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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8400713" data-attributes="member: 6801845">I don't suppose his name was Jack by any chance?&nbsp; In any case, Jack was my contrarian.&nbsp; If there was a plot hook, he'd ignore it.&nbsp; If there was a reason for his PC to care he'd blow it off.&nbsp; If he thought I had X planned he'd do Y.&nbsp; All while gloating about not &quot;falling for that&quot;.&nbsp; Then he'd insist that I was railroading because I'm good enough at improvisational DMing and could keep the game moving forward for anyone else.When I asked what he wanted from the game, he just said that he wanted to &quot;hang out in a tavern and have things happen&quot;.&nbsp; What things?&nbsp; Heck if I know.&nbsp; I threw out plot hooks for helping fellow dwarves, dungeon crawls, revenge, a variety of save the [fill in the blank] quests he ignored them or tried to sabotage them all.&nbsp; Thankfully as I was about to kick him out he left on his own.Didn't go quite as far as killing off important NPCs or destroying McGuffins, so I guess I should count my blessings.&nbsp; I still don't know what he wanted to get out of the game other than perhaps to practice being a jackass.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8400713, member: 6801845"] I don't suppose his name was Jack by any chance? In any case, Jack was my contrarian. If there was a plot hook, he'd ignore it. If there was a reason for his PC to care he'd blow it off. If he thought I had X planned he'd do Y. All while gloating about not "falling for that". Then he'd insist that I was railroading because I'm good enough at improvisational DMing and could keep the game moving forward for anyone else. When I asked what he wanted from the game, he just said that he wanted to "hang out in a tavern and have things happen". What things? Heck if I know. I threw out plot hooks for helping fellow dwarves, dungeon crawls, revenge, a variety of save the [fill in the blank] quests he ignored them or tried to sabotage them all. Thankfully as I was about to kick him out he left on his own. Didn't go quite as far as killing off important NPCs or destroying McGuffins, so I guess I should count my blessings. I still don't know what he wanted to get out of the game other than perhaps to practice being a jackass. [/QUOTE]

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