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<blockquote data-quote="Oryan77" data-source="post: 2636540" data-attributes="member: 18701">Too bad man. So you think the PC isn't roleplaying correctly? Being the DM doesn't mean your views on roleplaying are the correct views and you shouldn't punish players if no one follows your idea of how their PC's should be roleplayed. This is exactly what people are trying to point out to you. You posted here asking what you should do about the PC not trying to rescue his old PC. And you also are asking for advice on how to punish him for not doing the rescue. Almost everyone here has said you should stop trying to punish your player for not following your plot hook...which in turn means you don't need to be the judge on if he's roleplaying his PC correctly, especially when you aren't even using alignments. Don't let pride get in the way of seeing that everyones replies are just helpful advice and not a jab at your ability to DM. If you want to see what happens when a DM tries to judge how a PC should RP his character, go ahead and lay your smack down on this guy for not roleplaying the way you think he should....you'll be looking for a new player shortly after &amp; your game may possibly come to an end. I used to have the same attitude you have about people roleplaying their characters and I learned the hard way.Plenty of ideas have been given to deal with this in a more crafty and realistic way than your railroading Archon &amp; dream sequence ideas. I'd read throught this thread again and pick apart some of those ideas...there's potential here to make some really cool side encounters that will possibly tell the player that it would have been morally good to rescue his old PC.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oryan77, post: 2636540, member: 18701"] Too bad man. So [I]you[/I] think the PC isn't roleplaying correctly? Being the DM doesn't mean your views on roleplaying are the correct views and you shouldn't punish players if no one follows your idea of how their PC's should be roleplayed. This is exactly what people are trying to point out to you. You posted here asking what you should do about the PC not trying to rescue his old PC. And you also are asking for advice on how to punish him for not doing the rescue. Almost everyone here has said you should stop trying to punish your player for not following your plot hook...which in turn means you don't need to be the judge on if he's roleplaying his PC correctly, especially when you aren't even using alignments. Don't let pride get in the way of seeing that everyones replies are just helpful advice and not a jab at your ability to DM. If you want to see what happens when a DM tries to judge how a PC should RP his character, go ahead and lay your smack down on this guy for not roleplaying the way you think he should....you'll be looking for a new player shortly after & your game may possibly come to an end. I used to have the same attitude you have about people roleplaying their characters and I learned the hard way. Plenty of ideas have been given to deal with this in a more crafty and realistic way than your railroading Archon & dream sequence ideas. I'd read throught this thread again and pick apart some of those ideas...there's potential here to make some really cool side encounters that will possibly tell the player that it would have been morally good to rescue his old PC. [/QUOTE]

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