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<blockquote data-quote="twjensen" data-source="post: 169598" data-attributes="member: 3124">Why give bonuses for RPThis comes up a lot, actually.&nbsp; You have a mixed group of tactical players and role-players.&nbsp; If the role-player wants to have a pacifist, and plays the pacifist, it really starts to bug the tactical player.&nbsp; &quot;We so could've killed that carrion crawler before it chewed my arm off if YOU hadn't tried to REASON with it!!&quot;&quot;But I was acting IN CHARACTER.&nbsp; I didn't KNOW that Carrion Crawlers are too dumb to speak!&nbsp; What if it was a VEGETARIAN?!&quot;And so forth.&nbsp; Interestingly, tactical players generally get much less annoyed if the role-player can say, &quot;Well, yes, I often act like an idiot in combat, but remember, with 4 extra ranks in spot, we've often gotten the drop on enemies that might have surprised us.&quot;Tactical players don't like uncompensated disads.&nbsp; I don't give compesation for role-playing disadvantages for my role-players.&nbsp; I give them for the tactical players sitting at the same table.&nbsp; (And I don't let the tactical players take a role-playing disad for a roll based advantage).&nbsp; Any good DM should know his group and know who's there for the tactical combat and who is there for the role-playing.&nbsp; I don't think that the two are incompatible,&nbsp; I think both groups have fun and a good DM can mix the two and find a good balance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="twjensen, post: 169598, member: 3124"] [b]Why give bonuses for RP[/b] This comes up a lot, actually. You have a mixed group of tactical players and role-players. If the role-player wants to have a pacifist, and plays the pacifist, it really starts to bug the tactical player. "We so could've killed that carrion crawler before it chewed my arm off if YOU hadn't tried to REASON with it!!" "But I was acting IN CHARACTER. I didn't KNOW that Carrion Crawlers are too dumb to speak! What if it was a VEGETARIAN?!" And so forth. Interestingly, tactical players generally get much less annoyed if the role-player can say, "Well, yes, I often act like an idiot in combat, but remember, with 4 extra ranks in spot, we've often gotten the drop on enemies that might have surprised us." Tactical players don't like uncompensated disads. I don't give compesation for role-playing disadvantages for my role-players. I give them for the tactical players sitting at the same table. (And I don't let the tactical players take a role-playing disad for a roll based advantage). Any good DM should know his group and know who's there for the tactical combat and who is there for the role-playing. I don't think that the two are incompatible, I think both groups have fun and a good DM can mix the two and find a good balance. [/QUOTE]

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