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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 1264016" data-attributes="member: 5890">Which is more or less sane than what he does in the book?YOU ARE NOT THE AUTHOR OF THE GAME. YOU DO NOT GET TO SET THE CHARACTER OF PLAYER PC'S.(Unless you're giving them pregens, which isn't really what's being debated here)If the player plays out Captain Ahab the psycho whale slaughterer, that's fine. However if he decides to play out Captain Ahab the normal human being, who decides to retire when he loses a limb, that's fine too. You didn't make the character and you don't get to dictate where he goes.But the role is one that the player dictates. If it's inconsistantly specced out, then the player basically gets to have him behave however he likes. If the character in the example was written up to be, and played out as, an individual who'll go out of his way to help a lady, then good for the player. If not, then obviously he's not the character you thought he was.So it's your job (as DM) to be Iago. BE IAGO. Don't just tell the player "Iago makes you do bad things. Choose some bad things to do please."</blockquote>