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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Primitive Screwhead" data-source="post: 2967819" data-attributes="member: 20805">Ah.. but the 'by definition' undertone is only one of multiple options.. <a href="http://www.m-w.com" target="_blank">www.m-w.com</a> lists:1 > to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner2 > to manage or utilize skillfully3 > to control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially to one's own advantage4> to change by artful or unfair means so as to serve one's purpose I prefer to view manipulation as managing skillfully and to change by arful means so as to server one's purpose {that purpose being to provide an entertaining gaming session for the players}As to your campaign, I would expect my character to have its own goals and desires.. and have in the past had characters part ways with the group simply because they no longer fit into where the character was going... meaning I had to make a new character up. Compliant, in this case, means I will work within the framework of the social contract to play a valuable member of a party who quests to overcome the challanges presented by the GM.  On the side I will provide the GM with a number of potential plot hooks with which to challange us, as well as solid reasons for adventuring with the group.  Basically, I will try my best to be the sort of player I would like to have in a game I run <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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