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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nonlethal Force" data-source="post: 2945094" data-attributes="member: 35788">This kind of letter is cute, but really unnecessary.  I could write the same letter about "Dear Social Bard who cant fight worth a darn," "Dear Puny Spellcaster who won't blast," "Dear Muscle-bound Oaf who always gets into combat before any of us can try diplomacy," "Dear Holy Warrior who refuses to buff us," "Dear wizard who could cast fly if they ever learned it but doesn't ever cast it because it isn't part of their character concept," and I really could go on for a long time.I don't force other people into role-playing their characters.  Rather, I do enjoy seeing how that cleric was up there fighting the ogre just as well as the fighter because he buffed himself.  That prevented the fighter from having to take it on alone.  Or some other role.  I find that a cleric who doesn't heal as their schtick is often still quite a valuable member of the team.  Especially if they are armed with wands and are willing to heal ad nauseum with the wand.But really it simply boils down to forcing other characters into rolls.  I don't expect every rogue to take disarm device.  I expect dungeon delving rogues to take it, but not social rogues!  I don't expect every fighter to fight with a greatsword.  I don't expect every spellcaster to know fireball or fly.  Part of the main reason I don't is because there are so many cool schticks that characters can have - and so many cool magical ways around them such as a wand of knock or a wand of healing or a necklace of fireballs - that I enjoy respecting other player's choices!  I don't get any enjoyment out of assuming things are true about other peolpe's characters.</blockquote>

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