite of the rules so that everyone can have something that not everyone should be able to get. I can't agree with that.
My thoughts on this are a little different. I'll go to real world pop culture for this. In the movie RED, Helen Mirren's character was, without a shadow of a doubt, an assassin. But did the fact that she committed what we would consider an evil act make her an evil person? No, it didn't. She was compassionate, loving, almost matronly. As such, the rule on Evil Acts are plain as day. I would allow someone to have that profession, but before they did their day job, I would remind them that fact and let them know that by performing that particular day job would move them one step closer to evil and that if they do become evil aligned, that they will need to pay for atonement or else have the character reported as dead.
Granted...Your drivers license now says REALLY Happy. I wish I had my 4th GM Star
Riddywhipple is more evil than Applesauce.
Signboy, you can purchase a Masterwork Weapon in Society. In fact, if I remember correctly, they are listed as being always available in he Guide to Organized Play.
Let me chime in a few things, and if they were covered in the thread, I do apologize. 1. Players ( and GMs) don't realize how hard of a job that Mike has. He deals with the entire campaign, goes to many conventions, maintains a weekly blog, deals with players on the boards, and at times has to maintain sessions. People need to lay off of him on some stuff. 2. I do wish that certain boons on sheets can be applied to new characters. I currently have the Axebeak boon on a character that will never use it (a halfling summoner) and Riddywhipple on another character that won't use it. 3. I do have some players that have in the past moaned and groaned about not having access to certain boons because they didn't want to go to a con because they didn't see the value in paying X amount of money just to play Pathfinder. It's hard sometimes to not be a jerk and tell them "Suck it up, Cupcake". 4. I would prefer personally more boons that tie the campaign together.
I just hate chase scenes (Both as a player and as a GM), so when they are shown as being optional, I just skip them. |
