(05-05-2015, 04:38 PM)Verad Wrote: I'm more interested in the following: It's one thing for people to make claims about certain characters, and to write them off as insane or delusional or whatever. I'm not one-hundred percent on-board with that particular choice but I recognize it's a valid one.Then it highly varies on the quality of the rper, the delivery and the context. Frankly, I'm ambivalent, as in it IS interesting to see someone play the "taboos" of roleplaying actually pretty well and in a fulfilling manner, I'm all for taking the leap of faith and reacting very ICly about it, specially if it's in the middle of an arc, or if that's not the character whole gimmicky/point.
What do you, however, when the player proves it through some metaphysical means? Some dimensional traveller, to use Klin's example, leaps into another Final Fantasy setting in front of you and comes back with Shantotto. Somebody claiming to be a primal manifests as such in front of you. For the more hardline lore-hounds, a WHM casts Succor or Holy. In short, something that would have a tangible effect on the world and can't be denied by a simple claim of insanity.
It's possible to retcon the matter and say that the person only said they did these things, and it didn't actually happen, but that's very much not letting the character lead; it's making an OOC judgment call in the moment and declaring that a fact stated by another player isn't actually a fact. On the other hand, taking the claim on faith and reacting to it means having to grapple with denying it IC at a later date. How do you address this problem?
I suppose it's identifying the line between powerplay, and playing taboos responsively. Obviously, not everyone will follow, and I will never ever take serious someone that just does it in the Quicksand for an instant, and, bias I'm sorry, I don't really think one can just up and turn into a Primal without an absolute mess, up and including tempering everyone present that does not have echo, but yeah, depending on the circunstance I might as well go for it. If my character will take IC or not, again check above.
