February 02, 2008 12:51PM
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A gnome killing dozens of elven children and orphans, a badass sphere strength fire giant offering bribes and gear to lowbies instead of threats, evils hoarding limited goodie equipment to prevent their enemies from getting it and vice versa, etc.
I've had debates with paladins about warrior legacy selection (supposedly a closely guarded secret amongst the uber-secretly powerful monks of the macalla), I've had good healers inform me that they were out of prayers (wow, your praying must have numbed your benevolent god's ears, even though you've been saving lives with it?), and people call down giant pillars of lightning and giant fireballs which can set forests ablaze, but only hits their enemies (who are engaged in melee combat with their teammates).
I could give half a dozen other examples off the top of my head where game mechanics foil roleplay. If you really want to I suppose you could justify each of those (gnome has a terrible fear of elven children and orphans in his role! Sphere strength giant is under a curse to be generous! Evil guy is fascinated by the power the goodie artifacts hold, even if he can't use them!). I still believe my point is valid, and that due to the mechanics that empower CF, people take action that they would not normally take.
Therefore, being terribly sad that people ask if you have a third is pretty silly, in my opinion.
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