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From: robert@fear.UUCP (Robert Plamondon)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: Tempting Choices.
Message-ID: <239@fear.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 30-Jul-85 16:40:39 EDT
Article-I.D.: fear.239
Posted: Tue Jul 30 16:40:39 1985
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Keywords: Subversion, Communism, Mao-Tse Tung

> >First rule of Dungeon
> >Mastering: "Don't mess with other people's characterization."  It's
> >obnoxious and destructive.
> >
> >I think that the proper response to having your character's
> >personality changed is to rip the character sheet into confetti, and
> >start looking for another campaign.
> >
> >(If you tell the GM this before you start play, he's unlikely to do it
> >to you.)
> >		Robert Plamondon

In article <3081@pur-ee.UUCP>, mazina@pur-ee.UUCP (Der Kaiser) writes:
> 	This is outrageous silliness. You should NEVER attempt to blackmail
> a DM like that! "Don't do XXX or I'll quit!" is the statement of a MUNCHKIN!
> You can make your dipleasure known, but you shouldn't quit unless it was 
> really unjustified, like out of nowhere. The proper response is to try and
> play the character as someone who has a complete change of heart, with the
> attendant soul searching, mental trauma, and partial relapses common. If you
> do it well, it can be a LOT of fun....

I guess most of the trouble is that I haven't played D&D in a long
time, having switched to other game systems that make realistic game
action and characterization fairly easy.  I've gotten into the habit
of developing my characters carefully; putting a lot of time and care
into them.

In such circumstances, a GM who dictates that my character undergo a
personality change is being cruel.  He's *KILLING* my old character,
and expects me to play a monster inside my old character's skin --
and *LIKE* it!

Of course, this isn't a problem for most players.  For them,
alignment is something you write on your character sheet, that has
effects on who you kill and what magic treasure you can use, but it
doesn't have anything to do with role-playing.
-- 


		Robert Plamondon
		{turtlevax, resonex, cae780}!weitek!robert