09-25-2018, 05:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-25-2018, 06:28 PM by Dragonstrike.)
Look, part of the way I'm justifying this is the 6 second rule. There's a combat going on/about to start, you need to make split second decisions. This is a common thing that happens in Tabletop RPGs because of the nature of combat in 'real time'.
What would you do if you saw someone about to get mobbed by a bunch of Electabuzz? That's the primary question I asked myself before deciding what Nathan was going to do. Forget about all the time travel stuff, just focus on the current moment first. If something isn't done about those Electabuzz now, they're going to continue being a problem and continue to cause trouble.
What would you do if a Legendary randomly appeared and somebody decided in an instant to stall it despite it being a losing battle they were better off running from? Granted, the situation was slightly more complex than that, but there was definitely a solution to it.
As a group traveling together, we're in all of these situations together, but individual choices can't/won't always be mentioned IC in such short spans of time, and not being able to synergize with each others' choices can be disastrous. There's a single character trait of Nathan's I'm keeping in mind in scenarios like this, and that's what I'm sticking to. Particularly since I've been emphasizing it since really, really early on in the campaign. It's changed and adapted in some ways over time, but the basis of the trait is still the same. That's the other main way I'm justifying Nathan's actions here.
Part of what I meant about the Terra statement is an IC reaction to a situation we had fairly recently, yes. But the other, main implication is I'm sticking to my character's traits and roleplaying them. Which everyone is doing right now, and in all the ways I expected, too, but that's besides the point. I wasn't intentionally forcing anyone to help, nor trying to convince anyone to help. I'm just having my character help out in this situation, and everyone is reacting accordingly to it and the situation around them.
None of this should be a surprise to anyone, and it doesn't sound to me like it is.
What would you do if you saw someone about to get mobbed by a bunch of Electabuzz? That's the primary question I asked myself before deciding what Nathan was going to do. Forget about all the time travel stuff, just focus on the current moment first. If something isn't done about those Electabuzz now, they're going to continue being a problem and continue to cause trouble.
What would you do if a Legendary randomly appeared and somebody decided in an instant to stall it despite it being a losing battle they were better off running from? Granted, the situation was slightly more complex than that, but there was definitely a solution to it.
As a group traveling together, we're in all of these situations together, but individual choices can't/won't always be mentioned IC in such short spans of time, and not being able to synergize with each others' choices can be disastrous. There's a single character trait of Nathan's I'm keeping in mind in scenarios like this, and that's what I'm sticking to. Particularly since I've been emphasizing it since really, really early on in the campaign. It's changed and adapted in some ways over time, but the basis of the trait is still the same. That's the other main way I'm justifying Nathan's actions here.
Part of what I meant about the Terra statement is an IC reaction to a situation we had fairly recently, yes. But the other, main implication is I'm sticking to my character's traits and roleplaying them. Which everyone is doing right now, and in all the ways I expected, too, but that's besides the point. I wasn't intentionally forcing anyone to help, nor trying to convince anyone to help. I'm just having my character help out in this situation, and everyone is reacting accordingly to it and the situation around them.
None of this should be a surprise to anyone, and it doesn't sound to me like it is.
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