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<blockquote data-quote="brehobit" data-source="post: 3767379" data-attributes="member: 12032">See,This I actually _like_.&nbsp; I don't want PC-on-PC combat, but I _really_ like it when the PCs have cross purposes.&nbsp; I've had this happen a lot.&nbsp; Party members who don't get along or try to screw each other.&nbsp; If it's done in character it can be great fun.&nbsp; Lets see.#1 Conan-ish game.&nbsp; One PC was the &quot;boss&quot; and the rest hired help.&nbsp; We got into an impossible to win fight (2nd ed, needed magic weapons to do damage, didn't have any) and ran.&nbsp; Boss used my character as bait for the baddy so he could snag the desired loot.&nbsp; (Cast levitate on me and used me as monster bait).&nbsp; Everyone else fled.&nbsp; I took shots at the boss with a bow and he dropped the spell (and me).&nbsp; Ran back to the boat and claimed he was dead.&nbsp; He turned up later (flight) and much roleplaying happened (and my character ended up in the brig I believe).#2 One former player in our group played an NPC as a one-shot PC for a game.&nbsp; He was a member of the evil cult we'd been fighting, but he managed to get us to believe he had a special power over the &quot;baddy of the day&quot; we needed to kill.&nbsp; Turned out he didn't really have anything up his sleeve.&nbsp; The &quot;neutral&quot; party members managed to kill him after the quest had finished, much to the surprise of the &quot;good&quot; party members (and their players too.)&nbsp; While not really a &quot;PC&quot; per se, it was an allied NPC who was played by a fellow player.Two of the most memoriable games I've every played.&nbsp; Much fun.&nbsp; At it's best, D&amp;D isn't a team game.&nbsp; It can be.&nbsp; But the characters should all be individuals with their own motivations.&nbsp; And depending on different things, that might cause inter-party conflict.&nbsp; In a &quot;good&quot; party, that should rarely result in bloodshed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="brehobit, post: 3767379, member: 12032"] See, This I actually _like_. I don't want PC-on-PC combat, but I _really_ like it when the PCs have cross purposes. I've had this happen a lot. Party members who don't get along or try to screw each other. If it's done in character it can be great fun. Lets see. #1 Conan-ish game. One PC was the "boss" and the rest hired help. We got into an impossible to win fight (2nd ed, needed magic weapons to do damage, didn't have any) and ran. Boss used my character as bait for the baddy so he could snag the desired loot. (Cast levitate on me and used me as monster bait). Everyone else fled. I took shots at the boss with a bow and he dropped the spell (and me). Ran back to the boat and claimed he was dead. He turned up later (flight) and much roleplaying happened (and my character ended up in the brig I believe). #2 One former player in our group played an NPC as a one-shot PC for a game. He was a member of the evil cult we'd been fighting, but he managed to get us to believe he had a special power over the "baddy of the day" we needed to kill. Turned out he didn't really have anything up his sleeve. The "neutral" party members managed to kill him after the quest had finished, much to the surprise of the "good" party members (and their players too.) While not really a "PC" per se, it was an allied NPC who was played by a fellow player. Two of the most memoriable games I've every played. Much fun. At it's best, D&D isn't a team game. It can be. But the characters should all be individuals with their own motivations. And depending on different things, that might cause inter-party conflict. In a "good" party, that should rarely result in bloodshed. [/QUOTE]

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