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<blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 5844031" data-attributes="member: 54846"><p>I appreciate the suggestion but I'm not going to do anything with the Code. </p><p></p><p>First, these are kids and they're not looking for deep, meaningful roleplaying. They're still somewhat new and I am going to Go Slow with them. The player didn't pick the class because of the Code, so I'm not going to push it.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, I don't like that type of play (code-pushing) to begin with.</p><p></p><p>Thirdly there's the issue with the Evil Rogue player. This happened last session:</p><p>[sblock]As they exited the mine, they were attacked by The Half-Elf that had been beaten up last session, along with some thugs he hired. What ensued was a difficult battle with this result:</p><p> </p><p>Early in the fight, one of the mercenaries surrendered when he was reduced to 2 HP. At the end of the fight, the half-elf was at 4 HP. The Fighter PC asked to just break the half-elf's leg, and with some off-the-cuff rolling, I said sure. Then the Rogue decides to just knock the half-elf unconscious.</p><p> </p><p>Rogue: I just leave the half-elf alive, and walk over to the surrendered mercenary guy and kill him.</p><p>Fighter: What! Why would you do that? You're killing the guy who surrendered, but sparing the guy who <em>hired</em> these guys to come after us?</p><p>Rogue: Sure! He'll wake up and tell everyone we kicked his ass. Our legend will grow!</p><p>Fighter: And hire more guys to come after us!</p><p>Rogue: And we'll kill them too! </p><p>Fighter: I... I just kill the half-elf, so he doesn't come after us again.[/sblock]</p><p>As you can see, any sort of moral issue could easily be dismantled by the little sociopath or devolve into an in-party fight, and I am <strong>not</strong> going to let that happen.</p><p></p><p> <strong>What I want</strong> are ways to flesh out the Helm church to make them feel less bland to me, and hooks/quests that feel more interesting that again, aren't bland. Because "Protect, protect this, protect that" is... going to get repetitive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rechan, post: 5844031, member: 54846"] I appreciate the suggestion but I'm not going to do anything with the Code. First, these are kids and they're not looking for deep, meaningful roleplaying. They're still somewhat new and I am going to Go Slow with them. The player didn't pick the class because of the Code, so I'm not going to push it. Secondly, I don't like that type of play (code-pushing) to begin with. Thirdly there's the issue with the Evil Rogue player. This happened last session: [sblock]As they exited the mine, they were attacked by The Half-Elf that had been beaten up last session, along with some thugs he hired. What ensued was a difficult battle with this result: Early in the fight, one of the mercenaries surrendered when he was reduced to 2 HP. At the end of the fight, the half-elf was at 4 HP. The Fighter PC asked to just break the half-elf's leg, and with some off-the-cuff rolling, I said sure. Then the Rogue decides to just knock the half-elf unconscious. Rogue: I just leave the half-elf alive, and walk over to the surrendered mercenary guy and kill him. Fighter: What! Why would you do that? You're killing the guy who surrendered, but sparing the guy who [I]hired[/I] these guys to come after us? Rogue: Sure! He'll wake up and tell everyone we kicked his ass. Our legend will grow! Fighter: And hire more guys to come after us! Rogue: And we'll kill them too! Fighter: I... I just kill the half-elf, so he doesn't come after us again.[/sblock] As you can see, any sort of moral issue could easily be dismantled by the little sociopath or devolve into an in-party fight, and I am [B]not[/B] going to let that happen. [B]What I want[/B] are ways to flesh out the Helm church to make them feel less bland to me, and hooks/quests that feel more interesting that again, aren't bland. Because "Protect, protect this, protect that" is... going to get repetitive. [/QUOTE]
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