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<blockquote data-quote="genshou" data-source="post: 2646200" data-attributes="member: 13164">Characters should exist to do more than loot temples.&nbsp; If they have nothing else they want to do in their entire lives, then perhaps you need to introduce role-playing elements to help your players create three-dimensional PCs.I'm in the opposite camp of most here.&nbsp; When I play, I WANT to have downtime.&nbsp; I WANT to train.&nbsp; Otherwise, my PC doesn't have time to develop a personality or role-play relationships with others (PCs and NPCs, friendships, dalliances, long-term romance, and even emnity and rivalry).If you were your character, would you go straight from one harrowing, life-threatening ordeal to the next?&nbsp; Sure, you wouldn't take a year off between adventures, but sometimes you would just want to relax and enjoy life.If your character never takes time off from adventuring, they are just like a person in the real world who focuses so much on their job that they lose everything else.&nbsp; They've become a one-dimensional monster slayer, not a character.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="genshou, post: 2646200, member: 13164"] Characters should exist to do more than loot temples. If they have nothing else they want to do in their entire lives, then perhaps you need to introduce role-playing elements to help your players create three-dimensional PCs. I'm in the opposite camp of most here. When I play, I WANT to have downtime. I WANT to train. Otherwise, my PC doesn't have time to develop a personality or role-play relationships with others (PCs and NPCs, friendships, dalliances, long-term romance, and even emnity and rivalry). If you were your character, would you go straight from one harrowing, life-threatening ordeal to the next? Sure, you wouldn't take a year off between adventures, but sometimes you would just want to relax and enjoy life. If your character never takes time off from adventuring, they are just like a person in the real world who focuses so much on their job that they lose everything else. They've become a one-dimensional monster slayer, not a character. [/QUOTE]

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