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[–] treedazzle@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

DM: As you walk away, you feel a slight tingle in the air before a flash as bright as a thousand suns blinds you for an instant before... nothing. A bolt of lightning has vaporized your body. Miraculously, nobody else in the vicinity seems to have been harmed in any way nor even do they seem to have noticed what just happened, including the fact that you just disappeared. It's as if the Gods themselves, for no particular reason, have arbitrarily decided to smite you out of existence entirely.

Ready to roll a new character?

[–] Crankenstein@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

DM: "Alright, so your character walks off after refusing to go along with the group. Okay. Well, guess you can pack up and we will see you next session. I don't have anything planned other than what the group is doing, so, guess you won't be playing today. Bye."

Make it sting. Refuse to let them roll a new character and have them do the walk of shame. They made their choice So they can deal with the consequences of them.

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you don’t have a reason to work with the group, accept that this is a one-shot for you, which may be retcon’d as needed.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Also accept that you suck at making characters

[–] discostjohn@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago

I don't know. One time I joined a game, and I had plenty of reasons to join the party, but the DM started RPing a really rude character, and it's like his method of getting me to join the party was to be a huge asshole to me? I just didn't pick up on it, and when I finally gave my character an ass-pull reason to join (that I could do some good if I tagged along) the DM was like "jeez, finally" and it sucked.

Like, if I'm playing a level 1 wizard, and the DM tells me I'm gonna die if I enter the conflict, it's not really my backstory's fault that I don't jump into the fray. Sometimes you're dealing with an inexperienced DM that expects you to metagame your way into the party. I genuinely thought he was on the verge of giving me the opportunity to convince the party to run away from the dragon, not stay and fight it.

[–] Ziggurat@jlai.lu 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The whole We play a game so you have to cooperate together even if role-play wise it makes no sense is a bad practice, May-be not at the point you'll leave the table but definitely a serious sign that the table doesn't function properly.

Luckily, there is a very easy fix Do a session zero, and build a coherent party ab initio, it include in game reason for the party to work together, coherent goals (because when player A wants to abolish the reign of the emperor, and player B wants to defend the emperor you'll have a PvP fight within 3 session) and a meta discussion to have a pallet of skills matching the party's goal (At least in more epic game where you don't want to feel powerless). Almost every RPG published in the last 10-15 years contains an extensive session zero guide and tons of tips to build a relevant party.

If someone wants to play a law priest in a pirate campaign or any other character not fitting the campaign theme or opposing other PCs, it's perfectly OK to tell the no. Obviously if everybody is aligned on some PvP and betrayal the answer may be different, but it's again something to address in session zero.

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[–] ideonek@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Compleatly understandable. Roll three d20... unfortunelty, your character died from sevear case of buzz kill. Go ahead an roll out n new one that is exactly like this one but more trusty toward people exactly like those in the party.

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