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Newbiespud
25th Jul 2019, 6:00 AM
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I'd say there are few things more instantly problematic for an RPG character than actualy roleplaying it's flaws or weak spots. I'd see that as a plus, though, but still.
Collectively, I think my PCs have spent more time trying to woo a pretty face over any kind of hero worship. By a large margin.
There's one player in my local group that likes to play clerics and tends to really fawn over their deity of worship. It has been hilarious whenever we have a scene of that deity showing up.
There's one player in my local group that likes to play clerics and tends to really fawn over their deity of worship. It has been hilarious whenever we have a scene of that deity showing up.
Spud's commentary makes me think of Kynan from the first campaign of Critical Role. Of course, there are good ways and bad ways to respond to that sort of thing.
Never had to deal with "superfan" NPCs in games I've played, though.
Never had to deal with "superfan" NPCs in games I've played, though.
This isn't even about the hero worship though, think about it.
AppleJack's player can use this opportunity to poke at her party this way.
AppleJack's player can use this opportunity to poke at her party this way.
Pardon, but...
Second panel, third narration box: should that be "other", rather than "either"?
Second panel, third narration box: should that be "other", rather than "either"?
Is it just me, or is it always a red flag when a past PC shows up as an NPC?
Having past PCs show up as not-allies is completely terrifying, since the players already know what devastation their former characters are capable of. Having them show up as allies can be just as bad, because the players already know what devastation their former characters are capable of.
This isn't a past PC showing up as an NPC. This is very clearly *an illusion of* a past PC showing up as an NPC.
...which provides a wonderful excuse for them to act completely out-of-character.
...which provides a wonderful excuse for them to act completely out-of-character.
Yeah, usually is. I once had someone's dead PC show up a campaign later as a villain (the original PC was CN). The lesson I learned as a DM is that if you're wearing rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags.
I've had the opposite occur, where a pc met the person that killed his family, and also the god that did the same for one unlucky sod. funny enough, the former actually trusts him, the god(des) still wants to kill him.
Still, this is a nice touch on sandstars.
We kind of ran into this to our detriment in a Shadowrun game that's been on-again-off-again for years. There's a rough bar in the Barrens where we met the fixer for one of our first runs, and we just kind of kept going there. Even got to know some of the staff and took down a local gang that messed with one of the bartenders.
The problem is that we've built up a reputation over time. And since we're regulars at the bar, it's slowly become overrun by the wannabes and hangers-on who think that getting to know is will somehow make them "real" runners.
Let's just say that the bar staff isn't thrilled.
The problem is that we've built up a reputation over time. And since we're regulars at the bar, it's slowly become overrun by the wannabes and hangers-on who think that getting to know is will somehow make them "real" runners.
Let's just say that the bar staff isn't thrilled.
I see there's no story time (unless I missed something). Let me rectify that.
Stories of past PCs showing up as NPCs?
Stories of past PCs showing up as NPCs?
Past PCs as NPCs? My dear BackSet, that's where I get my DMPC collection... mostly because I knew some pretty cool people doing 3.5 in Job Corps, and the only character not my own that I've lifted, can be played just about however because he's Chaotic Whatever, and operates on the principle of unusuality. If it would make little-to-no sense for the party to open a door in the middle of the dungeon, and have it open into a sprawling megamart ran by a wizard in robes that look strangely like a straight jacket? Why, then, that's exactly when they'll do it... because that's the ground rule for that specific DMPC's use.
Otherwise, I just reuse a few old characters of mine as DMPCs to solve certain unusual problems people have as parties, like "don't get in a bar fight when the barkeep tells you to stop it, because he's really an epic level paladin/monk who just wants a quiet day.", "Don't piss off the town guard, they're really members of the local thieves guild which is headed by an epic level pure thief who is also lawful good", and my favorite, "don't piss off the oldish looking half elf wizard guy, he's also epic levels, but sorc/DD with a dancing granite greatclub (that's baseball bat shaped)"
Otherwise, I just reuse a few old characters of mine as DMPCs to solve certain unusual problems people have as parties, like "don't get in a bar fight when the barkeep tells you to stop it, because he's really an epic level paladin/monk who just wants a quiet day.", "Don't piss off the town guard, they're really members of the local thieves guild which is headed by an epic level pure thief who is also lawful good", and my favorite, "don't piss off the oldish looking half elf wizard guy, he's also epic levels, but sorc/DD with a dancing granite greatclub (that's baseball bat shaped)"
I get a kick out of Applejack/Sandbar's player embracing the roleplay and a little Schadenfreude.