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<blockquote data-quote="STARP_President" data-source="post: 2143838" data-attributes="member: 23884"><p>I have this one player who doesn't really get the idea of character development.</p><p>All the other PCs have had some variety of growth in the two years we've been playing this campaign. The grouchy one fulfilled a quest and got less grouchy, the naive one got less naive, the wacky one got wackier, the woman pretending to be a man stopped doing it...but this one character remains the same as he always was. </p><p>This isn't helped by the fact he's a half-orc barbarian. His basic character is: find stuff to kill, kill it. Repeat. There is nothing beyond this. He still can't read despite other PCs and NPCs trying to teach him. There has been zero growth and development.</p><p>My idea is to force some development. I've already established the character is the result of experimentation by evil mages, making him stronger, but more importantly dumber. I've also already established the extensive alchemical and magical alterations to his body will kill him within five years, and I have a character searching for a cure. Here's my dillemma.</p><p>Is it appropriate for me to force the PC to change by giving him the cure? This will lower his strength permanently but increase his Intelligence by the same amount, making him much smarter but less able in combat. It will create a lot for the PC and the player to deal with and it has the potential to drastically alter the character. I'm concerned though that the player might think this is unfair and other players might follow suit. Is it OK for the DM to force situations onto players that dramatically alter their characters, without giving any say in the matter to the PC?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STARP_President, post: 2143838, member: 23884"] I have this one player who doesn't really get the idea of character development. All the other PCs have had some variety of growth in the two years we've been playing this campaign. The grouchy one fulfilled a quest and got less grouchy, the naive one got less naive, the wacky one got wackier, the woman pretending to be a man stopped doing it...but this one character remains the same as he always was. This isn't helped by the fact he's a half-orc barbarian. His basic character is: find stuff to kill, kill it. Repeat. There is nothing beyond this. He still can't read despite other PCs and NPCs trying to teach him. There has been zero growth and development. My idea is to force some development. I've already established the character is the result of experimentation by evil mages, making him stronger, but more importantly dumber. I've also already established the extensive alchemical and magical alterations to his body will kill him within five years, and I have a character searching for a cure. Here's my dillemma. Is it appropriate for me to force the PC to change by giving him the cure? This will lower his strength permanently but increase his Intelligence by the same amount, making him much smarter but less able in combat. It will create a lot for the PC and the player to deal with and it has the potential to drastically alter the character. I'm concerned though that the player might think this is unfair and other players might follow suit. Is it OK for the DM to force situations onto players that dramatically alter their characters, without giving any say in the matter to the PC? [/QUOTE]
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