James Jacobs wrote:

Archpaladin Zousha wrote:

I brought these concerns up to him already, and he said that he saw no reason why the character would evangelize his beliefs. When I explained that evangelizing atheism is likely what Rahadoumi in foreign lands DO, that the feats don't represent merely keeping your atheism to yourself but openly rejecting and challenging the gods, his response was that "I should just blindly follow everything in the books because there's no fun allowed!" I've always argued with him on setting details. He just tries to get whatever the hell he wants playable without any regard for the setting or story.

Not seeing a question there, so I'll just say, "Sorry."

Sorry about that. How do I tread a line between accommodating him so he'll actually join the game, and steering him towards something that isn't so "square-peg-round-hole?"

Is this a situation where you have four players and no opportunity for a fifth? In a case like this, where one of the players doesn't seem interested in the campaign setting, my advice would be to let him go and replace him with another player who would appreciate the game you're running.

I'd tell him, "Okay... since you don't seem to be interested in playing in Golarion and in the adventure path we all decided to play, I think it might be best for you to sit this campaign out, since there's no point in playing a game you're not going to have fun in."

If he's a close/long-term friend, he SHOULD be willing to meet you halfway, though.

All that aside, another option is to let him play his Rahadoumi character anyway, but let him know that it WILL cause conflict with what would normally be friendly NPCs and perhaps even with PCs, and that might result in the character facing difficulties that the other players don't. If he's interested in this as a roleplaying challenge, and understands if he pushes things too far he could well find himself run out of town or worse, then go for it. Not many players are interested in that level of challenge, though...