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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 2414343" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>I think the 3rd reason is so much underused IMXP... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> </p><p></p><p>Players tend to always think that if someone does something questionable to them, they should punish him immediately, even if they're pretending to play good characters. They don't seem to remember how they themselves sometimes detest RL powerful people who use their power to trump the others when they don't behave as their wish.</p><p></p><p>Imagine a RL police officer (to mention someone with actual practical power, given by both his police role and his gun) who gets robbed of his own wallet and instead of arresting the thief he beats him up to a pulp. Or a local politician who uses his power to destroy the life and job of a journalist who wrote a bad article about him. Just examples of behaviours that affect your reputation badly: even a villain may decide not to do such a thing if his strategy is to keep a facade (but not if his strategy is based on fear and domination).</p><p></p><p>That's of course about high-level PCs versus weak opponents. There are other reasons why they may hold back:</p><p></p><p>7. The effort of going past a small thing takes the PCs away from the more important ones (something as simple as not to have time)</p><p></p><p>8. They may actually purposefully hold back against the small fish if they think it's better to get the big fish behind</p><p></p><p>While against a big, equal or stronger opponent, there could be very different reasons:</p><p></p><p>9. They may want to avoid open conflict, knowing that with such a clash of high-powers lots of innocents would get involved</p><p></p><p>10. They may want to investigate their opponent's motivations, skills and plans, to be sure that fighting is the best/only solution, or otherwise try a different approach (e.g. they may be good and try to "convert" the BBEG)</p><p></p><p>11. They may just want to get more power or knowledge before the actual final duel, to maximize their chances of success</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 2414343, member: 1465"] I think the 3rd reason is so much underused IMXP... :( Players tend to always think that if someone does something questionable to them, they should punish him immediately, even if they're pretending to play good characters. They don't seem to remember how they themselves sometimes detest RL powerful people who use their power to trump the others when they don't behave as their wish. Imagine a RL police officer (to mention someone with actual practical power, given by both his police role and his gun) who gets robbed of his own wallet and instead of arresting the thief he beats him up to a pulp. Or a local politician who uses his power to destroy the life and job of a journalist who wrote a bad article about him. Just examples of behaviours that affect your reputation badly: even a villain may decide not to do such a thing if his strategy is to keep a facade (but not if his strategy is based on fear and domination). That's of course about high-level PCs versus weak opponents. There are other reasons why they may hold back: 7. The effort of going past a small thing takes the PCs away from the more important ones (something as simple as not to have time) 8. They may actually purposefully hold back against the small fish if they think it's better to get the big fish behind While against a big, equal or stronger opponent, there could be very different reasons: 9. They may want to avoid open conflict, knowing that with such a clash of high-powers lots of innocents would get involved 10. They may want to investigate their opponent's motivations, skills and plans, to be sure that fighting is the best/only solution, or otherwise try a different approach (e.g. they may be good and try to "convert" the BBEG) 11. They may just want to get more power or knowledge before the actual final duel, to maximize their chances of success [/QUOTE]
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