What Would You Do?
Jan. 2nd, 2005 12:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jaegamerAs a GM, my preferred medium is contemporary horror (more specifically, Chill),
and one of the things my players used to do was come up with "kits" of
stuff they wanted to have handy in case of a supernatural
emergency. Today I found this list of recommended emergency kits, which is perfectly in earnest (and, imho, a pretty good idea). (via Making Light)
This leads to another topic I've been discussing with friends lately, and I'm hoping my occasional readers will chime in with their thoughts. To wit: Are roleplayers, by virtue of the skills we develop to play the games, better equipped to deal with real-life emergencies and disasters?
I have a penchant for playing characters with a heroic bent, who are the last to stand against the onslaught, often endangering or sacrificing themselves that others might escape/live. I don't know, though, that I would be so selfless, or that I would even think clearly enough in an emergency to do more than gibber like a goob.
Discuss among yourselves...
This leads to another topic I've been discussing with friends lately, and I'm hoping my occasional readers will chime in with their thoughts. To wit: Are roleplayers, by virtue of the skills we develop to play the games, better equipped to deal with real-life emergencies and disasters?
I have a penchant for playing characters with a heroic bent, who are the last to stand against the onslaught, often endangering or sacrificing themselves that others might escape/live. I don't know, though, that I would be so selfless, or that I would even think clearly enough in an emergency to do more than gibber like a goob.
Discuss among yourselves...
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Date: 2005-01-03 01:06 am (UTC)In my experience, the vast majority of gamers have no idea what it means to be a hero. Instead, the characters they play are self-centred, often cowards who refuse to do anything unless there's an obvious pay off for them involved.
A hero isn't like that. He or she is willing to put their own lives on the line in order to help other people, even if there is no reward on offer. They do it because they care.
Call me cynical. But that's part of the reason why I don't play D&D any more (ok, admittedly a very small part, but a part nonetheless).
However, I have in real life faced down a seriously pissed-off drunk guy wielding a broken bottle when there were women and children about. I'll admit to being scared shitless, but I at least put myself between him and them and tried to calm him down. I figured that if anyone was going to get stabbed, I'd rather it was me than them. Fortunately, the guy backed down before things got really nasty and everyone else was able to get to safety.