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From: dobro@ulowell.UUCP (Chet Dobro)
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Subject: Re: Multiple PC's per player
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Date: Mon, 20-Jan-86 23:27:36 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 20 23:27:36 1986
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I have played and DM'ed for may years with both 1/play and >1/player groups.

It has been my experience that it is

	1) dependent upon how the DM deals with each of the characters
and/or players as to how well thing get aong.

	2) how completely the person submerges into the personality of their
character, and whether he/she can switch personalities well enough to
be equally (an hopefully deeply) submerged into both.

    and 3) as stated, how large a group (of PC and players) is involved,
as well as how much the interaction is role-played.

I mention these because I, myself, can submerge myself into two *different*
(and not necessarily allied) characters with no loss of role-playing. I have
met a few others who can. But everyone cannot, and it is this latter group
that cause the contreversy be not representing both character as
individuals.

It has been assumed (too many times to referance) that two chasracter run by
the same person will get along. This is not necessarily the case! One pair
in particular that I saw a person run - a barbarian and a magic-user (AD&D)
As can be expected, these two did not see eye to eye (sorry :-)).

My point is, there are two many variables to make a general statement as to
whether multiple PC's/player work or not. Let's leave it up to the
individual groups.

It can be done, but if not done well (as is unfortuately often the case),
it detracts from playing rather than adding to it.

Hopefully no blood will be shed over this comment. Let's leave the fighting
to out characters.


						Gryphon