tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34834473.post3627035056311455874..comments2023-08-28T08:23:06.845-04:00Comments on Scrolls of the PlatinumWarlock: In Which The Warlock Mulls a Manifesto...A.P. Kloskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719352533858966154noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34834473.post-61417331114368970142012-01-25T21:40:49.850-05:002012-01-25T21:40:49.850-05:00I pledge not to play at the 9th level! :DI pledge not to play at the 9th level! :DA.P. Kloskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09719352533858966154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34834473.post-8041865150262919422012-01-25T21:33:41.317-05:002012-01-25T21:33:41.317-05:00It's interesting to see how your list is diffe...It's interesting to see how your list is different from my list, which is different from the Reddit list. I definitely thought the Reddit one was a bit redundant at points and made pledges I didn't want to make (like pledging to provide a sandbox environment).<br /><br />Considering your second paragraph, I think that we are using the term "pledge" differently. To me, it had a looser meaning which meant something I fully intend to do, but because I am not perfect may not be able to do all the time. I think that largely changes the meaning of the manifesto and how much of a guarantee it actually is.<br /><br />It seems that a lot of our promises reflect our exposure to games in the past. For instance, I pledged to "have an end in mind when starting any campaign so that it will be an engaging story with a suitable beginning, middle, and end." This is no doubt influenced by my exposure to semester-length campaigns at Wittenberg and my own observations that those that had a planned story arc tended to turn out much better than ones with indefinite ends. But you didn't make that promise, perhaps because you have gamed in very different environments and had great success with them.<br /><br />And there is one that you're definitely missing: that you pledge never to run a game as ridiculous as <i>Mazes & Monsters</i>!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com