Do you play careful, or risky?

[Tarx]

Because red storm smells like poo and sand lord ass.

[X-D]

I tend to play mine as people.

And yes, this means they will take calculated risks.

This of course normaly means that they live for a very long time.

[Pale Horse]

For most of my playing career, I've played characters that tend to get into very high risk situations, most of the time due to OOC desires than for anything the actual character wants.

Lately, though, I've grown bored with that and I've managed to keep several characters alive for a surprising amount of time, considering that they've been sucked into some of the most dangerous plot lines that I've had the pleasure of participating in, to date.

[BlackMagic0]

For most of my playing career, I've played characters that tend to get into very high risk situations, most of the time due to OOC desires than for anything the actual character wants.

Lately, though, I've grown bored with that and I've managed to keep several characters alive for a surprising amount of time, considering that they've been sucked into some of the most dangerous plot lines that I've had the pleasure of participating in, to date.

I'm semi-careful semi-risky.. Seems most my chars make one risky move or so a week.. then careful the rest.. (maybe two or so if he feels lucky)

But Pale horse I got that in common, my character also always seems to be draged into dangerous plots.. everytime... It doesn't matter what he is doing

[Qzzrbl]

My characters always start off SUPER careful, but always wind up edging closer and closer to risky, until he becomes realistic...

[Cerelum]

My characters all are super risky, I mean to the tune of attempting to hunt a silt horror with a two day old ranger.

But, I unfortunately have a problem that causes me to change drastically.  If I get involved in some life changing plot, I tend to swing to super careful to keep my character alive and jumping in the plot.  And if I end up owing a character something, like say that noble pays me 800 sid for x and y, I tend to get to super careful while I'm in debt.

I don't wanna be the character that noble or templar goes out on a limb for, then just fucks them in the ass.

So my preferred method of play is by the seat of my pants, unless I feel I owe someone something.

[Shiroi Tsuki]

I would say it depends on the character.  And often times, depends on the specific character's mood at the time.  For me.

[jstorrie]

Not always risky, but always stupid.

[Mood]

Not always risky, but always stupid.

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

I nearly universally play long-lived characters that do what they are supposed to do and stay in their clan and follow most of the rules and act smart. Nearly universally.

So, careful, I guess, is the best way to describe me.

[Adiadochokinesis]

Not always risky, but always stupid.

[Barzalene]

It changes a lot moment to moment. Both sometimes both or all three in the same moment.

[Is Friday]

Not always risky, but always stupid.

*sigh* ...yes.

[Akaramu]

Though... I suppose many of the more interesting moments I've played were when my characters threw caution to the wind and acted recklessly, irrationally, and such.  A mix is probably best.

I must say you're one of my favourite players since one of those moments. 

Personally I am also on the careful side of things. The one time where I dared have a somewhat bitchy character who acted irrationally at times, a lot of people developed an interest in killing her, but (and thats the sucky part about it) the staff forced me to store her before any PC got a chance to help her to the afterlife. I'm still grumpy about that.

Usually, when my characters do risky things, it is out of sheer ignorance. And that happens often enough for me to at least ATTEMPT to play careful the rest of the time.

[Mr.B]

I'd have to say I prefer risky. There's always that satisfaction if you survive something life-threatening, and live to tell stories about it, but I'm sure few characters never ever take it easy from time to time.

[Malken]

I play the same way my grandpa plays with my grandma. Slowly, carefully and always worried that I'll break a bone or worst.

[Fnord]

That which does not kill you only makes you stronger. Risky. Ultimately dependent on the character's personalty, but yeah...

[manonfire]

Risky.

I just don't have fun if my character isn't on the verge of getting <something doubleplusungood) by <a doubleplusungood'er>

By the way, Ween rocks.

[rishenko]

Risky, with the occasional doses of insanity.

[Desertman]

I usually play moderate characters...I have been known to be very risky, the point of just flat stupid, with some characters...I mostly call those throw-away characters and make them for no better purpose than to get reactions out of the people they encounter, which is usually fun for me -and- them.

[Gimfalisette]

I have noticed lately that I play much less risky when there are other characters depending on my character. I think it's partly in the interest of not killing/harming their characters, but also because they need my character to be not dead. This is probably a good thing. Kind of makes for boring, though.

[Zoltan]

Everytime I've done something extremely risky/retarded with one of my PCs, I've liked them a lot more. Typically I play them middle-of-the-road though, on a character-by-character basis.

[Tomeglow]

I try my best to be very careful when playing a character. If I'm dealing with scenarios outside the city, it's strict business and an attempt at total safety. If it's in the city, it might be a bit more risky, as I find the domestic plots to be fun, especially when you stumble into it while taking risks. Also, whenever I take risks and change a character, I normally like them more, so I use it as a way to reinvigorate my interest.

[Rhyden]

If I couldn't play riskily with my characters, I wouldn't play.

[Adiadochokinesis]

I play extremely risky no matter what.

I'm careful in real life. There's no fun for me in being careful in a world filled with evil, monstrous horrors and backstabbing ninjas.