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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3265180" data-attributes="member: 19675">I recently played Johnny Bones, a NE Ftr/Thief in a campaign...and there were few big problems.The guy was a selfish, greedy bully and thug who happened to have the skillset the party needed- expert lockpick and stone-cold killer.&nbsp; While he was always on the lookout for #1, he was also smart enough not to &quot;soil his own den&quot;- so the PCs had almost nothing to fear from him.&nbsp; (Of course, there was also a healthy fear on HIS part that the real fighters in the party could take him out almost at will that helped keep him in line...)The one exception was the party mage, whom he constantly bullied in a series of &quot;accidents&quot;- &quot;Did I just push you through that firewall?&nbsp; Sorry!&nbsp; But it's obviously pretty safe- Let's go, everyone!&quot; (nothing lethal, though) and/or &quot;volunteered&quot; for hazardous duty...&quot;Let ______ be the bait!&quot;The flipside, of course, was that the party mage seldom aided JB with his spells directly...unless it was critical to the party mission.&nbsp; Turnabout IS fair play.However, I can see that if the guy running the Wizard had been less mature, no amount of &quot;Its Roleplay!&quot; would have mollified him, and there could have been a LOT of friction.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 3265180, member: 19675"] I recently played Johnny Bones, a NE Ftr/Thief in a campaign...and there were few big problems. The guy was a selfish, greedy bully and thug who happened to have the skillset the party needed- expert lockpick and stone-cold killer. While he was always on the lookout for #1, he was also smart enough not to "soil his own den"- so the PCs had almost nothing to fear from him. (Of course, there was also a healthy fear on HIS part that the real fighters in the party could take him out almost at will that helped keep him in line...) The one exception was the party mage, whom he constantly bullied in a series of "accidents"- "Did I just push you through that firewall? Sorry! But it's obviously pretty safe- Let's go, everyone!" (nothing lethal, though) and/or "volunteered" for hazardous duty..."Let ______ be the bait!" The flipside, of course, was that the party mage seldom aided JB with his spells directly...unless it was critical to the party mission. Turnabout IS fair play. However, I can see that if the guy running the Wizard had been less mature, no amount of "Its Roleplay!" would have mollified him, and there could have been a LOT of friction. [/QUOTE]

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