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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herzog" data-source="post: 3404745" data-attributes="member: 25696">Again, not a tandrum (haven't seen any in campaigns I've been in) but awkward situation:In our groups, there is an unwritten rule that says you don't steal from the other characters, don't attack the other characters, and don't go behind their backs to get them into trouble. This leeds to most of the sessions being group efforts toward our common goal.However, we also believe in following the 'normal' reasoning for character reactions.One time, we had a guest player. He'd DM-ed some groups I played in before, but I had never played with him as player. We all assumed he was aware of the unwritten rule. He wasn't.What he was aware of, was the unwritten rule that you don't attack or kill other characters.The session went very well, and at some point we were ready to devide the treasure.The guest player had really set his mind on some of the magical equipment, but since our characters' reasoned he was a new, not yet fully incorporated extra, we argued that that specific magic item he wanted would go to one of the other characters.He wasn't happy, but we played on.Later on in the session, he proceeded to steal the magical item from the character that had taken it. That turned out to be a bad move, since the character in question already had his doubts about the 'new guy', and had a history of reacting violently to theft.So, he proceeded to attack the 'new guy'. Who then attacked back. Eventually resulting in the death of the 'new guy'.The player was furious and wouldn't play in that campaign any more.He persisted in bringing up the fact that in a cooperative campaign, you don't kill the other characters. We persisted in pointing out that he shouldn't have been surprised that his actions, especially being a 'new guy', had the same repercussions we would have given any NPC who had done the same.Maybe we should write up some of those unwritten rules....Herzog</blockquote>

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