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Ferol, Debtor of Torm 07-04-04, 07:04 PM	I recently came upon a serious IC/OOC problem in the FR campaign I'm in. Me and a few friends of mine were having dinner and we started talking about DnD when one of the members mentioned secret dealings between him and our DM. He asked us if we wanted to know more, and me being the curious idiot that I am said yes. He then went into detail about how his newest character (we believed his last one had been killed by some horrible monster) was in actuallity his old character in disguise sent be the agents of loviatar (the main villains in our campaign) to assassinate members of our group that the loviatans find troublesome. After hearing this my mind immediatly went into incharacter perspective... "I have to ferret out this evil, expose it to the light, and destroy it!" Then comes my problem. I don't actually know any of this stuff in character, and the offending PC as well as the DM have been very good at keeping it under raps both IC and (until now) OOC. I had suspected that the said character was up to no good, but not nearly to the degree that she is, and if I do anything to stop her in character I will have a guilty consciouse, because no matter how much IC investigation I do, I will know that subconsiously I am metagaming. But I can't just play along and let my comrades be killed. One of the people on the hit list is our paladin and one of my characters closest allies. Now I have gathered from my DM and the offending player that the planned assassinations are planned for in the storyline, but they are not set in stone, and the DM will allow the other PCs to stop what is planned. Gah! What should I do both IC and OOC? If it matters I'm a high level Cleric/Debtor of Torm, if you require more information or details on what has happened just let me know. Oh and sorry if this doesn't belong here, feel free to move it if it belongs somewhere else.
Mr. Wilson 07-04-04, 07:19 PM	It's very unfortunate that the PC let slip that plot hook. Sure, there should have been hints, but blatant spilling of the beans OOC ruins all the work put into the plot so far, besides putting yourself in a very percarious position. At this point, I'm leaning towards the belief that the PC herself felt guilty because the plot was going too well as far as the character whacking was going and wanted an out just in case the PC actually manages to pull it off. If there is a way to do investigate in character, I wouldn't worry to much about it. Maybe stumbling upon the PC as she's worshipping, or catching her adjusting the disguise. That's a legitimate excuse and I wouldn't feel like I was metagaming if I investigated further knowing that I had valid in game reasons to back it up. My suggestion is to talk to the DM and see what he has to say about the situation, especially pertaining to metagaming. My guess is that he will provide in game clues for you to investigate, unless he is intent on destroying his own campaign.
Ferol, Debtor of Torm 07-04-04, 07:49 PM	That makes sense, I will have to talk with my DM before our next session ask him how I can approach the situation with feeling like I'm metagaming and without killing any plot twists he had planned (There are others who still dont know about the others characters plans). Anyone else have any ideas or opinions?
Crust 07-07-04, 09:54 AM	As DM I've done that before with one of my PCs. His thief died, and he made a pact with Mask. He was returned to life as a malaugrym, sent simply to amass wealth and do Mask's bidding (which didn't necessarily include killing the PCs). It went off without a hitch, ending in that malaugrym's death. I did it again with another player, letting him play a drow masquerading as the PC he assassinated. That drow eventually died. I might do it again, allowing a player to run an illithid savant bent on claiming the spellfire the party cleric wields. It can work, but only if everyone keeps their mouth shut.