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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bagpuss" data-source="post: 8938659" data-attributes="member: 3987">I think Blades in the Dark says you should treat your character like a stolen car. The first time I saw that phrase was in GM advice in Monsterhearts "Remember to treat your NPCs like stolen cars. They aren’t your property, so you don’t need to worry about losing them". It's nice to see it extended to PCs.It's something I've tended to do in all RPGs with my PCs as well, and generally I've only notice a similar style of play with a few other people I've encountered. Most players I've encountered see survival of their character as the goal, as winning.I'm more interested in if the character provides a good story, than if they live to carry on that story. A character dying a good death is much better to me than having a character betray their nature just to stay alive (although doing that on occasions reveals stuff about the character). I really love playing characters with self-destructive flaws, so they end up doing things that aren't in their best interests.</blockquote>