Comments on: I Was A Goblin: Keep Magic Live http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/07/i-was-a-goblin-keep-magic-live/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:20:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Martin Skidmore http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/07/i-was-a-goblin-keep-magic-live/#comment-457565 Martin Skidmore Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:18:59 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12059#comment-457565 I can't imagine doing this - I love the whims of the referee, and the whims of the players. I love the randomness or rolling for things and incorporating them in the narrative. I liked describing things too, creating a sense of wonder now and then. I liked playing characters who were, as often as not, nothing like me, which would be extra hard in LARP. When I think to my favourite RPG moments, they are almost never dungeon action. As a DM, I recall the players, having got to a town with a rich haul from their latest adventure, deciding to throw a party and invite everyone. I started rolling for several notable characters (thinking that something would jump out at me to spice the party up, one way or another) and got, among others, the town mayor and a fairly high-level assassin - so the mayor gets assassinated and the players obviously come under suspicion. I loved improvising things like that, and the players did too. I can’t imagine doing this – I love the whims of the referee, and the whims of the players. I love the randomness or rolling for things and incorporating them in the narrative. I liked describing things too, creating a sense of wonder now and then. I liked playing characters who were, as often as not, nothing like me, which would be extra hard in LARP.

When I think to my favourite RPG moments, they are almost never dungeon action. As a DM, I recall the players, having got to a town with a rich haul from their latest adventure, deciding to throw a party and invite everyone. I started rolling for several notable characters (thinking that something would jump out at me to spice the party up, one way or another) and got, among others, the town mayor and a fairly high-level assassin – so the mayor gets assassinated and the players obviously come under suspicion. I loved improvising things like that, and the players did too.

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/07/i-was-a-goblin-keep-magic-live/#comment-457504 Tom Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:50:33 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12059#comment-457504 Erm its my mistake actually! I should have said LARP (the A stands for ACTION! i.e. the swinging of the rubber sword) as I'd guess there's a distinction made between that and other kinds of LRP where the liveness is all in character interaction and conversation (of which more anon). Erm its my mistake actually! I should have said LARP (the A stands for ACTION! i.e. the swinging of the rubber sword) as I’d guess there’s a distinction made between that and other kinds of LRP where the liveness is all in character interaction and conversation (of which more anon).

]]> By: Andrew Farrell http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/07/i-was-a-goblin-keep-magic-live/#comment-457491 Andrew Farrell Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:20:35 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=12059#comment-457491 Please explain the vicious politics which has lead to this being known these days as LARP! If there is some. Please explain the vicious politics which has lead to this being known these days as LARP! If there is some.

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