Re: [DL] Reluctant Player Member

["Daphne Brunelle" <dbrune4@po-box.mcgill.ca>]

> I've been playing Deadlands for five weeks now, loving every Guts 
> check  and Scrutinize roll along the way. Last night I ran into a problem
> that I haven't seen since my D&D days back in the '80's. (It's true, I'm an
> 'older gamer'.)

Welcome aboard!

*snip*

> How do other people handle this? How do other players handle this?

We don't roll persuasion against PCs. Whenever anything like that has to be
done, we have to roleplay it out to its logical conclusion. Deadlands can't
be all mechanics, after all.

> What can
> I, as a player, do to move things along. When this player stays behind he
> isn't content to just sit there; he has to take the Marshall's time doing
> things. So, the Marshall ends up running a split story, guiding 5 of us on
> one path and then guiding reluctant along the same path, behind us. It's
> frustrating.

Sounds like a problem for your Marshal rather than you, I'm afraid to say.
Perhaps your player friend should A) create a new character who's less
apathetic, B) find a reason for him to go along, C) consider not
roleplaying at all, since he's being such a wussy about it.

If your entire group feels the same way about this, the problem obviously
lies with the player, and not with his character's "motivations" for
participating in the adventure. You may just have to bite the bullet and
kick the stupid sod out. Roleplaying is meant to be fun for everyone, after
all.

Daphné
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