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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lyxen" data-source="post: 8427887" data-attributes="member: 7032025">Then we agree, it's just that what we are talking about is "bad" DMs, and somehow I don't think that everyone is playing in good faith in that kind of case... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Then again we agree, it was just an example to show that the ideas that some people have about even the thoughts of their character are not that free in the game. The characters are part of the game world, and must abide by its rules, even unto their very thoughts.I agree with you that it's actually about table rules. As a player (and all the players at our table are that way), I actually welcome being dominated, it's a lot of fun, especially because the DM trusts us to have the villain direct us in nasty ways. It even happened in a LARP a few weeks ago, and the people really enjoyed that sequence.My perspective is that, honestly, some people need to distinguish between themselves and their character. Losing control on one's totally fictitious character is not a grave matter, especially if it's limited in time, and you can roleplay it differently for a while. Of course, if there are nasty undertones from the DM, it's another matter entirely, but again, never seen that or even heard of it.I'm fine with this, it just goes to show that the player does not have free reins, he has free reins within the limits set by the DM, because the world that the character lives in is managed by the DM.</blockquote>

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