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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 2440889" data-attributes="member: 19675">Most of the inappropriate characters I've encountered as a GM come from 3 main sources:1) Player stuck in a rut- absolutely must play the same kind of PC every time.&nbsp; Sometimes its lack of imagination, sometimes its comfort level with a particular PC type and he doesn't want to branch out.2) Player wasn't paying attention to campaign background or party composition.&nbsp; &quot;Whaddaya mean, the 2 paladins in the party gang up on me and kill me?&nbsp; How did they know I was CE?...They &quot;detected evil&quot; on their own party?&nbsp; THAT'S NOT RIGHT!&quot;3) Emulation of the main hero or badguy from the last movie they saw.&nbsp; &quot;I know its a Victorian steampunk campaign, but I think I can play a PC based on Chow Yun Fat's character from &quot;The One&quot; if I tweek the background juuuuuust right...&quot;When I do it, its because I'm trying to be creative in order not to be bored.&nbsp; Case in point- I'm playing in a group that has been playing Vanilla D&amp;D for 5 years now- good guys, but definitely designing campaigns by the book.&nbsp; I'm trying to stay interested, so I come up with some pretty outlandish concepts (though I avoid the various race templates- ugh!)- but so far, none have passed muster.&nbsp; The closest I came was a Minotaur the DM tentatively approved, but the other players didn't want me to do it.&nbsp; End of story. *sigh*</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 2440889, member: 19675"] Most of the inappropriate characters I've encountered as a GM come from 3 main sources: 1) Player stuck in a rut- absolutely must play the same kind of PC every time. Sometimes its lack of imagination, sometimes its comfort level with a particular PC type and he doesn't want to branch out. 2) Player wasn't paying attention to campaign background or party composition. "Whaddaya mean, the 2 paladins in the party gang up on me and kill me? How did they know I was CE?...They "detected evil" [I]on their own party[/I]? THAT'S NOT RIGHT!" 3) Emulation of the main hero or badguy from the last movie they saw. "I know its a Victorian steampunk campaign, but I think I can play a PC based on Chow Yun Fat's character from "The One" if I tweek the background [I]juuuuuust right[/I]..." When[B][I] I[/I][/B] do it, its because I'm trying to be creative in order not to be bored. Case in point- I'm playing in a group that has been playing Vanilla D&D for 5 years now- good guys, but definitely designing campaigns by the book. I'm trying to stay interested, so I come up with some pretty outlandish concepts (though I avoid the various race templates- ugh!)- but so far, none have passed muster. The closest I came was a Minotaur the DM tentatively approved, but the other players didn't want me to do it. End of story. *sigh* [/QUOTE]

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