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<blockquote data-quote="Darrell" data-source="post: 652534" data-attributes="member: 680"><p>Suuuuuuurrre. If you wanna believe that, then consider this...</p><p></p><p>Only the parts (primarily name and backstory) that exist prior to the first moment of the first game session can even marginally "belong" to you. </p><p></p><p>EVERYTHING that happens 'in-game' (including all creatures, characters, and situations encountered, treasure gained, equipment purchased, experience points awarded, and ALL linch-pins for character development) belong to the DM...he (or she) created them--not you. Yes, that's right...the _DM_ created it--you only reacted to what he gave you.</p><p></p><p>Therefore, ifyou leave the game trying to take "your" character with you, everything that has happened to your character since that first game session stays with the DM. Congratulations! You now have a 1st-level, 0 XP beginning character.</p><p></p><p>The goblins that attacked your character's home village in the second game session and slaughtered your parents, causing your character to develop a life-long hatred of goblins? Never happened. The goblins AND the attack 'belong' to the DM, so your character's hatred of goblins does not exist.</p><p></p><p>The +3 longsword you fought six wraiths to obtain in the old tomb in the mountains? Not yours. The sword, wraiths, fight, tomb, and mountains 'belong' to the DM...so you can't take that with ya, either.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You "...do not allow...," eh? </p><p></p><p>And if you were a player in a game I was running, how, precisely, would you intend to stop me from using your character if you were not to attend the session? Leave the game completely? Fine. Your character will continue from that point as an NPC, with or without your permission. I keep a current copy of ALL PC's character sheets to cover just such an eventuality. If you don't show up, I or some other player will run your character.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No, it doesn't. RPGs are a GAME. A pastime. A hobby. D&D is no more an 'art' than Chess, Monopoly, Chutes and Ladders, or Hide and Seek. Sure, it's a helluva lot of fun, but anyone trying to tell themselves it's an 'art' is simply delusional.</p><p></p><p>Regards,</p><p>Darrell King</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darrell, post: 652534, member: 680"] Suuuuuuurrre. If you wanna believe that, then consider this... Only the parts (primarily name and backstory) that exist prior to the first moment of the first game session can even marginally "belong" to you. EVERYTHING that happens 'in-game' (including all creatures, characters, and situations encountered, treasure gained, equipment purchased, experience points awarded, and ALL linch-pins for character development) belong to the DM...he (or she) created them--not you. Yes, that's right...the _DM_ created it--you only reacted to what he gave you. Therefore, ifyou leave the game trying to take "your" character with you, everything that has happened to your character since that first game session stays with the DM. Congratulations! You now have a 1st-level, 0 XP beginning character. The goblins that attacked your character's home village in the second game session and slaughtered your parents, causing your character to develop a life-long hatred of goblins? Never happened. The goblins AND the attack 'belong' to the DM, so your character's hatred of goblins does not exist. The +3 longsword you fought six wraiths to obtain in the old tomb in the mountains? Not yours. The sword, wraiths, fight, tomb, and mountains 'belong' to the DM...so you can't take that with ya, either. You "...do not allow...," eh? And if you were a player in a game I was running, how, precisely, would you intend to stop me from using your character if you were not to attend the session? Leave the game completely? Fine. Your character will continue from that point as an NPC, with or without your permission. I keep a current copy of ALL PC's character sheets to cover just such an eventuality. If you don't show up, I or some other player will run your character. No, it doesn't. RPGs are a GAME. A pastime. A hobby. D&D is no more an 'art' than Chess, Monopoly, Chutes and Ladders, or Hide and Seek. Sure, it's a helluva lot of fun, but anyone trying to tell themselves it's an 'art' is simply delusional. Regards, Darrell King [/QUOTE]
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