Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is LIVE! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Walking away from a game...
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Nemesis Destiny" data-source="post: 5441298" data-attributes="member: 98255"><p>I will agree with this. In my games, nothing is off the table, at least in theory, as long as it's well and tastefully done. The problem is, you don't know if it will be or not until it is attempted, and sometimes that just goes... bad.</p><p></p><p>That, and you need the right group of players. Most of my group is up for pretty much anything, but one of them is a little squeamish about a lot of things, and another likes to pretend he is 'above' being crass, but when he gives in to it, is just as rude and crude as the next guy.</p><p></p><p>Actually, the murder thing came up in my weekend game. [sblock=anecdote]The group had just discovered what became of an NPC that they had been trying to scry. One of the party flat out murdered him, in cold blood. It caused a short, awkward silence, and a bit of shock, but that was about it.</p><p></p><p>That could be because this particular NPC had been set up to be a real despicable guy, right from the get-go. He was the ex-husband of my character, and had been somewhat abusive verbally and occasionally physically (sexually was hinted at). He was a controller and a boor. He then disappeared after being thought dead (got conscripted into the army, never came back), and ended up marrying my character's then-14-year-old sister and getting her knocked up. He continued in his old ways, leaving her little more than a slave. Turned out that he was involved in all kinds of dirty business, including blackmailing and threatening the father of his brides.</p><p></p><p>The sisters conspired to slip the jerk a sleeping potion, and while everyone was out celebrating my character getting remarried, one of the other party members slipped in, found him unconscious, and strangled him to death, then tossed the body in a bag of holding and took it a hundred miles away into a mountain pass and left it there for the corbies and wolves to eat. nobody had any idea he had done this.</p><p></p><p>This was the guy that's normally 'above' being crass. It didn't shock the players so much as the characters, I think. I'm still trying to figure out how my character will react once the shock has worn off from him coming out and admitting it.</p><p></p><p>It only came up at all because the body was eventually found, and my character's little brother ended up being blamed (along with my char, but she was out of town). We came back to rescue little brother, and that's when the guy admitted it.</p><p></p><p>I'm thinking she will thank him (the killer) for it, and call his debt to her fulfilled (she saved him recently from near-certain death). Maybe give him a peck on the cheek. She's never been afraid to look into the heart of darkness (she's both a necromancer and a healer).[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nemesis Destiny, post: 5441298, member: 98255"] I will agree with this. In my games, nothing is off the table, at least in theory, as long as it's well and tastefully done. The problem is, you don't know if it will be or not until it is attempted, and sometimes that just goes... bad. That, and you need the right group of players. Most of my group is up for pretty much anything, but one of them is a little squeamish about a lot of things, and another likes to pretend he is 'above' being crass, but when he gives in to it, is just as rude and crude as the next guy. Actually, the murder thing came up in my weekend game. [sblock=anecdote]The group had just discovered what became of an NPC that they had been trying to scry. One of the party flat out murdered him, in cold blood. It caused a short, awkward silence, and a bit of shock, but that was about it. That could be because this particular NPC had been set up to be a real despicable guy, right from the get-go. He was the ex-husband of my character, and had been somewhat abusive verbally and occasionally physically (sexually was hinted at). He was a controller and a boor. He then disappeared after being thought dead (got conscripted into the army, never came back), and ended up marrying my character's then-14-year-old sister and getting her knocked up. He continued in his old ways, leaving her little more than a slave. Turned out that he was involved in all kinds of dirty business, including blackmailing and threatening the father of his brides. The sisters conspired to slip the jerk a sleeping potion, and while everyone was out celebrating my character getting remarried, one of the other party members slipped in, found him unconscious, and strangled him to death, then tossed the body in a bag of holding and took it a hundred miles away into a mountain pass and left it there for the corbies and wolves to eat. nobody had any idea he had done this. This was the guy that's normally 'above' being crass. It didn't shock the players so much as the characters, I think. I'm still trying to figure out how my character will react once the shock has worn off from him coming out and admitting it. It only came up at all because the body was eventually found, and my character's little brother ended up being blamed (along with my char, but she was out of town). We came back to rescue little brother, and that's when the guy admitted it. I'm thinking she will thank him (the killer) for it, and call his debt to her fulfilled (she saved him recently from near-certain death). Maybe give him a peck on the cheek. She's never been afraid to look into the heart of darkness (she's both a necromancer and a healer).[/sblock] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Walking away from a game...
Top