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<blockquote data-quote="Yesway Jose" data-source="post: 5626437" data-attributes="member: 6679265"><p>If I acted the paladin character, I might wonder after the battle:</p><p>1) Whenever an evil caster turns me into a frog, will the Raven Queen always turn me back to normal a minute later?</p><p>2) When an evil caster turns someone else into a frog, will the Raven Queen always turn them back to normal a minute later?</p><p>3) If an evil caster affects me with another foul spell, will the Raven Queen save me too, or does she only help with frog-related spells?</p><p>4) If (gods forbid!) I ever fell out of the Queen's favor, will she still save me? Would I be a frog forever? Or would I revert to normal after a minute whether or not I have the Queen's favor?</p><p>5) If I seek a wizard for advice, will he laugh and sing: What's the Raven Queen got to do with, got to do with it...?</p><p> </p><p>The player's narration was nice for that moment, but it's still 'disassociated' from the big picture.</p><p> </p><p>I DO respect players contributing to the narrative and making it more interesting and imaginative world. I just don't know that ad hoc narratives make the entire story plausible and consistent enough that resolves concerns of 'disassociation' for everyone else, except to those who are already on board.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yesway Jose, post: 5626437, member: 6679265"] If I acted the paladin character, I might wonder after the battle: 1) Whenever an evil caster turns me into a frog, will the Raven Queen always turn me back to normal a minute later? 2) When an evil caster turns someone else into a frog, will the Raven Queen always turn them back to normal a minute later? 3) If an evil caster affects me with another foul spell, will the Raven Queen save me too, or does she only help with frog-related spells? 4) If (gods forbid!) I ever fell out of the Queen's favor, will she still save me? Would I be a frog forever? Or would I revert to normal after a minute whether or not I have the Queen's favor? 5) If I seek a wizard for advice, will he laugh and sing: What's the Raven Queen got to do with, got to do with it...? The player's narration was nice for that moment, but it's still 'disassociated' from the big picture. I DO respect players contributing to the narrative and making it more interesting and imaginative world. I just don't know that ad hoc narratives make the entire story plausible and consistent enough that resolves concerns of 'disassociation' for everyone else, except to those who are already on board. [/QUOTE]
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