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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 630339" data-attributes="member: 5890">Firstly - a problem: In fiction, there are a number of constraints that RPG's suffer, which are not present.1. In an RPG, EVERYONE gets to have fun (or is supposed to). In a book, typically there are one or two major characters who get to have fun, and everyone else gets ignored. Anyone the main character meets who doesn't agree with his core philosophy will be excluded (so for instance, your paladin and his horn, if he were the main character, simply wouldn't travel with people who are willing to physically attack him over it, or for that matter, people who are willing to use stealth). In an RPG, for the most people to have fun, you really have to go by the group's consensus - if the majority of the group were the "death before dishonor" type, I dare say characters who wanted to use stealth in each encounter would be plumb out of luck.2. Heroics means risk-taking. Unfortunately, failed heroics tend to just look... silly. Personally I find much standard fare 'heroic fantasy' to be quite irritating for the precise reason that the heroes are playing with loaded dice, so there really isn't much of a sense of suspense for me any more. It's not heroics when you throw the dice away and just announce what you want to roll.Secondly - I notice that all of your characters share a trait.That trait is that they all seem to differ significantly from those around them, typically in a way which appears to be calculated to provoke an extreme reaction, be it the reckless warrior unwilling to use tactics, or some other extremely zealous belief which brings them (and, by association, all their friends) into conflict with those around them.Ever thought that maybe, just maybe, D&D is a team game? That perhaps you might want to reconsider, and play a character who will fit in, at least slightly? One who is keen to rush into battle, and who will engineer circumstances so that they can as soon as possible, but doesn't hold the "stuff the lot of you" attitude that your characters appear to hold? One who makes an effort to be part of the group, rather than making the effort to be in the limelight all the time.Perhaps I'm misjudging you (after all - I've never met you or gamed with you), but you seem like you'd be a far better GM than fellow player - you seem to have a flair for creating interesting characters, but a complete disregard for group dynamics.</blockquote>

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