Posted by The Student on May 12, 2002 at 14:30:32:
In Reply to: Re: Hunters and Supernatural Friends posted by The_Meehan on May 10, 2002 at 16:30:36:
Eh, we didn't really need the Exposure background, anyway.
Personally, considering how overcrowded the World of Darkness is, I think it's the wrong way to go, an official change saying "You can't do that anymore."
What should be done is a nice, in-depth discussion of hows and whys, various possibilities that can be used to explain how these things might work, and how they shouldn't work.
For example, "I met these werewolves, and they told me all about the tribes and the Wyrm and stuff" might be out, and probably should be. On the other hand, the tensions that one of the imbued might get to deal with living in a garou/kinfolk community,
being deliberately kept in the dark, could still be in.
And, when you consider that these relationships might have existed for months or years prior to July 1999...
Of course, you would know about these things better than I would, in terms of forthcoming changes. Admittedly, I've seen some bad stuff come out of such things, like a hunter with a scar fetish. (Remember that one?) But, I've also seen some good stuff come of that premise.
So far as I'm concerned, this issue should have probably been addressed in depth in the Storyteller's Handbook, and it'd be a mistake to just say no and restrict players and storytellers, rather than expanding the worldview beyond the "Monsters? Monsters bad! Grunt!" mentality that it would appear is the stereotype of Hunter players.
But, that's just me.
: : Actually... I can see exactly how it fits into the theme.
: : She's not telling you everything. She goes places nights, and won't tell you where. You're hurt, because you don't understand.
: : Then, in comes a wake-up call. Suddenly, you see things in a new light.
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: Yeah - it could work that way - and I'm tempted to say, only that way, except for some stuff coming down the pike.
: The canon's going to get a *lot* stricter about these situations.
: Official out : the person's "turned" after imbuing, not before. Which can still result in that lovely tragedy.