Tag: Titus Kosloff

Hey guys, just giving a bit of a success story and a thanks for the great community.

So a week or so after the official pdf launch I posted a discussion about how my players were having trouble getting the setting and were essentially massacring bad guys who had already surrendered, stuff like that.

Well there were mixed ideas for how to handle it, but in the end I decided to confront the players directly, explain how it didn’t fit the setting and game, and then give them the option to either continue as is, or retcon back a session and try again. We ended up going with the second option.

Several months later we finished the game and everyone agreed it was the best rpg story and most enjoyable game we’ve been a part of.

We’re taking a break to play some Dresden Files RPG and Call of Cthulhu, but then we’re coming back for a sequel set a few years later. It’s a great setting and game system, and I’m very happy to be playing it.

So, I’m new here and looking for advice. I’ve read the book pretty thoroughly since launch, and before that I followed the Strand Gamers podcast Masks game up until they stopped recording it. I felt ready to handle anything, but was apparently wrong.

Opening session, one of my players, the Transformed, took to tearing the now unconcious mooks I sent at them apart, limb from limb. I thought “hey, maybe he’s playing it as he lost control, could be interesting.” Not only was there no emotional impact, but the other players mostly played it off as a joke (except the Nova who was doing the bulletproof barrier thing and could only watch in horror). The Bull ran up and hugged the still gore splattered Transformed.

I’d rather not just browbeat them about how they’re not roleplaying it properly. They’re generally quite good, this is the first time my group has blatantly ignored my advice on what is appropriate to setting. What I’m looking for is some suggestions on to handle it through the narrative, to show how that kind of behaviour is not to be condoned by Heroes and is also emotionally scarring. I’ve already confronted them about it with an established hero, but I don’t think that alone will do the job.

TLDR: transformed went on a killing spree and no one seems to see a problem with it.