05-30-2013, 11:41 PM | #11 | |
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Re: [SE] Player Characters *versus* and *as* Authority Figures
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Now a wealthy and connected English dandy who does nothing but hang around court, never had any naval or military service, never was a district officer in India, and never even went pigsticking might find a two month camping and spelunking trip in Peru a bit of a difficulty.
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05-31-2013, 04:46 AM | #12 | |
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Re: [SE] Player Characters *versus* and *as* Authority Figures
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06-01-2013, 03:27 PM | #13 |
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Re: [SE] Player Characters *versus* and *as* Authority Figures
I've never played a character of the last type, mainly because I have no interest in high status.
However, in my first AD&D campaign I set the heir to the throne of the largest and most influential kingdom to be a 2nd level fighter with 2 hit points. However, he was extremely good at statesmanship, strategy, and tactics. He just couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag. His friends (not the player characters) acted as bodyguards and protectors. Some of the players met him a few times to advise him of the status of the war. The players were all convinced he must be 10th level or high because he was the heir and his aid to their strategy was one of the things that led to victory in the war. I promptly quit running DnD after that and switched to Traveller, and then many other non-leveled systems, including GURPS. |
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