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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2019 1:17:49 GMT -5
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Post by shakes on Aug 18, 2019 12:51:01 GMT -5
I've never been killed in an RPT where I didn't intend to die in it. I voted yes.
As someone who used to be a DM on a MUD where I ran quests (rpt's) all the time ... it's hard sometimes to gauge the strength of the party, particularly when there is hack and slash code involved. And players will do weird stuff like invite the toughest character in the game along at the last minute, right after you've set everything up. So it either becomes a cake-walk or you scale it up to his level and it becomes a possible bloodbath if he's not really on the ball. And in Arm I don't think you really have the ability to say, "No, don't bring that guy." in any sort of OOC fashion.
I've been nearly killed in sparring by brand new sponsored roles who simply had no idea how sparring worked. I've had leaders who clearly wanted to go out in a blaze of glory and didn't mind if they took their whole unit out with them. I've had stoned/drunk/idiotic half-giants nearly kill me and then laugh and say "OOC: LOL I typed kill instead of assist."
I think other players are your biggest risk in an RPT.
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Post by pinkerdlu on Aug 19, 2019 10:34:15 GMT -5
Not really.
Edit: that wasn’t a response to shakes
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Post by mehtastic on Aug 19, 2019 12:48:02 GMT -5
I think whether you die in an RPT really depends on the circumstances.
Is it a particularly violent or dangerous RPT? Then the chances obviously go up.
Does a particular staff member dislike you/your character? An RPT offers the perfect cover for them to target and kill your PC.
Does a staff member dislike a particular activity that you like? RIP your PC.
Do you generally do things that staff hate, like PK or create work for them? Consider not logging in on RPT day, because you're probably going to die.
As a sidenote: I don't play anymore.
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Post by shakes on Aug 19, 2019 12:57:41 GMT -5
I'd also add, "Does the staff member know what they're doing?"
I've run into staff members who would make these statements like, "You should do this" and I'd be thinking, "Do you even Shadowboard, bro? That doesn't even remotely work."
Some of the better storytellers suffer from the problem that while they really can jump in and animate some fun stuff for you ... they don't know the code very well. Shadowboard should be required reading for new staffers.
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Post by mehtastic on Aug 19, 2019 12:59:32 GMT -5
Absolutely. I'd add that you're far more likely to be killed by an incompetent staff member who doesn't know the relative strength of the NPCs they're loading vs. your character than a staff member maliciously and specifically trying to single you out.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2019 16:38:06 GMT -5
In general, it is very troublesome for staffer to kill you. The storytellers need to get permission to kill a PC. Usually a PC needs to go out of his way to get himself killed. There are so many posts of some ST asking the player in an ooc tell"Are you sure this is what you want to do?" Oh. Umh. Okey then. Thwap.
Now. As far as accidents go. Yeaaaah. Those. Those happen. And sometimes things are balanced really wrong. Sometimes a party has a bunch of HGs and everything becomes a cake walk. Then HGs wonder off somewhere and suddenly half the human unit gets wiped out the next fight.
So mistakes do happen. 100%.
Staff maliciously going out of their way to kill specifically 'you'. Well. I can't say this dosn't happen. I still facepalm remembering Nergals version of appropriate world responses, but they happen 10 times less often people think they do.
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Post by Jeshin on Aug 19, 2019 16:41:10 GMT -5
Incompetence greater than cruelty, like the old proverb said.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2019 16:46:11 GMT -5
In general, it is very troublesome for staffer to kill you. The storytellers need to get permission to kill a PC. Usually a PC needs to go out of his way to get himself killed. There are so many posts of some ST asking the player in an ooc tell"Are you sure this is what you want to do?" Oh. Umh. Okey then. Thwap. Now. As far as accidents go. Yeaaaah. Those. Those happen. And sometimes things are balanced really wrong. Sometimes a party has a bunch of HGs and everything becomes a cake walk. Then HGs wonder off somewhere and suddenly half the human unit gets wiped out the next fight. So mistakes do happen. 100%. Staff maliciously going out of their way to kill specifically 'you'. Well. I can't say this dosn't happen. I still facepalm remembering Noted Liar Nergals version of appropriate world responses, but they happen 10 times less often people think they do. I see your point. I just have more tolerance for cruelty than incompetence.
I would also be much more tolerant of incompetence if the storyteller was open to a dialogue later. The dialogue wouldnt have to lead to a character rezz. Educating the staff member would be enough.
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