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Message: <blockquote data-quote="akbearfoot" data-source="post: 5467154" data-attributes="member: 33560">as a player, I really hate the 'you all need to be arrested' plotline.In most games, you can't even get players to go into towns that forbid weapons, or even require measures like 'peace-tying'.   Any situation that would require any pc to relenquish their weapons or voluntarily lower their defenses pretty much automatically causes the gamers I play with, including myself, to go into panic mode.'what weapons CAN I bring', 'What can I hide', 'Lets go spend 3 weeks adding calling to our armor'weps', 'Can I bring this harmless walking cane(ie..staff of power).  It will either turn into an entire gaming session filled with paranoid planning, or you can just end it with DM fiat, or a hopeless situation and have them all feel like they were railroaded.Situations like this are exactly why so many players tend to be overly paranoid.  And while I definitely appreciate the depth and dimension and flavor a good plot twist can add to a game, I'd probably rather just get killed and be pissed and roll up a new character that wasn't in jail.Case in point.  Dragon Age...great game.  Worst 2 parts in the game for me were the 2 places where you 'go to jail, do not pass go, do not collect loot'.  Even though you know u are going to get freed and get all your crap back, losing your choice in the matter sucks for most folks.  Plus, regardless of how cool a fight was or how daring an escape was made, I would probably take it personally if my character died during said scene.  While the gear he had 'worked' so hard for was locked in a chest some place and he had no choice in the matter.</blockquote>

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