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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 5211375" data-attributes="member: 58197">I would not describe the first item as &quot;screwed up,&quot; just &quot;different expectations.&quot; Frankly, I'd much rather have a player who was overly willing to bite on plot hooks than one who had to be argued into it every time.It's very easy to stop the action and say, &quot;Okay, guys, speaking out of character for a sec - it's not going to break my plot if you don't go along with this. Do what you think your PC would do.&quot; Much harder to explain to a recalcitrant player that &quot;roleplaying your character&quot; does not mean &quot;refusing to go along with a perfectly reasonable plot hook, which is entirely in keeping with your character's stated alignment and objectives, out of pure contrariness.&quot;The second is an issue, but in my experience it's less often because of a hack-and-slash DM than because a player new to RPGs is falling back on his/her habits from playing video games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 5211375, member: 58197"] I would not describe the first item as "screwed up," just "different expectations." Frankly, I'd much rather have a player who was overly willing to bite on plot hooks than one who had to be argued into it every time. It's very easy to stop the action and say, "Okay, guys, speaking out of character for a sec - it's not going to break my plot if you don't go along with this. Do what you think your PC would do." Much harder to explain to a recalcitrant player that "roleplaying your character" does not mean "refusing to go along with a perfectly reasonable plot hook, which is entirely in keeping with your character's stated alignment and objectives, out of pure contrariness." The second is an issue, but in my experience it's less often because of a hack-and-slash DM than because a player new to RPGs is falling back on his/her habits from playing video games. [/QUOTE]

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