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<blockquote data-quote="Ohmyn" data-source="post: 7628608" data-attributes="member: 6999115">Because extremes are the best way to emphasize a point, and player choice is super important in this game, so long as they're not being disruptive to the table. Every class has extremes within them, and all characters should be assumed fallible, or perhaps willing to make personal sacrifices for something greater. This is exactly why &quot;will not&quot; is not a fully actionable rule with how the game system is written where players have control over what their character does in any situation. Even if they're certain the decision will lead to death, or come with some other great cost, they can opt to do it anyway.&quot;Will not&quot; and &quot;do not&quot; exist in a lot of places in the books, but are typically overlooked because it either does not have penalties, so ignoring it is of no significance, or penalties do exist and the player is who decides if they want to risk them. In the case of the latter it's not the presence of &quot;will not&quot; and &quot;do not&quot; in the rules that stop people from performing the actions, but rather the consequences. Given how the rules are written overall, &quot;will not&quot; without consequences is very flimsy wording. At this point only the Druid suffers from their &quot;will not&quot; being accepted as an instance that can never be encroached.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ohmyn, post: 7628608, member: 6999115"] Because extremes are the best way to emphasize a point, and player choice is super important in this game, so long as they're not being disruptive to the table. Every class has extremes within them, and all characters should be assumed fallible, or perhaps willing to make personal sacrifices for something greater. This is exactly why "will not" is not a fully actionable rule with how the game system is written where players have control over what their character does in any situation. Even if they're certain the decision will lead to death, or come with some other great cost, they can opt to do it anyway. "Will not" and "do not" exist in a lot of places in the books, but are typically overlooked because it either does not have penalties, so ignoring it is of no significance, or penalties do exist and the player is who decides if they want to risk them. In the case of the latter it's not the presence of "will not" and "do not" in the rules that stop people from performing the actions, but rather the consequences. Given how the rules are written overall, "will not" without consequences is very flimsy wording. At this point only the Druid suffers from their "will not" being accepted as an instance that can never be encroached. [/QUOTE]

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