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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whisper72" data-source="post: 1661540" data-attributes="member: 17339">Well... I think it is not a black and white issue. If a player decides to go with 'his' (or her) PC and winds up frustrating the other players in the game, the fun is spoiled for all around eventually.It is all a matter of 'how much', and to what extend do the styles of the various players within the group match.If a player wants to play a 'sub optimal' PC cuz of cool RP possibilities, but the other players are pure hack'n'slash types who seek an 'optimal' party, then this is more an issue of RP players and HnS players in one group then anything else.What it ultimately boils down to is simple. DnD is a game. ALL players should be having fun. If the fun of some or one is lessened a slight bit to accommodate others, that's all in the game, hey if friends have to decide where to go to dinner, compromises are made as well, that is all in the _social_ arena between the PLAYERS trying to have a fun time together (and the DM as well natch). The moment that one (or more) of the players are having NO fun anymore, but some insist they have to 'do it for the group', the issue becomes total 'excrement of a male cow'. The moment someone has no fun anymore, he or she should quit. Time is too short to be doing things against your will (unless you get paid, but then it is called a job, and not a game anymore....)Guess I am trying to say, in the example, if the friend is willing to play a 'blaster mage' and is sure to have fun with it, and accommodates friends, sure why not? As long as the guy who switches characters is still enjoying the game. If switching detracts too much from enjoying the game, he should not do it. If one of the other players feels very strongly the group needs a 'blaster mage' to better accommodate his / her own 'optimal party' needs, then s/he should be the one to change characters, after all, s/he is the one who feels the group is not optimal enuff...</blockquote>

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