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Bad Call?

Started by Drohem, December 10, 2012, 09:06:22 PM

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Exploderwizard

#15
December 11, 2012, 11:29:39 AM
Quote from: Bill;607850Sounds like a great game session to me.

In regards to killing the nerw pc, I would have had him stabbed and bleeding out.

The only real problem I see, is your players seem to have that annoying "Me PC!! Me win! ME no back down!"

I really hate that.

As a player, I love negotiations like that; so much more interesting than "Me Kill!"

It has been established that the PCs were of good alignment.

When playing good characters I seldom negotiate with bad guys. I will offer to take them alive (and keep my word) and let the law decide thier fate but there is no way they get to negotiate for anything more. Cutting a deal to let them go is off the table no matter what.

As a more neutral/grey PC I might work out a more equitable deal purely for personal gain.
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Drohem

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December 11, 2012, 12:14:03 PM
Quote from: Bill;607850The only real problem I see, is your players seem to have that annoying "Me PC!! Me win! ME no back down!"

Well, I do think that this was a factor in the equation and contributed to the decline of negotiations in both instances.  However, it did not rise to an egregious level; the players are great players. :D

mythusmage

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December 11, 2012, 03:14:59 PM
The problems I see here are...

That losing a fight has no consequences. ("He's dead, create a new character.")

Apparently no way to defeat a combatant without killing him. (I know of about three, there may be others.)

Apparently raising the dead is cheap and easy.

The players haven't been taught that surrender to an enemy is a viable option. ("After three days you finally wake up. Some in my tribe wanted to put you out of your misery, but I dissuaded them. I figure that has soon as you recover you can face for us with those bug bears down south, and see about negotiating a soccer rematch next month. We will win the trophy back..")
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