Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Nagol" data-source="post: 7353507" data-attributes="member: 23935">To a point I agree, but only to a point.&nbsp; If I see a Pc design I think will be highly problematic or contains elements the player may not have considered, I'll point it out to the player.&nbsp; But ultimately it is his character.&nbsp; Some players want to struggle in specific ways.&nbsp; I won't stop them so long as I believe they made the choice with their eyes open.&nbsp; Other times, a player will decide to change a character because although he thought he had a niche in the group, actual campaign play varied from his (and my)&nbsp; expected play.&nbsp; The most recent example of this was by modern X-Files' style game where two of the PCs were really strong combatants in what turned into a minimal combat-oriented game.&nbsp; I expected more combat, but the players deliberately go out of their way to avoid and/or defuse tense situations that would otherwise result in combat.&nbsp; One of the two combat PCs retired and a strong psychic investigator replaced it.In an old Champions campaign, one player was having difficulty finding a character he felt comfortable with.&nbsp; On about his third character, he remarked that the current situation would have been great for his last character and lamented he dropped it a couple of sessions prior.&nbsp; I agreed and pointed out it takes me about 2-3 sessions to integrate all the moving parts from the PCs and I typically create adventures over the course of 2-3 sessions.&nbsp; He stuck with that character and everything fell into place... 2-3 sessions later.Any style of game requires the players to be comfortable with that style.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nagol, post: 7353507, member: 23935"] To a point I agree, but only to a point. If I see a Pc design I think will be highly problematic or contains elements the player may not have considered, I'll point it out to the player. But ultimately it is his character. Some players [B]want[/B] to struggle in specific ways. I won't stop them so long as I believe they made the choice with their eyes open. Other times, a player will decide to change a character because although he thought he had a niche in the group, actual campaign play varied from his (and my) expected play. The most recent example of this was by modern X-Files' style game where two of the PCs were really strong combatants in what turned into a minimal combat-oriented game. I expected more combat, but the players deliberately go out of their way to avoid and/or defuse tense situations that would otherwise result in combat. One of the two combat PCs retired and a strong psychic investigator replaced it. In an old Champions campaign, one player was having difficulty finding a character he felt comfortable with. On about his third character, he remarked that the current situation would have been great for his last character and lamented he dropped it a couple of sessions prior. I agreed and pointed out it takes me about 2-3 sessions to integrate all the moving parts from the PCs and I typically create adventures over the course of 2-3 sessions. He stuck with that character and everything fell into place... 2-3 sessions later. Any style of game requires the players to be comfortable with that style. [/QUOTE]

Verification