I killed my wife's character!

[JDragon]

You playing at Warmasters?

Valen,

I live in the area and was wondering what store you are running at?

Is it Warmasters out in Pittsburg or diffrent one?

Cause if its Warmasters, I played in a game the owner ran for a little while when I was living out in Antioch, and if the same people are still playing there, then your descriptiopn of the gaming stlye is right on.

Would like to chat, and help fill you in on the local Stores/Cons etc if your interested.

Just post here or drop me an email.

JDragon

PS. Glad to see it came to a good outcome and kept your wife playing.

 

[Voneth]

Re: Resolution

That is pretty much what I did. I told her that I had posted for ideas and told her what some of them are and how other gamers thought things she be handled and gave her the option of creating a new character or picking up where her character was last time and playing out the journey her soul after death. She chose to make a new character and is taking her time now that she has more options as a 5th level character than she did when she started out at first.

That would have been my suggestion. My personal policy is that I bend reality and absent players are "invisible and invulerable." However, if you are absent too much, your character is retired.

I tell you what I would be tempted to do ... Make her new character stronger than the PC and then put her in charge!
"We will investigate this! We won't run away from the merchant prince." I would be tempted, I wouldn't advise it. On to some comments about your game at the store.

And yeah, running at the gamestore sucks! I even have decent players who suddenly go on ***hole autopilot when they play at the store vs. at home. It seems that they assume that a store game is temporary, contains shoddy players and is a step below a regular, in-depth involved game at someones home. They don't appreciate the irony of self-fulling prophecy. I have a suggestion though.

SPELL IT OUT! It kills the mystery, but tell your short-sighted players the "possible" outcomes of their actions. Tell them that checking on the history of the jewels may uncover clues to riches. Tell them that taking on the merchant prince may prompt his enemies to reward or support their efforts. Once they see that the less obvious choice can reward them, you will eventaly train them to think beyond the next XP point.

 

[Ridley's Cohort]

We generally are a bit protective of the PCs of absent players. They take risks, but lesser ones.

Sounds like your wife has been a good sport about the whole thing. Great!

I think you have a long term problem with the other players... Your wife has great potential. The others do not seem to.

 

[Dirt]

Solutions

Your group sounds like a hack and slash group (with the exception of your wife). To me, it seems as if your wife is the only good role player that you have. I'd scrap the rest of the group and find new players...if you don't, your wife may lose interest completely. It is a rarity when your wife/girlfriend is willing to play the hobby to which you are so devoted. Don't ruin it.

And...for the next time that your wife isn't in town...DON'T KILL HER CHARACTER. Fudge dice rolls if you have to. One lesson I've learned - no player enjoys having their character destroyed when they miss a session.