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hedgie:
My first session as GM (in a long time) had a lot of first-time players, like 5 out of 7, and one of the two with any experience had only been doing it for a few months, and was a ship thing as well. Somehow, putting them on a boat with a limited number of people to talk to for several weeks (they were making coastal port stops) seemed less contrived than the whole “you all meet in a tavern” sort of start. Of course, they get attacked by pirates, with some human overseers and goblins (who were enslaved themselves), basically forcing hobbits to do all the grunt work. Obviously, the party wanted to rescue the halflings, but I was surprised that they decided to free the goblins as well, and only turn the humans in to the authorities. The party even declined the goblins’ idea of taking the humans with them, so that they wouldn’t need any other provisions.
The point of this exercise wasn’t really a “test” in terms of pass/fail, but rather, trying to figure out where the party would sit morally. Their arguments (especially those of the hobbit PC) were pretty impressive.
Torlek:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 15 Dec 2020, 13:25 ---CN is usually just “chaotic stupid”.
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Common mistake by players that think chaotic only means "compelled to do the exact opposite of the law". I tend to find that such players also think all chaotic good characters have to be the Punisher and all their chaotic evil characters become the Joker (which is a valid interpretation at least).
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 15 Dec 2020, 13:25 ---CN is usually just “chaotic stupid”.
A short mystery that my players got involved in early on came to a quick end shortly after the Battle of the Feral Cat.
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'Congratulations, you've pissed off the shopkeep. He's a level 20 abjuration wizard.'
Pilchard123:
(click to show/hide)The owner of the Yawning Portal Inn is a tremendously strong and well-equipped fighter, and a large proportion of his "customers" are actually hired guards.
hedgie:
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 17 Dec 2020, 01:56 ---'Congratulations, you've pissed off the shopkeep. He's a level 20 abjuration wizard.'
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In this case, I rewarded them, even though they did solve the mystery by cutting the knot instead of untying it.
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