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<blockquote data-quote="takasi" data-source="post: 3307796" data-attributes="member: 20194"><p>This thread is for discussing campaign verisimilitude and dealing with player suspension of disbelief.</p><p></p><p>We're playing in a Cthulu game last night and one of the players (not me) is an archeologist who happens to be proficient with a sawed-off shotgun. He lists the shotgun as his equipment. This is our first session and the DM (not me) sets us up in church. The archeologist is there to meet with another player who is playing a private investigator (not me).</p><p></p><p>The players hear a commotion in the back of the church and find a zombie priest eating another priest. First thing that happens? The archeologist takes out his shotgun and shoots the zombie.</p><p></p><p>The DM is OK with this. One of the other players (also not me) is up in arms though. "Why did you bring a sawed off shotgun to church?" The player had no good reason, other than "I have enemies", which was good enough for the DM. The other player spent several minutes ranting about how stupid that was.</p><p></p><p>Have you had any similar experiences when a player rants about unrealistic actions despite the DM and the rest of the group letting it slide for the sake of "moving on"?</p><p></p><p>(And FYI I played a quiet lumberjack who managed to survive the night with 100% of his sanity.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takasi, post: 3307796, member: 20194"] This thread is for discussing campaign verisimilitude and dealing with player suspension of disbelief. We're playing in a Cthulu game last night and one of the players (not me) is an archeologist who happens to be proficient with a sawed-off shotgun. He lists the shotgun as his equipment. This is our first session and the DM (not me) sets us up in church. The archeologist is there to meet with another player who is playing a private investigator (not me). The players hear a commotion in the back of the church and find a zombie priest eating another priest. First thing that happens? The archeologist takes out his shotgun and shoots the zombie. The DM is OK with this. One of the other players (also not me) is up in arms though. "Why did you bring a sawed off shotgun to church?" The player had no good reason, other than "I have enemies", which was good enough for the DM. The other player spent several minutes ranting about how stupid that was. Have you had any similar experiences when a player rants about unrealistic actions despite the DM and the rest of the group letting it slide for the sake of "moving on"? (And FYI I played a quiet lumberjack who managed to survive the night with 100% of his sanity.) [/QUOTE]
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