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Mommy. I'm bored. And Gluppy keeps snoring!

Glubbles wrote:

Hymenopteran wrote:

Tom Mannering wrote:

trollbill wrote:

Then I would question why you chose to play such a characters in an environment where you knew it was likely to cause problems. "I'm just role-playing my character," is not a justification for violating the "Don't be a Jerk" rule.

The words "I'm just role-playing my character" are so often used as an excuse to 'justify' antagonistic roleplaying, they're nails on a chalkboard to me. Whatever your reason to play a character who features 'jackass' in their personality description, find a different way to outlet that.

I've seen characters with that have a chip on their shoulder roleplayed really well, while still contributing to the group positively and forwarding the groups agendas. Find away to align the two and run with it, even if that means compromising your 'character' somewhat.

Yes, that is the challenge. I prefer to play characters who have personality flaws though because I think it makes the story more interesting. I'm not much of an action movie fan and flat characters really bore the heck out of me. What seems to work is to keep my character's concept an open, ever evolving work in progress and to keep sight of the overarching teamwork aspect of the game.

And sometimes I think the 'don't be a jerk' rule should be complemented with the 'don't be a crybaby, its just a game' clause. I think its healthy to make mistakes and fall victim to the ol' foot in mouth syndrome from time to time because this livens up the game, promotes thicker skin and allows people to learn from said mistakes. In my opinion, there are few things that deaden the RP experience more than a contrived sense of social correctness.

Glubbles think jerk and crybaby same thing.

*smiles*

Glubbles think robot have many program bugs. Robot need check for virus and update.

BEEP! BEEP! WHIZZ! TICK-TICK-TICK..

*sets crosshairs on annoying goblin*

SYSTEM ERROR!...

*taps Hymenopteran with foot*

Hmmm.

*frowns*

*pulls out toolkit and gets to work*

Tom Mannering wrote:

trollbill wrote:

Then I would question why you chose to play such a characters in an environment where you knew it was likely to cause problems. "I'm just role-playing my character," is not a justification for violating the "Don't be a Jerk" rule.

The words "I'm just role-playing my character" are so often used as an excuse to 'justify' antagonistic roleplaying, they're nails on a chalkboard to me. Whatever your reason to play a character who features 'jackass' in their personality description, find a different way to outlet that.

I've seen characters with that have a chip on their shoulder roleplayed really well, while still contributing to the group positively and forwarding the groups agendas. Find away to align the two and run with it, even if that means compromising your 'character' somewhat.

Yes, that is the challenge. I prefer to play characters who have personality flaws though because I think it makes the story more interesting. I'm not much of an action movie fan and flat characters really bore the heck out of me. What seems to work is to keep my character's concept an open, ever evolving work in progress and to keep sight of the overarching teamwork aspect of the game.

And sometimes I think the 'don't be a jerk' rule should be complemented with the 'don't be a crybaby, its just a game' clause. I think its healthy to make mistakes and fall victim to the ol' foot in mouth syndrome from time to time because this livens up the game, promotes thicker skin and allows people to learn from said mistakes. In my opinion, there are few things that deaden the RP experience more than a contrived sense of social correctness.

Glubbles think jerk and crybaby same thing.

*smiles*

Too many excuses. Glubbles think robot have program bugs. Robot need check for virus and update.

*chuckles* Even the upstanding Lamplighters will need someone to do their dirty work for them.

Yes, I agree with Pontificor. It seems as though neoliberalism has found its way onto the shores of Golarion. A representative of the business moguls of the east seeks to recruit a cadre of enlightened elites who can look after the interests of the rest of us unwashed masses. How rich (no pun intended). But please...don't insult the intelligence of us Sczarni with your pretense of being a light in the darkness. ;P (In other words, I think your requirements will be quite ineffective in filtering out the power gamers and may even alienate some who adopt your preferred play-style).

Rha'ziz so smart. Rha'ziz know best. Better than even seasoned GM.