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With Respect to the Door and Expectations....The REAL Reason 5e Can't Unite the Base
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<blockquote data-quote="JamesonCourage" data-source="post: 5989445" data-attributes="member: 6668292"><p>It's a direct counter to "sometimes things don't line up, and you have to act out of character to please the player." I disagree with that assessment.</p><p></p><p>That is, if someone wants to have the kind of character where they jump on chandeliers because it's cool but not practical, that doesn't need to conflict with the character; design a character who has a personality that favors cool over practical.</p><p></p><p>Oh no, I've been aware of the logic of the point since Hussar mentioned it, and before it got expanded upon. My point, again, is that there's no real need to use this example of something that happens to every group, or is in any way necessary or unavoidable.</p><p></p><p>While what you've described certainly happens, it has no need to. It is fine for groups that enjoy that style of game, and for people that want to avoid that style of play, they can make less than purely pragmatic characters.</p><p></p><p>So, again, if the point is "this can happen" then I go back to... okay? Of course it can. I just fail to see what the point of "it can happen" is. I understand the "it" of the sentence, so no need to explain that to me. What is the point of saying that it can happen in this conversation?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JamesonCourage, post: 5989445, member: 6668292"] It's a direct counter to "sometimes things don't line up, and you have to act out of character to please the player." I disagree with that assessment. That is, if someone wants to have the kind of character where they jump on chandeliers because it's cool but not practical, that doesn't need to conflict with the character; design a character who has a personality that favors cool over practical. Oh no, I've been aware of the logic of the point since Hussar mentioned it, and before it got expanded upon. My point, again, is that there's no real need to use this example of something that happens to every group, or is in any way necessary or unavoidable. While what you've described certainly happens, it has no need to. It is fine for groups that enjoy that style of game, and for people that want to avoid that style of play, they can make less than purely pragmatic characters. So, again, if the point is "this can happen" then I go back to... okay? Of course it can. I just fail to see what the point of "it can happen" is. I understand the "it" of the sentence, so no need to explain that to me. What is the point of saying that it can happen in this conversation? [/QUOTE]
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