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<blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 5454477" data-attributes="member: 41321">You're supposed to act like your character, but not necessarily feel like your character feels.&nbsp; There have been lots of times where my character has been really pissed off but I couldn't have been happier.&nbsp; I love setting up situations where my character hates another PC or something they do, and provided that the other player is on board with what I'm doing, I love arguing with them and setting up a lot of in-character drama.&nbsp; I do not take it personally.This may sound like semantics, but it's not.&nbsp; What happens if you, as the DM, get emotionally attached to your character and that character is about to die?&nbsp; As others have said, it's impossible to be impartial in situations like this.&nbsp; Can you really say that you would've made the same decisions for the monsters if you didn't have a horse in the race (so to speak)?This is not just for DMPCs, by the way.&nbsp; This is for any NPC the DM might have an emotional connection to.&nbsp; To make for a fair game the DM should not get emotionally attached to any NPC.&nbsp; The risk of emotional attachment is much higher for a DMPC because of the tendency to say, &quot;This character is me.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Merkuri, post: 5454477, member: 41321"] You're supposed to act like your character, but not necessarily feel like your character feels. There have been lots of times where my character has been really pissed off but I couldn't have been happier. I love setting up situations where my character hates another PC or something they do, and provided that the other player is on board with what I'm doing, I love arguing with them and setting up a lot of in-character drama. I do not take it personally. This may sound like semantics, but it's not. What happens if you, as the DM, get emotionally attached to your character and that character is about to die? As others have said, it's impossible to be impartial in situations like this. Can you really say that you would've made the same decisions for the monsters if you didn't have a horse in the race (so to speak)? This is not just for DMPCs, by the way. This is for any NPC the DM might have an emotional connection to. To make for a fair game the DM should not get emotionally attached to any NPC. The risk of emotional attachment is much higher for a DMPC because of the tendency to say, "This character is me." [/QUOTE]

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