(TFT) I knew this guy

["David Michael Grouchy II" <david_michael_grouchy_ii@hotmail.com>]

    I knew this guy.  He was a strange GM named Eddie Whipple.  He was 
looking to attract players and knew we were big into TFT.  So he starts a 
campaign and invites a select few of us over to make characters.  Now most 
of what follows is probably our fault.  We, as a group, can be quite 
difficult players.  But at the time we just though he was nuts.
    We quickly find out that it is to be a political campaign with a lot of 
talking.  Now we like to sharpen our claws a little before chewing the fat 
with NPCs about economic theory and successionary rights, but we figure 
Eddie will come around and throw us something to kill sooner or later.  With 
a colective sigh we wait it out.
    After meeting a string of major NPCs we are starting to loose hope.  
This session seems to be going nowhere.  We are getting an uneasy feeling we 
are just going to be quized on each person to see if we can remember their 
clothing, accent, and speech patterns.  It's been two hours and no one has 
gotten a single experience point.  Heck, we couldn't even find a decent 
locked 5D door to break open and get the exp for the roll vs. ST.
    Then we encounter this politico who starts telling us exactly what we 
are going to do.  Not recruited, not given a mission, but dictated too.  
Told what we are going to do.  Naturally we resist.  Finally one of the 
players snaps.  He has his character attack the guy.  Does a massive damage 
with his great hammer and asks Eddie how much experience he got for the 
blow.
    'None.'  Is the reply.  They politico's armor stopped all the damage.  
Not only that he didn't get to attack him.  The politico has a DX 23 and 
gets to go first.  He frys the character with a lightning bolt of ST 8.  Our 
collective reaction is 'do what?'
    At this point the session stops as we start to discuss game theory with 
Eddie.  Try to figure out what he expects from us before the evening becomes 
a total disaster.
    Turns out that the NPC politico is a 60 point character.  In fact, it 
turns out that every single person we have met in the entire town is a 60 
point character.  Further it turns out that there is no prepaired adventure 
at all.  All Eddie has is a huge stack of 60 point character sheets.  And 
worse, in the process of questioning him we have wounded his creativity some 
how.  He's now dug in and won't budge.  He's not going to make and 
adventures and the NPC's are all that his campaign is about.  Period.  End 
of discussion.
   'Ummmm.'  One player asks.  'With all these 60 point characters around, 
what in hell do they need with us.'

   David Michael Grouchy II



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