[Apocalypse] Okay so before I get into the meat of this I want to say that this is based off of my experiences over the last year and a half of play. These experiences encapsulate a few issues that I see popping up repeatedly across all levels of play from local to national but in no way are meant to state that any storyteller always represents each of these things. In fact these are more trends that ebb and flow around the venue and there are some STs that have managed to avoid the issues entirely. Hell, as I will go over, at least one of these issues seems to have entirely vanished (thankfully) from the game. Also, no single event set this off, as I have said these are things gather from the chronicle length experience so far. Anyways, so there are a few trends I have come across that frustrate me on a player level. Things that go outside of the whole desperation of the Garou setting. Overall the first issue is several small ones but I will summarize it as Broken Toys. What I mean by broken toys is the various elements of plot that STs have used to remove functionality of fetishes, talens, totems, etc. When every ST seems to think it is a good plot idea to make your tools not work or turn against you it ceases being an interesting plot and becomes annoying. When the chronicle started my pack was following Sphinx of War, a powerful and costly totem that was locked behind a Top approval. Literally the hardest totem to get approved for but we got approved for it. It is so strong because once per month when you defeat an enemy you can have Sphinx consume them and basically drop them out of play. Where this became aggravating was when most STs determined that causing an enemy to realize they were going to lose and thus run away didnt count as defeated. This happened repeatedly across several STs and when we reached three cons in a row where it happened we finally got frustrated that our totem had no benefit that we just gave up on it. The other related broken toys are when fetishes and talens either cease working or turn agains the player. I have made a talen several times that is based around unity and every time I use it the ST running that scene decides to turn it against me and have it harm people. Ive also seen numerous times where someones beneficial item tried to kill them. Like a magic torc choking them out or a weapon turning on the weilder. That last one has happened to me only once though. But still annoying and frustrating on an OOC level. If we pay XP for it we should get to use the benefits at least a few times before yet another plot about items turning against us pops up. The second major problem was the Insert # Garou to Continue plots. Yknow, the plots where someone has to die for the plot to continue on. Yeah, those are terrible on every level. After one major plot of that variety a number of us decided that when that happens we will gladly let the goddamn world end rather than satisfy the STs desire for a body count. Thankfully since then those plots seem to have largely vanished. Now, I have a lot of positive to say about Garou and do so on a regular basis. And many of the STs whole fall into the annoying bullshit plots I mentioned above are also grade-A badass STs. However after this brief period of play I felt it needed to be fully stated that I am just plain done with both of those plot types and wish to never see them again. Or maybe if broken toys does come up it doesnt happen for at least a year or two.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 18:25:27 +0000
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