In which we head out into the Sorcerer's Solar System
Bret Gillan:
Yeah, I think I am not coming in with enough prep of my own as far as what Rong wants to accomplish. After the last session, though, I think I have a lot more direction. The game has been kind of like the Flintstones operating cars - the first session was the feet kind of scrabbling on the ground and the second session we took off like a shot.
And as far as the Kicker, I see now it was a part of a larger picture that hadn't been revealed yet. After the first session, more mysteries had been revealed, sure, but they were threats that Rong was not going to pursue unless there was pressure on him to do so. He knew that Copy was putting together an apparatus to contact the aliens, he knew that was a bad idea, so he stopped Copy. That seemed kind of like the end, but I'm seeing now that there is some larger agenda that all the demons are a part of and it involves the aliens. So yeah, Kicker is not resolved.
Roger:
Quote from: Bret Gillan on April 21, 2010, 11:44:04 AM
He knew that Copy was putting together an apparatus to contact the aliens, he knew that was a bad idea, so he stopped Copy.
Hmmm. I'm going to dip into Lajos Egri's theories here a bit, which may or may not be applicable, but it might be useful.
Egri says: The pivotal character is the protagonist. According to Webster's dictionary, the protagonist is -- "one who takes the lead in any movement or cause." Anyone who opposes the protagonist is an opponent or antagonist.
He offers up an example: "In Othello, Iago (the pivotal character) is a man of action. Slighted by Othello, he revenges himself by sowing dissension and jealousy. He started the conflict. (...) Iago, in Othello, is the ruthless, conniving protagonist. Othello is the antagonist."
You can probably see where I'm going with this: Your character sounds like he might not be an Egrian protagonist. My suspicion is that such characters might be problematic under Sorcerer.
I feel like I'm shooting in the dark here a bit, though, so let me know if any of that is hitting.
Judd:
Ron and Roger,
I think there was some tentative playing on all of our parts, in that the players didn't seek out the folks on the back of their sheet until I put them into play and I didn't push hard enough, in general. I think folks weren't as aggressive as they could have been. I'm going to blame most of it on the fact that this is the first game we have all played together and we are getting used to each other a bit.
The end of the second session felt like a big step up in energy and I think the third session a week from today will be spot-on.
Thanks,
Judd
Ron Edwards:
First sessions in Sorcerer are almost always like this, often with a weird, underlying sense of incipient excitement that I can only describe as non-cinematic. In other words, low on spectacle, high on something else.
I also like the Flintstones car analogy.
Best, Ron
Bret Gillan:
Roger - he became more of an Egrian protagonist in the second session. He cured death, put himself in a new body, has been trying to give this technology to hospitals that can use it while avoiding corporations and the government, and become a much nicer person than I thought he would be, and I think the way the Kickers are playing out he'll have more of a pivotal role.
Judd - at least for me, I just never saw any reason to seek out the people on my sheet with the exception Basanti who I introduced when I was looking for more alien tech. I mean, I could have if I wanted to do some soft roleplay but as a player and as a GM I often find soft roleplay to be boring unless it's a break in some high-tension or once we've gotten the game rolling and I have some things to say. For example, I was going to instigate some scenes with NPCs (in particular Rong's parents) after the immortality rolls, but then Khaza showed up.
Basically, I see from hereon out if we were to continue playing across many many sessions I would have no problem aggressively seeking out NPCs and goals. That first session I was still trying on a new character and figuring out what he wanted, and I didn't really know until halfway through this last session.
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