Baron Opal II
Hero
1) Don't be a jerk.
- If it screws over another player, "It's what my character would do" is the wrong answer.
2) We play to have fun.- Fun is a worthwhile time spent with friends. It doesn't mean "win". Challenge and catharsis can be "fun" if you enjoyed experiencing it with your friends.
3) Read the room when you want to be silly.- I can bend with the dwarven warrior named Paratestekles Longhammer, but that's the limit for me. The Church of the Holy Electric Pickle is right out. If that's the kind of game you want, we can go there, but not in my "serious / dramatic" world.
4) D&D is a team sport. If you don't work together the monsters will eat you.- No PvP; unless that is expressly on the table from the get go, don't do it. You will become an exemplar of the parable of the bear, and by the player's hand, not mine.