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<blockquote data-quote="5ekyu" data-source="post: 7507198" data-attributes="member: 6919838"><p>This new talking point seems to be in vogue but... no, I dont have a difficult time distinguishing between player and character. The player is the one I am saying no to if their character is unacceptable. The character is the one that once in the world is treated by the world as a part of that setting, not as a PC. </p><p></p><p>To me, insisting your PC get exemption from the same in-game outcomes from your choices as a player - playing a tiefling in a setting where there is consequence to being a tiefling, bringing bears into towns, signing on to some God- church etc - is the player deciding to blur and confuse the distinction between the player and the character.</p><p></p><p>As GM, my answer is to say no and tell them there are lots of character options where they can not have those - so choose one of those. </p><p></p><p>Why choose to bring a tiefling into a setting where tieflings have PR problems if you want to require the GM to set those aside for your PC? </p><p></p><p>***</p><p></p><p>Second graph was not at me and I agree the control their entire race has not been claimed.</p><p></p><p>But as for GM dictating the relationship to patron and backstory, they never csn... since the player can always say no and not play that character that is tied by obligations to the npcs, just like the gm can say no to characters with unacceptable details.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="5ekyu, post: 7507198, member: 6919838"] This new talking point seems to be in vogue but... no, I dont have a difficult time distinguishing between player and character. The player is the one I am saying no to if their character is unacceptable. The character is the one that once in the world is treated by the world as a part of that setting, not as a PC. To me, insisting your PC get exemption from the same in-game outcomes from your choices as a player - playing a tiefling in a setting where there is consequence to being a tiefling, bringing bears into towns, signing on to some God- church etc - is the player deciding to blur and confuse the distinction between the player and the character. As GM, my answer is to say no and tell them there are lots of character options where they can not have those - so choose one of those. Why choose to bring a tiefling into a setting where tieflings have PR problems if you want to require the GM to set those aside for your PC? *** Second graph was not at me and I agree the control their entire race has not been claimed. But as for GM dictating the relationship to patron and backstory, they never csn... since the player can always say no and not play that character that is tied by obligations to the npcs, just like the gm can say no to characters with unacceptable details. [/QUOTE]
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