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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8650252" data-attributes="member: 29398">Sorry, [USER=6855114]@Helldritch[/USER] - I usually agree with you on many things but I just gotta call this one out:The bolded is a classic example of DM favouritism, which IMO is one of the worst things a DM can do.&nbsp; You're not being fair to the &quot;uncaring one&quot;, who like it or not is every bit as much a member of the party (and, on a meta scale, the group) as everyone else.&nbsp; Yes you're enforcing against a playstyle you don't like, but at cost of both trust and agency.Further, as that uncaring PC has now become one of the party's senior characters, in-character that PC will in theory have more of a say over who gets recruited to join, and thus over the general tone of the party.&nbsp; Likely end result: more uncaring PCs, and a different tone of party and of game.&nbsp; That's how it goes sometimes, and the DM kinda has to roll with it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8650252, member: 29398"] Sorry, [USER=6855114]@Helldritch[/USER] - I usually agree with you on many things but I just gotta call this one out: The bolded is a classic example of DM favouritism, which IMO is one of the [I]worst[/I] things a DM can do. You're not being fair to the "uncaring one", who like it or not is every bit as much a member of the party (and, on a meta scale, the group) as everyone else. Yes you're enforcing against a playstyle you don't like, but at cost of both trust and agency. Further, as that uncaring PC has now become one of the party's senior characters, in-character that PC will in theory have more of a say over who gets recruited to join, and thus over the general tone of the party. Likely end result: more uncaring PCs, and a different tone of party and of game. That's how it goes sometimes, and the DM kinda has to roll with it. [/QUOTE]

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