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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Apok" data-source="post: 699411" data-attributes="member: 1969">It is realistic, however.  Yes, in the long run good teamwork is what gets you through the tough spots, but saving one's own skin is the best short-term solution, especially at lower levels.  As to weather long-term or short-term gains should be your goal, that's a whole other debate that I won't get into.  Now, you could argue that good aligned characters wouldn't leave their comerade high & dry against the wrath of a dragon but we don't know what the respective alignments and personalities of the characters are.  Call me a cynic, but I think the attitudes of the players at the time was something like, "I'll be damned if I'm going to risk my character to cover a newbie's mistake.  Let her feel the fire and learn the hard way."  Sad but sometimes very true.  Yes, it can be frustrating being an experienced player with a newbie in the group, but that's why we have things like Patience, Understanding, and Tolerance.  I prefer to think of it as having a chance to teach and pass on valuable experience to someone who is eager to learn.  It is immensely satisfying to see someone who has never played the game before come to the game one day and, thanks to your tutelage and patience, become a great roleplayer.  Okay, now I feel the urge to recruit a newbie into my game... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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