what is stopping the player from literally going :"hello guard i am not real and i am saving the world and i need this (item) for gold, also go tell the priests"
>>98327690>the fuck is this crackhead talking about?
Not wanting to be treated like a retard or schizo.
>>98327696>>98327700AFTER SOME PERSUASION IM SURE LITERALLY BRINGING UP THE CONCEPT "I MAY NOT BE REAL" MAY WORK ON SOME GUARDS
>>98327732Liar. Proof?
>Dude what if I played a roleplaying game>But get this>Dude no>Dude>What if I didnt roleplayYou can just go play 40K or Bolt Action or some shit, my guy.
>>98327690Do you have any proof? Why would i believe you?
>>98327690Nothing but the other players punching him for being a meta-gaming retard.
>>98327690The government doesn't want you to know this, but this works in real life. Just try it out on your local law enforcement.
>>98327690What game?
>>98327690>what is stopping the world from literally going :"OP is a faggot"
>>98327690Nothing prevents doing that, but completely destroying any credibility you(r character) might otherwise have is rarely a winning move.
>>98327690"Ok. Roll deception."Literally nothing.
>>98327690>>98327732As has been noted, nothing prevents a character from saying that, but it sounds utterly insane. Even assuming they believe "I may not be real" they'll probably just look at you and go "Do you speak of illusion magic? Are you a wizard?" or if they're versed in magic "Ah a simulacrum, seems whoever created you was a poor excuse for a mage".
>>98327696Fpbp
>>98327690Nothing is stopping them from acting like that. Likewise, nothing is stopping the guards from hoofing the annoying time wasting cunt in the nuts and carrying him away for a night in gaol and a fine/whipping from the local magistrate, to show him he is real and shouldnt fuck around with the King's Guardians of the Peace.
>>98327732Okay, roll a check at a penalty of -500.
>>98327690You convince him. He and the magic item disappear. So do you. Game over, roll a new character and I'll see you next session.
>>98331302>vanished in a puff of logic
>>98327690"Well if you're not real, then you can't possibly need the item, can't save the world, and don't have gold, anyway. Now, move along before I don't slap you in the stocks for not talking to me. Honestly, no one these days..."
>>98327690The enjoyment of the player and the other people at the table.
>>98327732The guard looks you dead in the eye and whispers: "Neither am I."
>>98331410
>>98327690The dungeon master
>>98327732Bro every time i try this IRL i end up institutionalized.IM TRYING TO SAVE YOU
>>98331469illusions spawning illusions....
>>98327690Why would he beleive you?
