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If the DM plays his own PC is it ok for the party to kill him and take his stuff?
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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8414783" data-attributes="member: 2629"><p>Greetings Professor Falken</p><p></p><p>Hello </p><p></p><p>A strange game. </p><p>The only winning move is</p><p>not to play.</p><p></p><p>D&D is an RPG - a role playing game. Characters play a role in a story. The story is written by the players and DM together, and they need to put their heads together before the game to discuss what is acceptable in that story, and what is not. Sometimes you give up some of that control to the DM to determine - but you should only do that to the extent you trust the DM to give you a good story to explore. </p><p></p><p>The answer to the question of what is acceptable will change from group to group, and campaign to campaign. One campaign might have rules of 'no evil, no conflict in the party' while the next might be a 'last man standing caper' storyline where the group has to use each other to achieve an end goal, but they can't share the eventual prize, so they're trying to eliminate each other as soon as they think they do not need each other. </p><p></p><p>If you work out what is acceptable in advance, or make sure you develop trust with the DM to make sure they do not do something that will bother you, then the questions about what is acceptable will already have been answered before you start playing, and people should not have an incentive to do something that is perhaps not acceptable (like objectionable interparty conflict) - whether that non-acceptable activity is against another PC, a DM PC, or an NPC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8414783, member: 2629"] Greetings Professor Falken Hello A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. D&D is an RPG - a role playing game. Characters play a role in a story. The story is written by the players and DM together, and they need to put their heads together before the game to discuss what is acceptable in that story, and what is not. Sometimes you give up some of that control to the DM to determine - but you should only do that to the extent you trust the DM to give you a good story to explore. The answer to the question of what is acceptable will change from group to group, and campaign to campaign. One campaign might have rules of 'no evil, no conflict in the party' while the next might be a 'last man standing caper' storyline where the group has to use each other to achieve an end goal, but they can't share the eventual prize, so they're trying to eliminate each other as soon as they think they do not need each other. If you work out what is acceptable in advance, or make sure you develop trust with the DM to make sure they do not do something that will bother you, then the questions about what is acceptable will already have been answered before you start playing, and people should not have an incentive to do something that is perhaps not acceptable (like objectionable interparty conflict) - whether that non-acceptable activity is against another PC, a DM PC, or an NPC. [/QUOTE]
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