Re: [HoE] Killing a PC on Purpose

[Darrin Bright <darrin@neobright.net>]

> Michael Garoni wrote:
> 
> The best way to stop someone from doing this is to not give them what
> they want.  The player who is going off by himself wants more
> attention and has seen that he gets it.  The best way to deal with it
> that I've found?  Don't kill him off.  In fact, while he's off by
> himself have nothing at all happen to him.  He doesn't find anything,
> he doesn't encounter anything, nothing at all happens.

I don't think this will work. This will just make things worse. I know
how these players work... there's not much you can do if they don't grow
up.

> Meanwhile, focus on the party as a whole and give them something
> special while this player is away.  Explain that you have to look
> after the majority of the party, not just him.

This will just cause him to do even more outrageous things to get
attention. If he gets desperate enough, he'll try to kill the entire
party.
 
> Oh - and I agree with the general thoughts that if the bike is the
> cause of the problems - take it out.

Although I did suggest that, I don't think its a viable solution in and
of itself. If the bike is taken away, he'll get really pissed off and
get extremely resentful, because he'll think he's being singled out. My
suggestion was to take it away with the promise he'd get it back later,
so the GM could develope part of the story around the theft.

Your best solution is probably going to be negotiation. Find out what
the player wants to do, then compromise a bit. If he wants to go off on
his own a bit, fine, I'll work out something for him to do if he agrees
to do something with the party. 

So far, sounds like a pretty classic KODT scenario, only I wish it were
that funny.