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Post by greentongue on Nov 6, 2012 16:36:23 GMT -6
Sorry if this is in poor taste but it is a question that has been bugging me.
When the person that creates a well know system is no longer around to "enforce" compliance, does that give people a sense of freedom to modify it?
Does having the originator active and providing the "One True Way" make people less inclined to modify or alter a setting?
Can the world of Kelewan now be played by people who like EPT without feeling intimidated by the bad feels between The Professor and the authors of "The Empire Trilogy"?
Is there more freedom or no real change? Are the "Setting Police" just as active and negative?
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Post by thorswulf on Nov 6, 2012 18:14:43 GMT -6
The professor always said to make it "your Tekumel". Heck it's even stated in the rulebook. I think his creative spirit and vision would be pleased with any interpretation a person came up with. What a gift he has left us all.
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Post by greentongue on Nov 6, 2012 20:03:55 GMT -6
I have heard that but, the "Cannon Thugs" have asserted their influence and made people feel that to play "right", cannon had to be closely followed.
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Post by kesher on Nov 7, 2012 8:58:42 GMT -6
No offense, greentongue, but I can't say I've ever seen any evidence of "Cannon Thugs". As noted above, the Professor himself always said "make it your own;" he freely allowed, frex, Tekumel materials to be published in several issues of Fight On! with no sort of cannon adherence. If someone suggests differently to you, tell 'em to go kiss a Ssu...  |
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Post by Finarvyn on Nov 7, 2012 14:53:19 GMT -6
I think in general anyone can choose to take campaigns in whatever directon they like, homebrew or published doesn't matter. I've had lots of time where I'll use a setting as an inspiration and then did my own thing from there. For example, once I ran a blend of Star Wars and John Carter. I made the planets into City-States so you could travel on foot (or by Flyer) from Alderaan to Tatooine. The "canon police" might have hated it, but we had a lot of fun with it.  |
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Post by thorswulf on Nov 7, 2012 18:22:34 GMT -6
I have not met any canon police myself. Those few gamers who were blessed to play with the Professor in his on going campaign got to experience his Tekumel, sure. But it should serve more as a springboard than something to be set in stone. After all, what would have happened if Prince Eselne hadn't died? Would Mirusiya support him? Would he support Dhiuchine? I think the options would be fun to explore, even though I know what happened.
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Post by greentongue on Nov 7, 2012 19:26:56 GMT -6
Maybe I've put 1 and 1 together and got 3.
1) I don't see many variations of EPT being played.
1) When I've run variations in the past some player have been quick to "correct" things that were not "official".
Could be I just had "controlling" type players that have wanted to play in "their game".
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Post by rleduc on Nov 7, 2012 20:09:41 GMT -6
I've seen canon police commenting on boards, bug not at games. Maybe they no longer have anyone to play with!
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Post by Finarvyn on Nov 8, 2012 5:32:34 GMT -6
When I've run variations in the past some player have been quick to "correct" things that were not "official". I think you see the same thing for Tolkien's Middle-earth and to some degree any other campaign that mirrors a movie or literary work. The key is whether you advertise the campaign as "EPT" versus "inspired by EPT" or "EPT-like". If you tell eveyone "this is Tekumel, the world of EPT" then they will assume certain things about your campaign, and likely try to fix any errors in it, but if you say "this is my campaign and I took some ideas from Tekumel" they are more likely to let inconsistencies slide. |
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Post by greentongue on Nov 8, 2012 7:04:23 GMT -6
The key is whether you advertise the campaign as "EPT" versus "inspired by EPT" or "EPT-like". If you tell eveyone "this is Tekumel, the world of EPT" then they will assume certain things about your campaign, and likely try to fix any errors in it, but if you say "this is my campaign and I took some ideas from Tekumel" they are more likely to let inconsistencies slide. If the originator says "make it your own" then that runs counter to doing so. I agree that some things would be off target (like elves and horses) but any other rearranging of the building blocks should be "acceptable". For example, more of a horror focus or more of a super science focus. (My version was strongly influenced by "Den" as I was exposed to both at about the same time. www.flickr.com/photos/miklvance/3712985514/ ) = |
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