I did not plan on replying to this email, giving this poisonous and paranoid
ramble the attention it deserved, but it has come to my attention that
people have been misled about the situation.

The impression given is the Terry turned up on the evening and was treated
badly.

In fact, the party was asked whether we wanted him to come and play the
character, and we decided, the week before, that it wouldn't work out for
us, largely due to real-world time constraints. So Andrew informed Terry,
who did not come. BTW they decision was made by all players.

We were informed that the character was in danger and dangerous to other
contestants and dealt with the matter in the most expedient way we could,
three sleep spells from ambush, and keeping him somewhere safe until the day
of the competition.

No person has the god-given "right" to turn up on someone elses game. It was
our decision to make.

Given his attitude I have no regrets.

Kelsie


> Hi All,
> 
> I was in NZ in February, across from the UK. As Andrew Withy 
> had previous ask to was use my character as an NPC in my 
> game, and I was in the country, he and was kind enough to let 
> me play for an evening.
> 
> http://www.dragonquest.org.nz/dqwiki/index.php/Festival_of_the_Arts
> 
> Andrew introduced my character the evening before I was due to play.
> The players attacked the character (Sabastian) on sight, beat 
> him and imprisoned him in a stasis field. I believe they 
> almost killing him when he was captured. Andrew pointed out 
> to the players I was only going to be there for the one 
> evening and hinted I could provide proof their employers were 
> up to something. The players continued with their actions 
> and, in Andrew words,  "they turned all loyal to their 
> employers (a first)."
> 
> There are in-game mechanisms (the guild) to punish players 
> that attack another character. I was stunned that players 
> would prevent another player from participating, one that 
> *the GM* was introducing to the game. Role playing is about 
> having fun and you have a care of duty to other players to 
> ensure they also have fun. What is the point roleplaying a 
> genuinely unpleasant character? Wheres the fun in upsetting 
> other players? Thats just nasty behaviour.
> 
> It's a shame Chris wasn't there that night, since I'm sure he 
> would not have let this happen. To Dean, Kelsie, Struan and 
> Ian: Following guild rules, and think about how your playing 
> impacts other people.
> You went out of your way to make sure I couldn't play, there 
> is no justification for this - I don't care what your 
> 'roleplaying' excuses were. I look forward to hearing what 
> punishment was doled out on the characters.
> 
> I am very disappointed by this incident, and would like to 
> make others aware of this incident, in the hopes that it will 
> avoid another like it.
> 
> Terry
> 
> 
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