strongmarkes: Character Plot Armour - Where Do YOU Draw the Line?

Thursday 19 January 2012

Character Plot Armour - Where Do YOU Draw the Line?

[unable to retrieve full-text content]...yeah, I honestly couldn't think of a better title than that.Well, to the issue at hand. Allow me to set forth a hypothetical situation. Which I will not claim to be or not be involved in. :vYou play a character in an RP who holds a position of considerable power and authority. As it happens, another character, who is supposed to be a subordinate in a way to your character, is flaunting your character's authority and constantly jeering at your character and in essence warranting some punishment. Your character, as it also happens, is kinda insane and rather a brutal sadist. In character, your character's natural responce is to outright kill the character--with one catch. Just so happens you're not allowed to kill other characters without permission--because of their plot armour as PCs. It's 'godmodding', and the RPer of said character obviously isn't letting your character kill theirs, but continues to do things that your character, acting IC, would kill them for. What do you do? Doing anything BUT killing the character as punishment, which is what you, as your character's designer, KNOW they would do, would be contrary to your character's personality and purpose.It applies to other hypothetical situations as well. How far are you willing to sacrifice your own character's intended personality in order to accommodate the RP? My personal belief is that you shouldn't have to at all. If another character does something they know is going to have consequences, they should have to live with it, or get a warning saying "No, really, if you do that, my character's going to kill yours" and give them a chance to correct it.Anyway, my computer spontaneously started typing ridiculously slow, so I guess thats the end of my post. I'm interested to hear people's thoughts.