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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 4281837" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>I'm sorry, where in the thread did we come to understand that he "made bad decisions"? Because I don't see it in any of the OP's posts at all, only as an assumption in a couple of posts by others.</p><p></p><p>Indeed the OP specifically states that "bad luck and encounters" caused the situation, rather than poor choices on the part of the character.</p><p></p><p>It's also not been made clear whether the character with the problem is a Defender or not. My immediate assumptions (as we're all making assumptions here) would be that he was, to be in such a position and saying such a thing.</p><p></p><p>I think people who are failing to take into account the possible actions/inactions of the rest of the party (such as the Leader failing to boost the guy's Healing Surge uses), and possible <em>bad design</em> of the adventure on the part of the GM.</p><p></p><p>Whilst I certainly agree that on the basis of my reading of the rules, there's nothing strictly within the rules to be done (and anything that could be done outside the existing rules is potentially Pandora's Box-ish), I think that blaming the player (without evidence or consideration) and calling him a "whiner" and so on is precisely the sort of monkey business that leads to role-players having a bad reputation as social performers. The advice for him to hang back, though, is essentially sound. It might be a bit of an upset if he is the Defender, though.</p><p></p><p>What I'd consider doing, as the GM, is thinking about altering my adventure so that they did have a chance to rest after all, unless I completely couldn't imagine such a situation, in which case I'd make a note to avoid forcing such situations in future adventures. Perhaps the OP could explain the situation further and we might be able to offer ideas in this vein.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 4281837, member: 18"] I'm sorry, where in the thread did we come to understand that he "made bad decisions"? Because I don't see it in any of the OP's posts at all, only as an assumption in a couple of posts by others. Indeed the OP specifically states that "bad luck and encounters" caused the situation, rather than poor choices on the part of the character. It's also not been made clear whether the character with the problem is a Defender or not. My immediate assumptions (as we're all making assumptions here) would be that he was, to be in such a position and saying such a thing. I think people who are failing to take into account the possible actions/inactions of the rest of the party (such as the Leader failing to boost the guy's Healing Surge uses), and possible [I]bad design[/I] of the adventure on the part of the GM. Whilst I certainly agree that on the basis of my reading of the rules, there's nothing strictly within the rules to be done (and anything that could be done outside the existing rules is potentially Pandora's Box-ish), I think that blaming the player (without evidence or consideration) and calling him a "whiner" and so on is precisely the sort of monkey business that leads to role-players having a bad reputation as social performers. The advice for him to hang back, though, is essentially sound. It might be a bit of an upset if he is the Defender, though. What I'd consider doing, as the GM, is thinking about altering my adventure so that they did have a chance to rest after all, unless I completely couldn't imagine such a situation, in which case I'd make a note to avoid forcing such situations in future adventures. Perhaps the OP could explain the situation further and we might be able to offer ideas in this vein. [/QUOTE]
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