D&D General Character Individuality

[Lanefan]

and I see no reason to pretend I do in order to play a game of make believe.

Truth be told, at least a basic grounding in physics can be really handy when it comes to designing settings, adventures, and the like.

 

[hawkeyefan]

I honestly don't think there can or should be one answer on this, even for the same group. It'll totally depend on the circumstances.

I've seen examples of sessions where almost all the action is focused on one character's personal goals, and the majority of players are like side characters or aren't even heavily involved, and everyone was fine with it because they were all enjoying how things were unfolding.

But, I've also been at a table where after ten minutes of a side trek of this variety, everyone else starts checking out. There are so many factors that will make it go one way or another, I think you have to kind of judge it on a case-by-case basis.

Same thing for any kind of internal conflict among the characters. It'll depend on what it is and why it's happening, and how invested or annoyed the players may be by it. Some of that kind of stuff can be great, and it'd be kind of a shame to miss out on it entirely because of some up-front rule preventing it. But, I've also seen that kind of stuff grind a game to a halt, or make one or more players uncomfortable or lost interest in the game as a result....and that's not good either, so you have to monitor this kind of stuff and read the room.

 

[Umbran]

You don't know what you're talking about and you don't have the maturity to admit it.

Mod Note:
And, you are done in this thread. Learn to be respectful.

 

[Maxperson]

your not giving up here are you? You really want to argue over word choice do it with someone else.

it's not physical it's metaphysical I would difine metaphysical as an idea, doctrine, or posited reality outside of human sense perception

the card doesn't exist, no one is throwing it, it is a reality outside of human sense... no one is throwing a card

Just to chime in. @Filthy Lucre is right and you are not correct here. Metaphysical does not mean not physical.

 

[Lanefan]

Metaphysical does not mean not physical.

Before the recent renaming it was Facebookphysical anyway. Now it's just confusing.

 

[JiffyPopTart]

Just to chime in. @Filthy Lucre is right and you are not correct here. Metaphysical does not mean not physical.

And yet the third definition on Mirriam Webster says "highly abstract or abstruse see:Theoretical" which seems to fit the idea @HammerMan was trying to get across.

 

[The-Magic-Sword]

Answering the thread directly: I could rework this with the right group, I wouldn't be opposed, but largely I expect a sort of hybrid where the party can have a lot of conflict that plays out verbally, but bands together against external forces. I do allow physical pvp, but the person 'being attacked' narrates the result, so in practice, its in everyone's best interest for the scene to be staged cooperatively. I allow a variety of alignments, but we've reinterpreted them to better utilize evil for anti-heroes or heroic villains, and make good less unquestionable so that party is likely to have emotional conflict, but can still largely work together to the same goals.

 

[Mannahnin]

And yet the third definition on Mirriam Webster says "highly abstract or abstruse see:Theoretical" which seems to fit the idea @HammerMan was trying to get across.

A red card isn't highly abstract, abtruse or theoretical, either. It's a defined social tool with rules. Metaphysical refers to more abstract philosophical and nature-of-reality stuff, like the origin of existence, time, causality, identity, the nature of consciousness, the relation of mind and matter, etc. It's the philosophy of (hopefully) rational and logical inquiry into the nature of reality itself. The Ship of Theseus, for example, is a metaphysical thought experiment about identity.

 

[HammerMan]

Just to chime in. @Filthy Lucre is right and you are not correct here. Metaphysical does not mean not physical.

no because he isn't , and I am sick of people bulling (me and others) into changing words when there is no need to. also

And yet the third definition on Mirriam Webster says "highly abstract or abstruse see:Theoretical" which seems to fit the idea @HammerMan was trying to get across.

 

[HammerMan]

A red card isn't highly abstract, abtruse or theoretical, either. It's a defined social tool with rules. Metaphysical refers to more abstract philosophical and nature-of-reality stuff, like the origin of existence, time, causality, identity, the nature of consciousness, the relation of mind and matter, etc. It's the philosophy of (hopefully) rational and logical inquiry into the nature of reality itself. The Ship of Theseus, for example, is a metaphysical thought experiment about identity.

sigh... then why is theoretical or an idea, doctrine, or posited reality outside of human sense perception possible usage if when I use it to describe somethingg that once was physical but now is being used as a posited reality outside of human sense perception it called wrong?

was there anyone that looked at my use of the word and said "I don't understand what he means?"