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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Corsair" data-source="post: 1993135" data-attributes="member: 23477">Actually in the group I play in, that exact sort of situation has come up before, involving one of my characters.  I didn't sweat it, and frankly it wasn't that big a deal to me.  I'd much rather play in a game where the world works in a consistent manner, rather than one that favors PCs just because they don't have an "N" in their acronym.To answer your questions specifically:I can't fault your player.  He, like me I suppose, wants to play his character consistently, and try not to use out of game knowledge to justify an in character action.  Personally I applaud players like this.  Maybe you want a more casual game than he does, but neither of you is really wrong.  You might want to consider your apparently harsh stance though.  Considering some of the language you used in your post, one or both of you may be taking unnecessarily beligerant points of view.In the end, I can't really fault the player of the living character for acting in that way.  That doesn't make him a bad person, it just means he wants to play a realistic character.  I also can't fault you for wanting to have a fun casual game with friends.  In the end, I tend to side with your player, because that is how I would feel on the matter too.Now it occurs to me, what about the player with the dead PC?  Is he taking it personally?  If so, why?  If he is a serious roleplayer at all, he should understand.  If he is less serious, I doubt turning into a different type of humanoid will be that big a deal to him.</blockquote>

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