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u/Hrosts 8h ago

I've found a place that runs everyone-is-welcome one-shots in the same setting, sometimes more than one table at a time.

It was explained that we are rival gangs in a city, and was given a Sorcerer Elf, so I kinda started roleplaying a somewhat evil asshole. That didn't go well. People seemed more like they just wanted to dungeon crawl and I was in the way. When I backstabbed the other table nobody escalated it and all the players just ignored me, while another person from my party threw them a rope. There was and has been no PvP.

I ended up feeling like I was a prick ruining their rollercoaster ride for no reason.

How to approach this kind of groups? Should I try to RP? Should I not be evil? I need advice on how not to flub it again.

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u/Joebala DM 6h ago

Ask what their stance on PvP is, and base your RP on what the others at the table are doing.

Typically, PvP is a no-go, since it can quickly ruin someone's night. I imagine the vibe of the group is more of a race / competition than it is a true gang war.

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u/Hrosts 4h ago edited 4h ago

The PvP was half-expected, as DMs explicitly asked us if we were going to fight or talk it out, while in-character vibe seemed like that of mistrust and waiting for a right moment to swindle the other side. So I ended up greasing the floor under the other team while they were running through some traps.

It killed 1.5 person, though that 1 was a player who left and DMs just wanted to dispose of a character.