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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6742619" data-attributes="member: 22424"><p>For the most part, I let it run its course. But I'm lucky enough that my players appear to be able to separate <em>player</em> issues from <em>character</em> issues. So if Alice's Rogue steals from Bob's Paladin, that doesn't cause a problem between Alice and Bob. (And, conversely, if Alice and Bob do have a problem outside the game, I trust them not to bring it into the game - which may mean one or both of them dropping out of a session, if that's what it takes.)</p><p></p><p>One other thing: I don't allow secret actions. So if Alice wants her Rogue to steal from Bob's Paladin, Alice needs to be willing to tell me that in front of Bob. Which has a chilling effect on a lot of stuff.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Only if it starts to look like it's about to spill over from the game to real life.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Incidentally, the <em>worst</em> way I've seen a DM handle it was one guy who allowed inter-party troublemaking but <em>didn't</em> allow PCs to attack one another (or drive the offending PC out of the group). Which meant that Alice's Rogue could steal from Bob's Paladin, but when the Paladin found out he wasn't allowed to respond.</p><p></p><p>The end result of this was that the jerk PCs had free rein to mess with other party members, but those other party members had no effective comeback, which caused all sorts of grief.</p><p></p><p>So my advice for those considering the issue: either allow intra-party conflict or ban it. But don't go for a partial approach, because that's liable to cause unforeseen problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delericho, post: 6742619, member: 22424"] For the most part, I let it run its course. But I'm lucky enough that my players appear to be able to separate [i]player[/i] issues from [i]character[/i] issues. So if Alice's Rogue steals from Bob's Paladin, that doesn't cause a problem between Alice and Bob. (And, conversely, if Alice and Bob do have a problem outside the game, I trust them not to bring it into the game - which may mean one or both of them dropping out of a session, if that's what it takes.) One other thing: I don't allow secret actions. So if Alice wants her Rogue to steal from Bob's Paladin, Alice needs to be willing to tell me that in front of Bob. Which has a chilling effect on a lot of stuff. Only if it starts to look like it's about to spill over from the game to real life. Incidentally, the [i]worst[/i] way I've seen a DM handle it was one guy who allowed inter-party troublemaking but [i]didn't[/i] allow PCs to attack one another (or drive the offending PC out of the group). Which meant that Alice's Rogue could steal from Bob's Paladin, but when the Paladin found out he wasn't allowed to respond. The end result of this was that the jerk PCs had free rein to mess with other party members, but those other party members had no effective comeback, which caused all sorts of grief. So my advice for those considering the issue: either allow intra-party conflict or ban it. But don't go for a partial approach, because that's liable to cause unforeseen problems. [/QUOTE]
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