[PnP] Magic users

[James McCulloch]

We never worried about limiting characters abilities to be whatever they 
chose  The players that I had were mostly self-policing, knowing that they 
were better off not picking characters that were similar and therefore had 
similar options in any crisis.  When they had the party completed, I would 
work to build scenarios that would play to that group.  Sometimes it was 
magic heavy, and we would play in the Upper and Lower Worlds and go on 
quests for magical ingredients and so on.  Other times we had a party that 
was more physical and we would deal with assasinations and wars and killing 
monsters.  If the party was balanced, then we would mix it.  Always there 
were plotlines with intrigues and puzzles and problems and situations and 
all the other things that made playing the game fun.  So, I guess I would 
say that we let the players determine the type of party and to some extent 
the type of game that would be played, whether with everyone having magic or 
hardly anyone having magic.   Of course it affected the flavor of the game, 
but as long as the players agreed, it worked pretty well.  Actually, it was 
a lot of fun when they didn't agree too...

J.D.