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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mcrow" data-source="post: 2481901" data-attributes="member: 29117">I think there are situtations where players should be overruled, mostly when players attempt things that their characters are not capable of doing. In the above instance I would only over rule a players actions if they are not RPing fear. People react to fear in many different ways. Some scream,wet themselves, cry, run, and/or any other combination of these things. As long as it is something that a fearfull person might do it is ok. Just to say "my character runs away quietly" does not sound like fear to me. I think sometimes players don't RP their characters by taking into consideration their stats. They want to play a PC who is a badass but the charcters stats don't reflect the badass image the player wants. So you get into these situations where they fail a save against fear and all the sudden it's "my character does this becasue he's tough" and I'm like " sorry pal but your character failed his fear test so he's not to worried about looking tough right now" .  By definition fear is: A feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or imminence of danger,Extreme reverence or awe, as toward a supreme power or  A reason for dread or apprehension. So if  a palyer says somthing like the following I get the point that he is scared:   my character turns runs like a bat out of hell and screams "lets get the hell out of hear theres a dragon in there!" but if the player says:  My character tells the other  characaters that there is a dragon in there a says we should leave. This would lead me to believe that the character is calm and collected which are not characteristics of a fearfull person.  Would I overrule a player in my above example? Not likely, but I doubt he will be getting any bonus xp for good RPing for this session.</blockquote>

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