tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163397506136131088.post7859395843395317690..comments2023-10-30T10:31:01.481+00:00Comments on Mark K: Player Characters and their FamiliarsMark Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13002166292175980928noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163397506136131088.post-84774822002177494632012-10-25T00:37:40.647+01:002012-10-25T00:37:40.647+01:00Yup, I love the rpg scene with friends sat round t...Yup, I love the rpg scene with friends sat round the table - no-one ever truly knows which way things will go, and that include the DM ;)Mark Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002166292175980928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163397506136131088.post-86892050373484633152012-10-12T18:53:57.386+01:002012-10-12T18:53:57.386+01:00woop i play rpg with my mates and some of the stuf...woop i play rpg with my mates and some of the stuff we get up to is hilarious! respect to the DM who creates the scenarios. Roll a D20! :pAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163397506136131088.post-82914369321093787202012-09-18T14:29:27.071+01:002012-09-18T14:29:27.071+01:00Hi Matt - long time no see ;)
Excellent point rega...Hi Matt - long time no see ;)<br />Excellent point regarding the respected and well-treated familiar. <br /><br />I certainly think it is down to us as a DM/GM to add a little character and personality to these familiars in order to emphasise that these are not just empty vessels to do with as you will, but also part of the party on equal terms, sentient and feeling. Then if the player still Mark Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002166292175980928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163397506136131088.post-26764073353798028602012-09-18T03:48:45.702+01:002012-09-18T03:48:45.702+01:00I also have a problem when players use their in-ga...I also have a problem when players use their in-game pets as disposable toys. Fortunately as GM/DMs we have an entire fantasy world to back us up.<br /><br />I would just make the bond weaker with abused familiars. After all, it's a mutual connection, not chains of bondage. I would allow familiars to hesitate in performing dangerous actions or outright refusing if certain death is on the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03219867529511829016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163397506136131088.post-40461053433179193292012-09-18T01:34:20.274+01:002012-09-18T01:34:20.274+01:00hehehe... I just love the fact you've read it ...hehehe... I just love the fact you've read it and commented :)Mark Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002166292175980928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163397506136131088.post-85824220476243291152012-09-17T22:15:04.082+01:002012-09-17T22:15:04.082+01:00Never having played D&D or any RPG, I have no ...Never having played D&D or any RPG, I have no idea what any of the above post meant!JoJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165375435543044068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163397506136131088.post-15303826641051017972012-09-17T14:59:36.843+01:002012-09-17T14:59:36.843+01:00I see what you're saying. Maybe I'm just t...I see what you're saying. Maybe I'm just too soft? But I have noticed same said people are very cut-throat with fellow party members at times. Maybe they just have a greater survival instinct?Mark Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002166292175980928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163397506136131088.post-16639705713473569572012-09-17T14:46:35.346+01:002012-09-17T14:46:35.346+01:00Nothing wrong with not brushing off the wellfare o...Nothing wrong with not brushing off the wellfare of an animal. We play the game to feel a connectedness to fantasy worlds. The best world creators will have the connectedness manifest in as many ways as possible; including being completely remorseless to slay a "boon" companion. Jay Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00069789456292604679noreply@blogger.com