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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 1993680" data-attributes="member: 1210">Well, as a dm there's nothing that I've ever found pisses off players like telling them what their characters do.&nbsp; As a player, nothing pisses me off more than the dm railroading me and telling me what my character would do.&nbsp; Oh yeah?&nbsp; How does he know what I would do? My advice?&nbsp; Let the players do as they will.&nbsp; Accept that the dead pc has no voice while he's dead, and make him accept it as well.&nbsp; I really think that telling the pcs what their characters do is a... well, a low thing to do as a dm, and unless it's in very broad strokes it always seems to be a mistake in my experience.&nbsp; This is speaking from the experience of having ruined games that way as a dm, and of having games ruined for me that way as a player.&nbsp; Only retconning breaks my enjoyment of a game more.The key thing, though, is that everyone has fun with the game.&nbsp; Why not fudge the reincarnation and turn the pc into something extra suitable for his class, or something like that?&nbsp; Perhaps even reincarnate as his own race...?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 1993680, member: 1210"] Well, as a dm there's nothing that I've ever found pisses off players like telling them what their characters do. As a player, nothing pisses me off more than the dm railroading me and telling me what my character would do. Oh yeah? How does [i]he[/i] know what [i]I[/i] would do? My advice? Let the players do as they will. Accept that the dead pc has no voice while he's dead, and make him accept it as well. I really think that telling the pcs what their characters do is a... well, a [i]low[/i] thing to do as a dm, and unless it's in very broad strokes it always seems to be a mistake in my experience. This is speaking from the experience of having ruined games that way as a dm, and of having games ruined for me that way as a player. Only retconning breaks my enjoyment of a game more. The key thing, though, is that everyone has fun with the game. Why not fudge the reincarnation and turn the pc into something extra suitable for his class, or something like that? Perhaps even reincarnate as his own race...? [/QUOTE]

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