[Discuss] What to do...

[Timothy Collett]

On Nov 30, 2006, at 12:22 AM, Gloria Santos wrote:

> What do you do if another player writes, without your consent, that  
> your character did this or that or is a certain way you don't agree  
> with?   I am not talking about a character claiming something, for  
> that is easy to counter.  But what happens when, using a third- 
> person narrator, a player writes a roleplaying message about your  
> character that has nothing to do with what you have decided your  
> character to be?

First--tell him OOC not to do that.  It's about the worst possible of  
all RP sins.
Second--if, as others have said, it's feasible, RP around it--change  
the RP to something that looks/sounds like what he wrote, but is, in  
actuality, something different when you actually know what's going  
on. For instance:
Person A (player of Anton):
As Anton walked along the street, he was surprised to see Delvin  
walking toward him.  He raised his hand to greet him--but, without  
any warning, Delvin hit him in the head with a heavy club!
Person B (player of Delvin):
Delvin looks up from the papers on his desk.  "They're saying I did  
*what*?"  The messenger stammers, "A-apparently, someone who looks  
just like you came up to Anton and knocked him unconscious with a club!"
(Also note that it's generally considered acceptable to make the  
character of the offender look like a fool, though it's better form  
not to, and shows that you're better than he is...)

And finally, contacting Tom or the Titans won't do you any good.   
There are no RP police--there is absolutely no one who will help you  
if you have an issue with someone's bad RP, even if he RPs that your  
character did something extremely evil and the whole realm goes along  
with it, when you're roleplaying your character as a paladin.  This  
is just something you have to work out between you and them.

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family

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