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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5989197" data-attributes="member: 22779">It's frustrating because it seems so arbitrary.&nbsp; It's okay sometimes, but not others?&nbsp; It's perfectly fine, so long as it doesn't bother your sense of disbelief, but, once it bothers you, it must be bad and bother everyone?&nbsp; That seems to be Forever Slayer's and Emerikol's position.&nbsp; It bothers him, therefore it must bother everyone and it's bad.It's frustrating because, despite circling around this particular rabbit hole for years, no one can really give a decent explanation for why its bad, other than, &quot;I don't like it&quot;.If you choose to have your character do X and X is not in keeping with the character that you have created, then there is a difference between being &quot;in character&quot; and doing something cool.&nbsp; A hard bitten mercenary who is only in it for himself deciding to swing from the chandelier because you, the player, think it's cool is a good example of the difference.That's because you've completely subverted the example.&nbsp; Sure, if the character is built around swinging from the chandelier, then doing so would not be out of character.&nbsp; But, let's be honest here, not every character is built that way.&nbsp; And, I'd go so far as to say, many characters aren't built that way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5989197, member: 22779"] It's frustrating because it seems so arbitrary. It's okay sometimes, but not others? It's perfectly fine, so long as it doesn't bother your sense of disbelief, but, once it bothers you, it must be bad and bother everyone? That seems to be Forever Slayer's and Emerikol's position. It bothers him, therefore it must bother everyone and it's bad. It's frustrating because, despite circling around this particular rabbit hole for years, no one can really give a decent explanation for why its bad, other than, "I don't like it". If you choose to have your character do X and X is not in keeping with the character that you have created, then there is a difference between being "in character" and doing something cool. A hard bitten mercenary who is only in it for himself deciding to swing from the chandelier because you, the player, think it's cool is a good example of the difference. That's because you've completely subverted the example. Sure, if the character is built around swinging from the chandelier, then doing so would not be out of character. But, let's be honest here, not every character is built that way. And, I'd go so far as to say, many characters aren't built that way. [/QUOTE]

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