tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post7005040577665277123..comments2024-03-27T19:02:58.368-04:00Comments on BARKING ALIEN: Fantasy Versus Science Fiction...Heroes - Made or Born?Adam Dicksteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-69695305760530987482011-11-13T20:50:42.208-05:002011-11-13T20:50:42.208-05:00@2eDM - I suppose you're right. Wouldn't k...@2eDM - I suppose you're right. Wouldn't know. See, I constantly allow splitting the party (in Star Trek it's almost a requirement) and rarely have one-dimensional combat monsters. It just doesn't happen very often (if at all in recent memory).<br /><br />If you check out some of my past blog entries, you'll see at I am not very old school. I tend to think if it works in a story, show, movie, comic book or animated series, it should work in an RPG. The trick is how to make the transition/translation from one medium to the other.<br /><br />I can't claim I always succeed but I do always try.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-86039128120264490762011-11-12T08:09:01.888-05:002011-11-12T08:09:01.888-05:00There are too many actions that make a good story/...There are too many actions that make a good story/show/movie but are considered bad ideas if perpetrated in a game. Splitting the party being at the top of the list(and let's face it, almost all heroes are loners which doesn't work well w/ group based RPGs). The tendency for players to also build one dimensional combat monsters and call them heroes doesn't help. A lot of Old School DMs are quite tired of seeing them.2eDMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09562222394843621495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-7611351047316881812011-11-12T03:08:41.616-05:002011-11-12T03:08:41.616-05:00Perhaps, yet we know there are 'lower decks...Perhaps, yet we know there are 'lower decks' members of the crew. The impression given is one where even the members of the bridge crew were at one time ensigns serving on someone else's command.<br /><br />True, Star Trek can be viewed on both sides of the equation but I've always wondered, how many 'best and brightest' can there be? The average TOS Era Heavy Cruiser has a crew of over 300 people. There are about a dozen of those ships. That's a lot of 'best' people.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-1208489970995766412011-11-11T15:07:01.805-05:002011-11-11T15:07:01.805-05:00Well, Star Trek is a counter example. While, yes,...Well, Star Trek is a counter example. While, yes, the crew of the Enterprise are just doing their jobs (in space) they are also the elite. Star Fleet only recruits the best of the best, after all it has more than 150 member planets and thousands of colonies to choose the 'best and brightest' from. Even McCoy was brilliant is his field.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com