What needs to be kept in mind is that the art of role-playing is actually the art of the cooperative story.
It's more than simply wandering around, doing anything you feel your character would normally do. It's about story telling, and that means on a very basic level being at least somewhat mindful of not screwing up someone elses.Â
This is also an example of why extra care should be taken if you are role-playing a character who claims a position of real authority. It's so easy to abuse this, intentionally or not, since you can easily put another player in the awkward situation of being forced to do something they might not want to do, or break character.
And even if RP is public, all sides should be open to the idea of PM communication if it helps integrate all parties more effectively into the story.
It's more than simply wandering around, doing anything you feel your character would normally do. It's about story telling, and that means on a very basic level being at least somewhat mindful of not screwing up someone elses.Â
This is also an example of why extra care should be taken if you are role-playing a character who claims a position of real authority. It's so easy to abuse this, intentionally or not, since you can easily put another player in the awkward situation of being forced to do something they might not want to do, or break character.
And even if RP is public, all sides should be open to the idea of PM communication if it helps integrate all parties more effectively into the story.
