Pyschosis in the haunted house


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I have an albino drow rogue level 10 with pyschosis trying to kill the party in an old house. Have come across a fire elemental and poltergeists so far, I managed to get a party member alone. But fumbled on the first attack, I announced that I was attacking him. So now all the players know that I'm trying to kill their characters, but their characters don't know. the dm informs they aren't the best role players and thinks they will try to kill my character or just do everything they can to make it hard as hell now, sense motives on everything and such, I'm just wondering if anyone has any ideas on how I can do this, there are 3 spell casters and a brawler, all pretty overpowered, I'm not sure the best way to proceed from here, please any ideas or help would be appreciated


So, are you saying you're a PC (NOT the GM) trying to kill other PC's, and you're looking for the best way to do it?


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You don't need our advice on how to totally screw over your gaming group. Seems like you're doing a fine job on your own.

Seriously, PVP has no place in a tabletop roleplaying game. The best possible result from the situation you describe would be for the other players to pool their resources and kill your character, then convince you to roll up a new one that wasn't psychotic.

If I were your DM, I would have three choices:
1) take over your character as an NPC and use it against the players;
2) convince you to stop this silly behavior, suck it up and become a team player.
3) ban you from the table.

If your DM is actually *encouraging* you to pursue this PVP behavior, then I don't know what game y'all are playing, but it doesn't look anything like the kind of Pathfinder or D&D game that most of us here are used to playing.

And if it was the DM's idea in the first place, to inflict this psychotic condition on you, he should just suck it up and take control of your character himself. There are many ways to "die" in PF, and losing control of your character is certainly one of them. Asking you to take an active part in killing your party members is just bad taste.

YMMV.


It's a bit hard to explain. But there is a whole backstory to it all, but the main thing is, all the other guys at the table look for ways to break the game and roll ridiculous characters. Hence there is a level 10 at the table who deals 100s of damage with one attack, kills every encounter we get too before we get the chance. And it all has to do with the characters backstory and the way the party was treating him. But hey if yous don't want to help just don't post. Surely the butt hurt can wait for something in rl?


But for as long as I've been playing this game. One of these guys has been trying to kill and ruin my character all because I made a joke out of character about how he as a cat person was a pet when a dragon asked us if he was. And then more hate was piled on. When I finally announced he's either gonna go on a rampage or just quit the party because I was sick of it. The bloke retired his character. Pretty sure the dm gave me pyschosis as a way to get back at the player for being such a dick to mine.


Random people in the world are told that I am a drow for no other reason then he's a "damn dirty drow". Even though my whole backstory is im an albino drow so I look like an elf. I was raised by half orcs so I was by no means an evil character. My adopted parents where then killed by drow. So my whole character was based on the fact that I looked like an elf and wanted to kill drow. We rolled up to a Dwarven settlement and the first thing they did was inform the dwarves that I was a drow. I had to roll numerous times just to make.sude the dwarves didn't kill me out of hand. Even though apparently. The party had no prejudice against a drow,so given the opportunity I think it's fair to say I want to f++% with their characters a bit for all the times they f#&#ed with mine


Wheldrake wrote:

You don't need our advice on how to totally screw over your gaming group. Seems like you're doing a fine job on your own.

Seriously, PVP has no place in a tabletop roleplaying game. The best possible result from the situation you describe would be for the other players to pool their resources and kill your character, then convince you to roll up a new one that wasn't psychotic.

If I were your DM, I would have three choices:
1) take over your character as an NPC and use it against the players;
2) convince you to stop this silly behavior, suck it up and become a team player.
3) ban you from the table.

If your DM is actually *encouraging* you to pursue this PVP behavior, then I don't know what game y'all are playing, but it doesn't look anything like the kind of Pathfinder or D&D game that most of us here are used to playing.

And if it was the DM's idea in the first place, to inflict this psychotic condition on you, he should just suck it up and take control of your character himself. There are many ways to "die" in PF, and losing control of your character is certainly one of them. Asking you to take an active part in killing your party members is just bad taste.

YMMV.

While I agree for the most part that pvp is generally a bad idea in games like Pathfinder (unless it's the foundation of the campaign), you really don't need to be so harsh about it. Attacking his integrity as a player isn't very constructive...

Cronixer: I don't really have any advice for your op. It's likely mathematically impossible for a single character to kill such a power-gaming group. That's not really the issue, though.

It doesn't sound like you're in a very healthy gaming environment. Even if you were to miraculously kill the party and exact your revenge - be it in, or out of character - it wouldn't solve the problem. The other players would simply make new characters all geared toward killing albino Drow. It's not the answer you were looking for, but I think your best move is to talk to the gm, and see if they can organize a cease-fire (preferably either where everyone's characters all get amnesia and start their relationships over, or you all make new, more cooperative characters), or else leave the group altogether.

I may have misinterpreted your above posts, but it doesn't sound like you enjoy the current situation, and the pvp you find yourself in is a result of the players at the table not getting along. If this is the case, I strongly suggest you take the above course of action.

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