>>53995457Thanks!
>I don’t understand what you mean by "Sometimes to that character’s own detriment."Yeah, clunky line. Had a little debate with myself when I wrote it, but left it in.
What I meant was how people treat D&D as a game about "winning" rather than about playing a character. It's hard to separate the two in practice because you get attached to characters. You don't want them to do stupid crap and die. For instance:
>Character's backstory states he has a bad habit of mouthing off to others, and his sharp words often get him into needless trouble.>During the game, the player won't perform this bad habit if it risks inconveniencing the party, ruining a quest, etc. despite being in character.>Character's backstory states he has a deep-seated hatred of music.>Another character is playing a bard who loves music... and the obvious head-butting that should occur never does, because the player doesn't bother exploring it.I could go on and on; I'm guilty of plenty myself. I broke out of the "do optimal damage" mindset in a recent Pathfinder game and it infuriated me how little I was hitting enemies and how small my damage numbers were when I did.
