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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dichotomy" data-source="post: 3169048" data-attributes="member: 12941">It's not my intent to get us all worked into a tizzy about this, but I'd like to clarify a bit.I think you took what I said out of context and/or completely misunderstood what I said.Emphasis added.  If what I said suggested that I was basing the "rule" off of only my original attempt at this adventure, I apologize for miscommunicating.  What I intended to convey (which I thought was obvious) was that from the totality of my experience on these boards (which is somewhere around 8 or so games with varying players involved, as well as more than once seeing threads devoted solely to people saying things like "do any of YOUR games survive past a few weeks?") unreliability is the rule.While that has certainly been true in some cases, in almost every instance I've encountered such breakdown (excluding the previous incarnation of this game) the breakdown, oddly, occurred in midstride (like in combat, or in the middle of the dungeon, etc.).I don't point all this out simply to be contrary or whatnot, but rather because I don't want us to make any decision (even if colored by certain people's optimism/pessimism) based on inaccurate data.I also don't say this in an attempt to "rule out" adding someone.  I am willing to do it if that is what we decide is best.  I just want to make it known there are issues that we may face.I just KNEW we'd agree on something.I'm I correct in inferring from the tenor of your post that you'd prefer to add a real person rather than a DMPC?  I also am not sure if it is your position that we even should add a 5th character at all.  Is it?  I figure that if we are going to have a discussion, we might as well get on the same page.And, in case it wasn't obvious, I'd also like to know what o3 and worthley think about the whole thing.As for the whole tactics thing, I'm gonna keep my nose out of it for the time being.  I'd like to see what you guys think about that.</blockquote>

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