green slime
First Post
KarinsDad said:I have no problem with people having different ideas of fun.
If you want to play poker where you see everyone else's cards the entire time, go for it.
But, if you are talking RPing, then yes, NPCs should be roleplayed in a reasonable manner based on their backgrounds and their abilities.
If a wizard is super-intelligent and a coward, he should not do stupid risky things.
That's bad DM roleplaying.
And a lot of times, people think of (what they consider) "cool ideas" (let's have him gate in a mega-monster that eats him) and then justify bad DM roleplaying with the concept that any roleplaying is good roleplaying just because the person had a weird random thought that he wanted to try. Nonsense.
Roleplaying is only good when the PCs and NPCs do things in character, not when they do things totally out of character.
Btw, I consider a cowardly intelligent wizard doing risky stupid things to be on par with a Paladin walking down the street and suddenly assassinating a child for no reason. Bad roleplaying is bad roleplaying, regardless of the "cool result' that would occur if it happened.
I understood the message in your original post. I may even agree with your conclusion. Its just that the delivery of it was somewhat less considerate than I would've hoped.
And tell me, do you ever, in RL, ever do things out of character? Never surprised someone with an act they didn't expect from you? Or are you just so completely 100% predictable? People in extreme situations will react in unpredictable ways. Whether Accountants, lawyers, or chimney sweeps. What's so difficult seeing that this truth could apply to wizards or clerics? Emotions are NOT rational.
I find Poker a boring game, which absolutely fails to stir any interest within me whatsoever. Did I post; POKER is no FUN? And conclude with the insinuation that people who do enjoy it, enjoy being spoon-fed lame ideas?