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<blockquote data-quote="SnowleopardVK" data-source="post: 5729694" data-attributes="member: 6677945"><p>Hmm, I played one where I recall being instantly captured and carted off to be executed (I don't think I ever learned why). I pulled a series of tricks to get out of the prison transport wagon, but found myself against my captors, some sort of knight guys who were far stronger than anything a low level PC could handle, and who didn't get even a scratch in our fight. </p><p></p><p>I was then effortlessly saved my a trio of NPCs who had me join them and go back to their boss. I followed along for a bit, but during the meeting with the boss, all my attempts to join the roleplay were shot down by those NPCs telling me to shut up and let them do the talking.</p><p></p><p>So the GM had a long conversation with himself between the GMPCs and their boss. It ended with a mission to some dungeon in a desert. These NPCs would be coming along.</p><p></p><p>I tried to bring up with the GM that due to obvious power differences between these NPCs and the PCs, either the upcoming dungeon would be too easy, and the NPCs would blow through it, or too hard, thus giving the NPCs a challenge and likely killing the actual PCs. He insisted that they were going.</p><p></p><p>So I said okay, they're clearly strong enough to do this on their own, I'll thank them again for saving me and then go find something more appropriate for my character to be doing. He warned me that if I tried to 'desert' they would kill me.</p><p></p><p>And so I quit that game, and that was that. I don't think any more sessions of it were run, and that sandbox's world was abandoned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SnowleopardVK, post: 5729694, member: 6677945"] Hmm, I played one where I recall being instantly captured and carted off to be executed (I don't think I ever learned why). I pulled a series of tricks to get out of the prison transport wagon, but found myself against my captors, some sort of knight guys who were far stronger than anything a low level PC could handle, and who didn't get even a scratch in our fight. I was then effortlessly saved my a trio of NPCs who had me join them and go back to their boss. I followed along for a bit, but during the meeting with the boss, all my attempts to join the roleplay were shot down by those NPCs telling me to shut up and let them do the talking. So the GM had a long conversation with himself between the GMPCs and their boss. It ended with a mission to some dungeon in a desert. These NPCs would be coming along. I tried to bring up with the GM that due to obvious power differences between these NPCs and the PCs, either the upcoming dungeon would be too easy, and the NPCs would blow through it, or too hard, thus giving the NPCs a challenge and likely killing the actual PCs. He insisted that they were going. So I said okay, they're clearly strong enough to do this on their own, I'll thank them again for saving me and then go find something more appropriate for my character to be doing. He warned me that if I tried to 'desert' they would kill me. And so I quit that game, and that was that. I don't think any more sessions of it were run, and that sandbox's world was abandoned. [/QUOTE]
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