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<blockquote data-quote="ThoughtBubble" data-source="post: 1389293" data-attributes="member: 9723">Aaaah, paladins. Nothing seems to bring up player-DM discord quite so well.I would definately NOT take his Paladinhood in one fell swoop. Give him a warning, yes. Cut the effects of all spells by 50%, maybe. But I would not destroy his character in one fell swoop. As a sensitive sort of person myself, I'd react to that in one of three ways:1. Arguement followed by making a new character, probablly a rogue.2. Quiet brooding followed by quitting the game.3. Seeming indifference followed by ridiculously bad play decisions4. Several more attempts to get you to see my side of things before deciding that the game was not worth my time.The thing about it is, no matter how deserved this is, it sounds like it came out of the blue. In which case, it will seem not only arbitrary and baseless, but also hateful.And to make things even worse, atonement is going to suck. If I felt that it wasn't worthwhile the atonement would either be:1. Too easy, proving that this is the sort of thing that I can expect to happen often.2. Too hard, proving that I am getting dicked over.edit: If, on the other hand, your player is a thick skinned sort, or one who enjoys tough love, more power to you, and enjoy the ride.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ThoughtBubble, post: 1389293, member: 9723"] Aaaah, paladins. Nothing seems to bring up player-DM discord quite so well. I would definately [U][B]NOT[/B][/U] take his Paladinhood in one fell swoop. Give him a warning, yes. Cut the effects of all spells by 50%, maybe. But I would not destroy his character in one fell swoop. As a sensitive sort of person myself, I'd react to that in one of three ways: 1. Arguement followed by making a new character, probablly a rogue. 2. Quiet brooding followed by quitting the game. 3. Seeming indifference followed by ridiculously bad play decisions 4. Several more attempts to get you to see my side of things before deciding that the game was not worth my time. The thing about it is, no matter how deserved this is, it sounds like it came out of the blue. In which case, it will seem not only arbitrary and baseless, but also hateful. And to make things even worse, atonement is going to suck. If I felt that it wasn't worthwhile the atonement would either be: 1. Too easy, proving that this is the sort of thing that I can expect to happen often. 2. Too hard, proving that I am getting dicked over. edit: If, on the other hand, your player is a thick skinned sort, or one who enjoys tough love, more power to you, and enjoy the ride. [/QUOTE]

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