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Jul 16 |
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Are there tips on reconciling the playing differences in this group? @SevenSidedDie: Why? To see whether the player actually cares about something (if he doesn't, there are a few diagnoses that explain such cases, with my favorite being blunted effect). |
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Jul 16 |
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Are there tips on reconciling the playing differences in this group? @Bigeshu: An evil though creeps up to my mind, heh, heh. You said "... it annoys me that the player doesn't really bother spending xp ..."; it DOES annoy you, so ... let's kill him! (the character, not the player) |
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Jul 16 |
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Jul 16 |
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Are there tips on reconciling the playing differences in this group? It's not so easy for me to give you a solid answer based on the needs of the certain player (and the patterns of his personality), since you didn't give us an accurate info on the quiet player's personality. Do you know him well? Has he been playing with the group for a while? Did he play any other games/characters in the past? How does he behave outside your gaming circle? Etc. Still, if he is a new guy, I'd suggest trying a few other themes/situations/characters with him, to see if he reacts more lively to a certain stimuli. Also, you can always talk with him about his in-game needs, duh :) |
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Jul 15 |
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How to transform a tragic hero into a villain? Why not an upvote? It's a valuable contribution to the problematic, after all. I may not be looking for an answer like that, but someone else might. |
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Jul 15 |
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Jul 15 |
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Jul 14 |
answered | How to make rituals a part of everyday life |
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Jul 14 |
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Jul 14 |
accepted | How to transform a tragic hero into a villain? |
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Jul 14 |
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How to transform a tragic hero into a villain? Da Vinci, The Pope, dragons, clones, Atlanteans? Uhh ... okay :) . That might require a person with wild and permissive imagination to grasp all that in one read. |
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Jul 14 |
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How to transform a tragic hero into a villain? While a nice example indeed, i do think that your character would be pretty much doomed to villainy in the real world. And why is that? The character is too complex for the average observer to understand - and if one doesn't understand something, he/she fears and/or dislikes it. |
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Jul 14 |
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How to transform a tragic hero into a villain? Yes indeed, good and evil are just morally relative terms, in the environment of the real world. Come to think of it, this pretty much goes hand in hand with social psychology, where a person interprets his/her own doings as good, in order to maintain a positive self-image. And the evil can be attributed to the people opposing our decisions and/or threatening our own self-image. |
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Jul 14 |
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Jul 14 |
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How to transform a tragic hero into a villain? Now this is quite a maslowian take on the problematic (as in Maslow's hierarchy of needs). I.e. a rich, acknowledged, loved, educated and influential person has a lot of freedom on his hands, and so he/she can merely philosophize on the nature of good and evil. On the other side of the spectrum is a homeless, starving person, who doesn't have many choices left - simply, either steal some food and live till the next day or perish from malnutrition. From this unpleasant standpoint, all the social theories look like mocking jokes. |
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Jul 13 |
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How to transform a tragic hero into a villain? Well, that's a good point. A hero struck with something like manic schizophrenia may easily get to point Z, even skipping a dozen letters of the alphabet on one single move. |
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Jul 13 |
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How to transform a tragic hero into a villain? Just thinking about your scenario of Hero X vs. Weak leader Y ... well, a situation of Dead Leader Y may also introduce reputation and collective thinking into the play. Following the death of Y, the Hero X, otherwise doing well (and thinking of himself as of a good guy), may get banished from the kingdom, along with a mark of shame forcefully tattooed on his forehead. That may change a man ... |
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Jul 13 |
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How to transform a tragic hero into a villain? The phase regarding the former allies turning their backs on the now-villain is an interesting concept indeed (applauds for that). As for the the first phase, where the end justifies the means, i'm not so convinced that such a strategy may often lead to a downfall of a hero. First off, this machiavelian strategy (in modern terms also known as utilitarianism) is being used by the politicians all around the globe on a daily basis. Secondly, it would require an extremely weak person with no self-regulation to get from point A (little white lies) to point Z (random tortures just to make sure). |
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Jul 13 |
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Jul 13 |
asked | How to transform a tragic hero into a villain? |
