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<blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 3860454" data-attributes="member: 7533">Quoted. For. Truth.Decent rolplaying and statistically effective characters are not mutually exclusive.For me, at least, roleplaying is all about effecting a consistant attitude with your particular character and then making decisions based on that attitude.To give a recent example of roleplaying working hand-in-hand with power gaming:&nbsp; In my wife's Red Hand of Doom campaign, I'm playing a Knight.&nbsp; He's a bit stuffy, but he's honorable and he takes great care of the men under his command. At the moment, that's the rest of the adventuring party.&nbsp; One very big part of his personality is that he always leads from the front and never leaves one of his men behind -- he's always the last one out of a battle.&nbsp; Thus far, there's been a few situations where, against my better judgement as a player, I had him stubbornly hold the line against greater odds, Boromir fashion, in order to give his near-dead comrades time to retreat.&nbsp; Once, it was a very close call and he nearly died to ensure his allies' safety...&nbsp; Fortunately, I'm a better powergamer than whoever Boromir's player happened to be, and my steadfast Knight had the hit points and armor class to suck up the beating my wife gave him and still get away once everyone else had fled.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pbartender, post: 3860454, member: 7533"] Quoted. For. Truth. Decent rolplaying and statistically effective characters are not mutually exclusive. For me, at least, roleplaying is all about effecting a consistant attitude with your particular character and then making decisions based on that attitude. To give a recent example of roleplaying working hand-in-hand with power gaming: In my wife's Red Hand of Doom campaign, I'm playing a Knight. He's a bit stuffy, but he's honorable and he takes great care of the men under his command. At the moment, that's the rest of the adventuring party. One very big part of his personality is that he always leads from the front and never leaves one of his men behind -- he's always the last one out of a battle. Thus far, there's been a few situations where, against my better judgement as a [i]player[/i], I had him stubbornly hold the line against greater odds, Boromir fashion, in order to give his near-dead comrades time to retreat. Once, it was a very close call and he nearly died to ensure his allies' safety... Fortunately, I'm a better powergamer than whoever Boromir's player happened to be, and my steadfast Knight had the hit points and armor class to suck up the beating my wife gave him and still get away once everyone else had fled. [/QUOTE]

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