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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 2918710" data-attributes="member: 22779">This, IMHO, is the number one most important thing that you must do.&nbsp; Sit down, preferably over a beverage of choice, not during the actual game session and start bouncing some ideas off of eachother.&nbsp; Before you meet, each of you write up a list of 5-10 thing you think should be on the code of conduct for this paladin.&nbsp; Compare lists.&nbsp; Anything you both agree on gets an immediete pass into the CoC.&nbsp; Hash other ideas back and forth.&nbsp; See what kind of consensus you can come to on various issues.&nbsp; Make sure you catch the most common things as well - outright lying, sneaky tactics, prisoner treatment, that sort of thing.&nbsp; The sooner you can do this, the better.&nbsp; If an action is taken that is not on the list, then give the player the benefit of the doubt.&nbsp; Try to take a long view of the character.&nbsp; Don't worry about what s/he does in this level, but, wait several levels and see how you think.&nbsp; Now, if s/he starts sacrificing babies to the Nastybadness, then, fine.&nbsp; However, IME, what will trip up players and DM's are unspoken assumptions of elements of the CoC.&nbsp; Try to make those assumptions spoken and see if you can work together on them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 2918710, member: 22779"] This, IMHO, is the number one most important thing that you must do. Sit down, preferably over a beverage of choice, not during the actual game session and start bouncing some ideas off of eachother. Before you meet, each of you write up a list of 5-10 thing you think should be on the code of conduct for this paladin. Compare lists. Anything you both agree on gets an immediete pass into the CoC. Hash other ideas back and forth. See what kind of consensus you can come to on various issues. Make sure you catch the most common things as well - outright lying, sneaky tactics, prisoner treatment, that sort of thing. The sooner you can do this, the better. If an action is taken that is not on the list, then give the player the benefit of the doubt. Try to take a long view of the character. Don't worry about what s/he does in this level, but, wait several levels and see how you think. Now, if s/he starts sacrificing babies to the Nastybadness, then, fine. However, IME, what will trip up players and DM's are unspoken assumptions of elements of the CoC. Try to make those assumptions spoken and see if you can work together on them. [/QUOTE]

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