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<blockquote data-quote="Emoshin" data-source="post: 8938658" data-attributes="member: 7040377">If I understood your question correctly, I think one starting point is to ask: where do we the draw the line between caring about the character and caring about the game? Because I think that's a very blurry line.Just for example, your character, Alex, has just gone through a heart-wrenching dangerous adventure where they ultimately saved the land. Suddenly, Alex is called onto to a new adventure. Does the player say yes or no?If you're caring about the game, well, sure assuming you like the PC, you say &quot;yes&quot;!If you're caring about the character, you might think something along the lines of &quot;No!&quot; because Alex is traumatized, scarred physically and emotionally, and really just needs a break and maybe settle down with a family and have a regular life and do some art. But now, you, the player, are excluded from the next adventure.That kind of tug and pull has kind of always been in the game, but I think most of us almost always lean to caring about the game. Because what's the incentive of caring about the character if it starts conflicting with playing the game?Edit: Perhaps the &quot;way out&quot; is that we create the sort of PCs who were born/destined to go on death-defying adventures and not prone to prioritizing their mental and physical wellness</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Emoshin, post: 8938658, member: 7040377"] If I understood your question correctly, I think one starting point is to ask: where do we the draw the line between caring [I]about[/I] the character and caring about the game? Because I think that's a very blurry line. Just for example, your character, Alex, has just gone through a heart-wrenching dangerous adventure where they ultimately saved the land. Suddenly, Alex is called onto to a new adventure. Does the player say yes or no? If you're caring about the game, well, sure assuming you like the PC, you say "yes"! If you're caring [I]about[/I] the character, you might think something along the lines of "No!" because Alex is traumatized, scarred physically and emotionally, and really just needs a break and maybe settle down with a family and have a regular life and do some art. But now, you, the player, are excluded from the next adventure. That kind of tug and pull has kind of always been in the game, but I think most of us almost always lean to caring about the game. Because what's the incentive of caring [I]about[/I] the character if it starts conflicting with playing the game? Edit: Perhaps the "way out" is that we create the sort of PCs who were born/destined to go on death-defying adventures and not prone to prioritizing their mental and physical wellness [/QUOTE]

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