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Just something brought on by a story ive been reading. You get selected to full time play a VR pathfinder game for which you'll be paid reasonable rates (actual amount not important). You are given thr following choices.
1) Don't participate.
2) Play a series of pathfinder society modules to lvl 5 at 25% realism (if set on fire it only hurts 1/4 what it would in real life).
3) Play any AP except wrath of the righteous at 50% realism.
4) Play wrath of the righteous at 100% realism.
Would it change your choice if the more realistic options paud more e.g. option 2 reasonable rates, option 3 good rates, option 4 CEO of a major corporation rates? Would it change your choice if you knew beforehand you'd become your chracter physically in real life (your mind their body/abilities) including risk of death?
As long as in game injuries/death does not transfer to real life equivalents, I'd be open to playing all of the above. It is not the risk of pain that dissuades me, only the long term effects of real injuries/death.
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As long as in game injuries/death does not transfer to real life equivalents, I'd be open to playing all of the above. It is not the risk of pain that dissuades me, only the long term effects of real injuries/death.
Real death would only apply in the you become your character in real life scenario (die in game, die for real but also become that Assimar arcanist/summoner you created). For the default question and better wages variant the only real life consequences (going by the book series that prompted it) is you'd get fit and pick up some muscle memory as your body imitated ingame actions. No injuries, risk of death or the like.
Hmm... I've read a lot of book recently that have to do with full immersion VR/MMORPG subjects. So, this sounds fairly familiar...
Anyway, the only way I'd agree to something like actually dying being a possibility is if there was a respawn mechanic. I'd have absolutely ZERO interest in risking my actual life no matter how fun a game or immersion turned out to be. I'm too practical for that. Pain? Meh, pain is part of life. Pain is merely the fires of the furnace that forge you into something stronger. I can handle pain.
But, muscle memory and getting fit while I play? Yes, I would quickly volunteer for such a thing, provided no actual surgery for implants was required. I refuse to allow the possibility of future hackers getting past the wet-ware firmware and screwing with my mind.
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Hmm... I've read a lot of book recently that have to do with full immersion VR/MMORPG subjects. So, this sounds fairly familiar...
Anyway, the only way I'd agree to something like actually dying being a possibility is if there was a respawn mechanic. I'd have absolutely ZERO interest in risking my actual life no matter how fun a game or immersion turned out to be. I'm too practical for that. Pain? Meh, pain is part of life. Pain is merely the fires of the furnace that forge you into something stronger. I can handle pain.
But, muscle memory and getting fit while I play? Yes, I would quickly volunteer for such a thing, provided no actual surgery for implants was required. I refuse to allow the possibility of future hackers getting past the wet-ware firmware and screwing with my mind.
The dying/injury only applies for the variant where you become your character, respawn only as per normal. Raise dead or the like. The other two have 0% chance of dying/injury. The series that prompted this is full bodysuits and a vr pod no surgery involved. So I'll put you down as a yes on the first and increasing wages variant but no on the become your character as there's a reasonable chance of dying.
Probably the level 5 one. Especially because Wrath of the Righteous has some things worse than death that can happen (such as being stuck in the Abyss permanently, is that why you listed it?)
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Probably the level 5 one. Especially because Wrath of the Righteous has some things worse than death that can happen (such as being stuck in the Abyss permanently, is that why you listed it?)
Mainly it was the mythic to be honest. Though yes there things worse than death that can happen especially in the you become you become your character one thats a significant power jump over anything else. In terms of unpleasant things to experience I'd actually put some of the horror themed ones ahead of it.
Wait why is becoming your character so bad?
Do you still get paid if you die during the first fight or something (assuming it's mostly due to bad luck? I would assuming if you just kill yourself and respawn that's cheating.)
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Do you still get paid if you die during the first fight or something (assuming it's mostly due to bad luck? I would assuming if you just kill yourself and respawn that's cheating.)
Assuming you mean the first two yes you get fired if you are determined to be deliberately killing yourself. Bad luck or even genuine wrong choices in the first fight however just means make a new character and start over, later on hopefully your partners can revive you. The AP's aren't easy (just look at the obituries) so you could very easily die before resurection options are available and need to start over on the AP.