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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Numion" data-source="post: 2945039" data-attributes="member: 124">Hi!Inspired by the different threads on evolution (or degeneration, according to some) of D&D.When we started 1E AD&D (or really BD&D before that) a character sheet was a license to abuse the other inhabitants of the fantasy world. Anyone caught in public without a character sheet (namely, the NPCs) was open to humiliation by PCs.Anyone who gave us lip (or just stared at us wrong) was beaten or worse. We approached villages like dungeons. Usually the DM would show us a map with numbered buildings when we got to one. Then it proceeded like this "I walk up to the house marked '1', and knock on the door". "A man in a nightgown opens it after a while". "I go for initiative".Then we proceeded looting the village house by house. Sometimes the watch would interfere, of course, but that was just more bloodletting. In a bigger city we one time dug a lot of tunnels with a wand after we had bought a house. Then like vermin, we assaulted the houses from underground. Fun times. NPCs were all free game. Pretty similar to KoDT, for example.My first long lived character (played 1 year real time) met his demise in this manner, BTW. For whatever reason (ok, it was a cyclone and then a tribe of giants. Random encounters.) I was down on my HPs. I sought refuge in a village, and went to the largest building there. I was planning to ask for healing. A freaking Planetar opened the door - now I had no idea how tough those are. So instead of humbly asking for assistance, I arrogantly talk him down and demand healing. The Planetar was not impressed with my insults and threats and killed me. 13th level barbarian down the drain. Then we switched to FWRP in early 1990s, and our gaming habits changed. Come 2000 and 3E, my players are mostly even too nice towards the NPCs. This has lot to do with us becoming older - not so much with editions, even though WFRP characters will die in abusing the commoners.Has your group gone through similar phases? Do your PCs treat NPCs well, or is there a PC fraternity where they are above the rest and aren't afraid to flaunt their powers?</blockquote>

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