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Flying Toaster reacted to John Quixote's post in the thread [Old school] I can't deal with inventory with
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Flying Toaster reacted to Greg K'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.
Well, I have had two instances. The first time involved me retiring my character after the GM had my character's reason for adventuring...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Distracted DM'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 think there may be times when there's a differences between wanting to play a character who's a coward, likely because they want some...
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Flying Toaster reacted to AlViking'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've got to admit ... I don't understand people who play characters that are cowards, especially when it's to the detriment of the other...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Basic Expert'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.
One of the major joys of RPGs is playing a character other than yourself. Doing something because it's what your character would do is...
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Flying Toaster reacted to DEFCON 1'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.
A lot of my issues when people use the "that's what my character would do!" reasoning is that while it might work for that one specific...
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Flying Toaster reacted to payn'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.
This. My best groups do a lot of their "character" thinking out loud. You can explore just about any interesting group dynamic in this...
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Flying Toaster reacted to OB1'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.
For me, what my character would do is only half of the question. The other half is, what will make the people I'm playing with enjoy...
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Flying Toaster reacted to AlViking'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 run a pretty player-driven campaign but there are limits. I once told a player that their bringing in a character that didn't want to...
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Flying Toaster reacted to EzekielRaiden'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 don't. Instead, I work through things like the following, using "I" to mean "my character" for brevity: What am I feeling? (Rage...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Brendan Byrd'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 once had a DM drop an unwanted story element on me out of the blue. It was not the type of thing I would have initiated within the...
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Flying Toaster 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 Like.
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...
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Flying Toaster 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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Flying Toaster 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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Flying Toaster 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.
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...