Attacked on introduction?

[Nyaricus]

Every time the kid comes back, call his mom and say he's been smoking cigarettes.

What?

BWAHAHAHA I was gonna say something else, but that just takes the cake

 

[el-remmen]

Did you say he was a middle school kid?

Uh, yeah that is an age of kid I would not be playing games with unless his parents were friends of mine.

Oh, and thanks for reminding me about the Questing Beast - it gave me a great idea for my next campaign!

 

[ValhallaGH]

Sounds like a fun, if unorthadox, evening. Except for the immature moron playing the Wizard.

THe GM is dumbstruck throughout this. He's never seen anything like this happen before. The group has no divine caster, (the favored soul had taken off that night)

Poor DM, the first time a party tries to kill itself is always the most difficult. And it's always the same, singular player behind it all. Some of them can be trained, some of them can't, but it's usually an annoyingly long journey of repeatedly doing terrible things to the character and having long talks with the problem player.

If you've got access to several other gaming groups then it's probably not worth your time to try and deal with this one. If they are the only game in town then let it be known that things can get better. Either the DM will get around to booting the player and turning the character into a DMPC or he'll train the player into a semblance of housebroken adolescent. Unless the DM is a spineless jellyfish, in which case you should run away and to hell with not being able to play for a while.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Did you say he was a middle school kid?

Uh, yeah that is an age of kid I would not be playing games with unless his parents were friends of mine.

You and I are of like mind. I'd likely not want to even if I knew the parents.

Let me ask something - if a DM said, "hey, look, guys, since this is a new game, let's not have any PC vs. PC attacks right at the beginning," would that be an unreasonable thing to say? It doesn't seem so to me, but given that I've seen people online defend just about anything when it comes to their PCs having the freedom to do what they want, I figured I'd toss it out there for discussion. I know I'd make it a table rule, and as a DM I've always frowned upon PCs attacking PCs anyway.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Not only have I had fun with infraparty conflicts (especially in Superheroic games), remember, such conflicts have some high profile precedence in mythology & fantasy.

When Robin Hood met Little John, they fought.

When Arthur met Lancelot, they fought.

As I recall, when Fafhrd met Grey Mouser, they fought.

The 2 main characters in "The Last Samurai?"

Many heroes have formed long-term friendships with those they first met in combat.

If the kid gives a good reason (or apology), I'd give the campaign a second chance.

Actually, I'd probably give it a second chance anyway...perhaps I could teach the kid a thing or 2 about roleplaying...and if I'm lucky, he could teach me something.

Of course, if he's just an immature ass, then I'd have to do some serious thinking.

 

[Glyfair]

Many heroes have formed long-term friendships with those they first met in combat.

And how many times has that happened in a roleplaying game when PCs fought?

While it certainly can happen with the right players and groups, I'd say most of the time this happens it leads to one or the other characters being dead (assuming you discount possession, mind control & dopplegangers).

 

[Ciaran]

Oh, and thanks for reminding me about the Questing Beast - it gave me a great idea for my next campaign!

I hear that Questing Beast makes a great stew.

 

[Ozmar]

And how many times has that happened in a roleplaying game when PCs fought?

While it certainly can happen with the right players and groups, I'd say most of the time this happens it leads to one or the other characters being dead (assuming you discount possession, mind control & dopplegangers).

Dopplegangers... perfect excuse. Next time, gak the kid, and say: "I thought he must have been a doppleganger! Why else would he attack me?"

Actually, on a more serious note (well, not really, but...) "in game", the characters certainly have reason to suspect magical influence. If a character in a magical world suddenly acts bizarre, then what could be the reason? Magical compulsion? Domination? Is some hidden enemy acting through subterfuge?

Of course, out-of-character, you know the kid's a twit. But at least in-character, you can rationalize the events into a good story.

Gotta go.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

"Magical cursed piece of paper?"

 

[Land Outcast]

"Magical cursed piece of paper?"

Plot device... I guess