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<blockquote data-quote="ptolemy18" data-source="post: 2637954" data-attributes="member: 24970">The local &quot;good&quot; temples &amp; people are pissed off, but they haven't done anything openly yet, since that would lead to massive reprisals and possibly a widespread rebellion. Although I've strongly suggested to the players that some of the NPCs would be willing to help rescue the ex-PC if the PCs asked them. (&quot;As the high priestess advises caution, some of the priestesses advocate rescuing their companion, and a tremendous argument ensues. One of the priestesses turns away from the argument with a look of cold anger on her face. She looks in the direction of the prison and start sharpening her knife...&quot;)I don't really get this argument that the PCs shouldn't be the ones who feel obliged to do something because they should rely on NPCs to do it. I guess NPCs should explore all the dungeons too so the PCs don't have to explore them. The whole idea of &quot;heroic roleplaying&quot; should be that the ***PCs*** should be the primary ones who do the heroic stuff. Not because the NPCs are cowards or lazy but because, out-of-character, the players get first dibs on the heroism! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />In other words, if there's gonna be a rebellion &amp; jailbreak, the most exciting option is if the PCs start it. Otherwise, who cares? It's offscreen. If the PCs don't step up to the plate then I have to decide whether the ex-PC gets rescued or executed, but it's not nearly as interesting.Jason</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ptolemy18, post: 2637954, member: 24970"] The local "good" temples & people are pissed off, but they haven't done anything openly yet, since that would lead to massive reprisals and possibly a widespread rebellion. Although I've strongly suggested to the players that some of the NPCs would be willing to help rescue the ex-PC if the PCs asked them. ("As the high priestess advises caution, some of the priestesses advocate rescuing their companion, and a tremendous argument ensues. One of the priestesses turns away from the argument with a look of cold anger on her face. She looks in the direction of the prison and start sharpening her knife...") I don't really get this argument that the PCs shouldn't be the ones who feel obliged to do something because they should rely on NPCs to do it. I guess NPCs should explore all the dungeons too so the PCs don't have to explore them. The whole idea of "heroic roleplaying" should be that the ***PCs*** should be the primary ones who do the heroic stuff. Not because the NPCs are cowards or lazy but because, out-of-character, the players get first dibs on the heroism! ;) In other words, if there's gonna be a rebellion & jailbreak, the most exciting option is if the PCs start it. Otherwise, who cares? It's offscreen. If the PCs don't step up to the plate then I have to decide whether the ex-PC gets rescued or executed, but it's not nearly as interesting. Jason [/QUOTE]

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