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6/27/2025, 3:09:25 PM
>>95963206
Genuinely depends on the game, although that really means it depends on the people actually playing the game and how they feel. Cause I can tell you scenarios where one PC being elevated in importance over the others has indeed resulted in a lot of sour feelings, and I can tell you scenarios where someone actively seeking to be the "main character" of a game has backfired majorly and pissed a lot of people off, but I can't claim it's universally bad either since there's some parties that either don't care who's important or prefer being in the background.
I guess if you want a general "when is this sort of thing ever bad" answer, I'd point to pic related, where the efforts of one player or NPC consistently outshadow the rest, to the point of possible resentment, especially when the DM pairs that with treating the "main character" with as many compliments and favors as they please while giving overshadowed players a lack of respect by NPCs.
Genuinely depends on the game, although that really means it depends on the people actually playing the game and how they feel. Cause I can tell you scenarios where one PC being elevated in importance over the others has indeed resulted in a lot of sour feelings, and I can tell you scenarios where someone actively seeking to be the "main character" of a game has backfired majorly and pissed a lot of people off, but I can't claim it's universally bad either since there's some parties that either don't care who's important or prefer being in the background.
I guess if you want a general "when is this sort of thing ever bad" answer, I'd point to pic related, where the efforts of one player or NPC consistently outshadow the rest, to the point of possible resentment, especially when the DM pairs that with treating the "main character" with as many compliments and favors as they please while giving overshadowed players a lack of respect by NPCs.
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