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definiteFreakyFishGuy reacted to gnarlygninja's post in the thread D&D General What are your reasons for doing something because "It's what my character would do"? with
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This meme (honestly, like most of the ttrpg memes) has sat uncomfortably with me for as long as I've been in the hobby, because while I... -
definiteFreakyFishGuy reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread D&D General What are your reasons for doing something because "It's what my character would do"? with
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I ended up being "that guy" earlier this year, and I didn't enjoy it. The campaign had basically gone off the rails. We were on a side... -
definiteFreakyFishGuy reacted to gnarlygninja's post in the thread D&D General What are your reasons for doing something because "It's what my character would do"? with Like.
Like I said in my first post, I understand the point of this meme is not "doing what your character would do is stupid", and people in...
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definiteFreakyFishGuy reacted to pukunui's post in the thread D&D General What are your reasons for doing something because "It's what my character would do"? with Like.
That's all perfectly fine to me. If you had, however, said you were going to have your PC ditch the others and go find adventure...
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definiteFreakyFishGuy reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General What are your reasons for doing something because "It's what my character would do"? with Like.
I recently played three Mothership adventures (Haunting of Ypsilon 13, Decagone and the first third of Another Bug Hunt) and my...
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definiteFreakyFishGuy reacted to pukunui's post in the thread D&D General What are your reasons for doing something because "It's what my character would do"? with Like.
There's a world of difference between RPing your character's traits to the point of irritating your fellow players and RPing your...
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definiteFreakyFishGuy reacted to Koloth's post in the thread D&D General What are your reasons for doing something because "It's what my character would do"? with Like.
IMO, the question is rather redundant. The whole point of a RPG is to 'Do what the character would do.' If you design a character that...
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definiteFreakyFishGuy reacted to Kurotowa's post in the thread D&D General What are your reasons for doing something because "It's what my character would do"? with Like.
I use it when I decide that the character does something that I, the player, know to be non-optimal or unwise, but that suits the...
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definiteFreakyFishGuy reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General What are your reasons for doing something because "It's what my character would do"? with Like.
Generally I do so because, well, its kind of the point. That said, I'm not the guy who's going to ignore the impact it'll have on other...
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definiteFreakyFishGuy reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General What are your reasons for doing something because "It's what my character would do"? with Like.
Usually it goes without saying that your choices are what your character would do, so if you have to say it, there's a good chance that...
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definiteFreakyFishGuy reacted to Richards's post in the thread D&D General What are your reasons for doing something because "It's what my character would do"? with
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I ran a low-Intelligence lizardfolk fighter/barbarian PC who'd been raised his whole life in a drow slave camp. As a result, he had a... -
definiteFreakyFishGuy reacted to pukunui's post in the thread D&D General What are your reasons for doing something because "It's what my character would do"? with Love.
I did this when I was younger and didn't know any better. Made characters that resisted going along with the plot. One example was a...
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definiteFreakyFishGuy reacted to BlackSeed_Vash's post in the thread D&D General What are your reasons for doing something because "It's what my character would do"? with Like.
I had a character cast Dispel Magic on any NPC he didn't like the vibe of because we kept running into Manshoon. Not a great way to...
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definiteFreakyFishGuy reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General What are your reasons for doing something because "It's what my character would do"? with Like.
Don't believe I've ever used the phrase about a character I was playing. If my choice of action has reason enough that it required...
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definiteFreakyFishGuy reacted to Rabbitbait's post in the thread D&D General What are your reasons for doing something because "It's what my character would do"? with Like.
I played an ex-Paladin desperate to redeem himself. He held the line while the rest of the party fled. I didn't have to and he probably...