Re: [GZG] [brushfire] Final Summary [long] [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Michael Llaneza <maserati@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Atkinson wrote:

> OK, if you put metal plates in the middle of a hardball road, it
> doesn't look like mines to me.  It looks like metal plates in the
> middle of a hardball road.  I'm a Combat Engineer with almost 2 years
> in combat, not a Russian conscript private driving a tank I can't see
> out of.

I think the problem here was the player being too specific about what 
his troops were doing. Instead of ordering a fake minefield and letting 
the sergeants (in the form of the inimitable Mr. Robertson) handle it, 
Laserlight got specific.

A number of RPG GMs I've known have allowed players to say what they do 
and then make the roll without worrying about how plausible it was. It's 
a common style, but I've always preferred to leave things a little vague 
- like computer specifications in SF settings.

It's just something to watch out for whenever you play a character who's 
an expert in things you aren't.

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