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An update of sorts.

The paladin and his lack of adherence to his own personal code has been ongoing. The DM has warned him about this a number of times and his paladin powers are now slowly starting to fade. This predates my own particular frustrations (minor as they may have been) on the whole personal code issue.

The rogue continues to role play being ... well ... a bit of a jerk. Amusingly enough the guy playing the rogue is nothing like that in real life.

The wizard, though supportive of my original code, continues to merely make an uncomfortable face every time something happens. That is his most significant form of protest thus far.

And most importantly, my monk has found a sentient spear and has attuned to it (this campaign is 5e) and the monk is slowly being corrupted and drawn into chaos (chaotic good) and could ultimately been drawn to chaotic evil should I allow that to happen. The DM assures me that this was placed in the adventure well ahead of the party harmony chaos and is not a plot hammer (or party harmony hammer as the case may be) planted in the game to smooth things out. It certainly seemed that way as my monk fought with a spear and it was a sentient spear we did find lol. In the last session my monk even suggested we waterboard an evil extortionist we'd captured to get information regarding his hideout and gang.

PS to the guy who said the monk not attacking the bbeg during the surprise round was a bit 'daft' ... the bbeg was an add to the fight but that is a bit of a moot point now I suppose.

Couple of things worth mentioning here ...

Your code, as represented by you, would go directly against a couple of Pathfinder's Paladin codes in many situations.

I am not a paladin. I am a monk as clearly stated more than once.

You aren't wanting 'compromise' ... you are wanting them to follow YOUR code, instead of theirs. That's not compromise. Compromise would be you accepting they will do things you won't like. And you will do things they won't like, but you will both keep doing them, because that's just how you are.

Uh I never berated them on how they do business. I just ask that they respect how I do mine. That is not happening. I'm perfectly willing to work with them. Incidentally, I am not alone on my side of the quandry. Two others feel the same way I do.

Yeah by "educating" I meant only that I explained clearly to them what I was willing and/or not willing to do. I didn't mean the preachy "you should be like me because my way is superior" kind of educating. I was trying to find a compromising path through this messy situation whereby I don't threaten party safety, the fun of others, and my own character's background and principals. It has resulted in repetitive attempts to undermine what I was trying to do and then chastising me ooc after several encounters.

@squirrelyogre: I'd not say it is a play style issue. This particular group has gamed together for years and some of us significantly longer than that.

@Dave Justus: And I'm not going to slash the pally's tires. That is between him and the DM. He has been warned more than once. That just isn't my thing.

I don't want to be the party's moral hammer. I'm not interested in changing anyone else's character either. I just want to play my character. It has most definitely created a weird dynamic. My character's morality is being questioned every time I make a decision. It's kind of put me on the defensive and it's sucking the fun out of it honestly.

The mechanics of it are a challenge for the DM. It's much more work honestly. It is fun though to be able to play on your own schedule.

Some advice if you please. I'm in a campaign and playing a LG monk. My monk would have a code of honour to stand by and this has on a number of occasions been at odds with the rest of the party. I believe we are at a cross roads given recent events. I don't think I am being lawful stupid. I believe my compromises were reasonable. And most importantly I don't want to derail the campaign over this.

Incident 1) the party snuck up on a bunch of sleeping enemies and killed them in their sleep ... including the paladin. I felt this was dishonourable so I didn't take part in it and instead ended up fighting the bbeg who was not sleeping and rushed into the room at the sound of battle. I thought this was a fair compromise and didn't hamper the party's chance at success. The party thought otherwise because I gave up my surprise round attack. I was soundly berated after the fight because of it. Afterwards we discussed my code and slaying people in their sleep ... even though they were evil ... wasn't something I was prepared to do. I kind of figured it was water under the bridge.

Incident 2) A few sessions later we found ourselves rushing into a room full of evil cultists. We had surprise on them. This in and of itself my monk figured was fine. They weren't sleeping; just surprised. I quickly discovered that the cultists were incapable of defending themselves and the fight was going to be a slaughter. They had no weapons and no armour and no training. Essentially they were peasants. Rather than slay the weak, I chose to subdue them with non-lethal damage. The rest of the party simply chopped their cultists to bits. This in and of itself was problematic but I felt again that I had compromised well. But what happened next is where the real problem is. Just to spite the monk, our party rogue snuck in and killed those unconscious cultists when I rushed to the other side of the room to deal with some other creatures who joined the fight.

So the question is, how should I deal with this? I tried educating the party but that hasn't worked. I don't want to derail the campaign by meting out punishment on my own party members. I don't particularly want to leave the party and start a new character. But when I'm trying to work with the rest of them and find a compromise, some of them are clearly not interested and sabotaging my attempts.

Thoughts?

I'd love to be part of this and I have wanted to play a fighter rogue for ages. Is there room? I can have the character ready asap!

I'm very much interested. I've played the AD&D version quite a few times and failed every time. That mod became officially known as the campaign reset button. I've read the FR book too with the ranger and the pixie. I forget their names. I hope this familiarity doesn't automatically prevent me from being selected. It's honestly been almost 27 years since I last played it.

I'd love to play a rogue/fighter who specialises in thrown knives! Will work out the details asap

Ah congrats to all who made it. Seems as if we need a lot more DMs on this site. Lol

Ok, I've edited Finn's backstory to fit better with the Campaign. I believe I am done. Should you have any questions or require clarification please feel free to let me know ...

Finn sat hiding under the merchant's wagon waiting for his chance to strike. Being a tiny halfling in a city of humans had distinct advantages. They either thought you were a child and ignored you or they knew you were a halfling and ignored you. Being ignored provided so many opportunities for the young lad. When the merchant wasn't looking, Finn popped up and quickly grabbed a pair of apples and ducked back down again.

He began to munch happily on one apple intending on saving the other for dinner. My God these things are HUGE he said to himself as he took another crunchy bite. Just as Finn set about to take another bite, the cloth skirt on the wagon parted and Finn saw the curious face of the merchant peering through. The pleasant face quickly turned purple with rage when he saw the apples in Finn's hands and he reached in to grab the boy. Finn nimbly ducked away and rolled out the other side of the wagon and jumped to his feet.

The merchant was enraged. He ran around the wagon and yelled "Stop Thief!" as he reached down to grab Finn. Finn did the most sensible thing he could think of and said "here, catch" and he gently tossed the uneaten apple to the merchant who instinctively caught the thing being thrown to him. The move caught the merchant off guard and the distraction was enough. Finn quickly turned and sprinted into the crowd with the half eaten apple still in his hand. There goes my dinner he said to himself slightly annoyed. Oh well, an apple in the hand is better than two in the bush he thought as he smiled at his cleverness. I'd best get back to the docks. The ship is about to leave and mom will be furious if they have to delay because of me. With that he took one last bite of the apple and headed for the docks.

Yikes, there seems to be a lot of interest in this AP. There are enough applicants to run 3 games! I will throw my hat into the ring as well. I want to play this AP but my table top game doesn't have the time.

Name: Finneous Frye
Halfling Rogue 1 (will be splitting levels between rogue and fighter)

4d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 6, 1) = 12
4d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 1, 6) = 16
4d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 3, 3) = 15
4d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 3, 4) = 17
4d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 6, 3) = 16
4d6 ⇒ (2, 6, 5, 6) = 19
Edit: Great Scott! Look at them rolls?!