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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AnotherGuy" data-source="post: 8933471" data-attributes="member: 7029930">I feel your post is not necessarily addressing the real issues with the player and instead you're looking at isolated roleplaying incidents and excusing them because it suits your playstyle or your table's playstyle.One can still play a sub-optimal character and true to their character without<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">compromising the party often due to their own character's actions;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">blaming the rest of the players when things go wrong</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">blaming the DM when things go wrong</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">never accepting any responsibility when things go wrong</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">labelling himself as the superior player / character at the table</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">not considering the views of other players</li> </ul>For instance, with the giant - he may have voiced as a character to the group his contempt for the giant species, waxing off a series of historical wrong-doings against his ancestors and that if their party were larger or a party of dwarves that giant would certainly meet their maker. You know something inspiring and fun without committing the team to certain death.There are ways to be true to character:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">without having to make the DM juggle and be creative on the spot to save the party all the time because of one's actions;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">without requiring the need for dice rolls to prove what a true roleplayer is.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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