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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7569926" data-attributes="member: 22779">I take away a somewhat different lesson.&nbsp; When playing a character, play it in such a way that the question of &quot;Why did you just do that&quot; never comes up.&nbsp; If you are playing your character in a consistent, interesting, and plausible way, then these issues don't come up.Which means, at the end of the day, doing the most optimal thing isn't always the right thing.&nbsp; Sometimes it means doing something less optimal because it's more plausible and thus increases the enjoyment of everyone at the table, rather than insisting that my enjoyment is more important.&nbsp; It's not like killing yourself as a frog is the only possible action you could take.&nbsp; There's a whole bunch of things you could do, including attacking the Hag as a frog.&nbsp; After all, you do retain your own personality.I'm not a big fan of &quot;Well, it's my character so, no matter what, no matter how illogical, unbelievable and outright stupid whatever it is I'm declaring that I do, you MUST let me do it because it's my character and my enjoyment of the game is more important than anyone else's at the table.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7569926, member: 22779"] I take away a somewhat different lesson. When playing a character, play it in such a way that the question of "Why did you just do that" never comes up. If you are playing your character in a consistent, interesting, and plausible way, then these issues don't come up. Which means, at the end of the day, doing the most optimal thing isn't always the right thing. Sometimes it means doing something less optimal because it's more plausible and thus increases the enjoyment of everyone at the table, rather than insisting that my enjoyment is more important. It's not like killing yourself as a frog is the only possible action you could take. There's a whole bunch of things you could do, including attacking the Hag as a frog. After all, you do retain your own personality. I'm not a big fan of "Well, it's my character so, no matter what, no matter how illogical, unbelievable and outright stupid whatever it is I'm declaring that I do, you MUST let me do it because it's my character and my enjoyment of the game is more important than anyone else's at the table." [/QUOTE]

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