tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833068321597231910.post8555647436428807888..comments2024-01-16T19:15:41.816-08:00Comments on There's more to Oz than the Yellow Brick Road: I get by with a little help from my friendsF. Douglas Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06497140550892192807noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833068321597231910.post-86446837293847606842008-10-01T10:44:00.000-07:002008-10-01T10:44:00.000-07:00Nice idea, and very true to the original Oz materi...Nice idea, and very true to the original Oz material I think. <BR/><BR/>I am reading your blog sequentially from oldest to newest. I will then read the material you have created. So bear with me as I comment on blog posts that may be answered in the RPG material.librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910979028549627470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833068321597231910.post-47287531815874154372008-07-16T13:01:00.000-07:002008-07-16T13:01:00.000-07:00One thing that I forgot to mention is that I strug...One thing that I forgot to mention is that I struggled with the decision to allow the party to appear on everyone's Friends List.<BR/><BR/>At first, I thought that the big idea was to connect the characters to the world, and I was afraid that the system could be abused by players creating situations in which helping another character was as easy as falling off a log.<BR/><BR/>Then I realized 2 things. 1) Earning Oz Points for helping out party members would encourage party cohesion, and 2) it was actually fairly common for a character who featured in one story to appear as supporting cast in the next.F. Douglas Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06497140550892192807noreply@blogger.com