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Hello everyone,

A player in one of my groups is what I'd describe as a "table flipper". Several times now I've seen GMs run games where he and I have been playing and towards the end of scenarios this player will do something completely insane where an obviously very important NPC will appear who has "the answers" or is a VIP that they need to escort and he will do something wild like "and I attack them" out of the blue. He'll then argue the logic behind this and claims it's RP, but last time it was such an insane move that would have signed his (and possibly the party's) death warrant and I'm starting to suspect he just gets a little bored/frustrated and then acts out in these "table flipper" ways to try and shake up some total anarchy because it just keeps happening. I've seen GMs totally stunned by this player and while none have actively said "you can't do this" they obviously really struggle while I watch them trying to think out what effect this will cause because it clearly goes totally off "script". Last time, the GM was giving strong warnings before this player's wild actions and eventually the player took it as "you can't do this" and kind of sulked for the last 30 minutes. This player then seemed to get quite angry and stuck around after the game to explain to the GM that RPGs should have total freedom and it's the GM's job to figure out how to tailor to players' freedom of choice if they choose to abandon an obvious railroad - in his defense, a valid argument.

I should add that almost every time he does this wild stuff most other players will also be completely stunned and some go "what the fuck are you doing?!"

Where do you sit in this argument? Because while I don't like the way he plays, I can see that he has a point.

How do you deal with table flippers?

Edit: I didn't necessarily want this to turn into flaming this guy. He's actually a good RPer and a lot of fun when he doesn't reach this point, it's like a switch goes off and he decides to flip the table to create some chaos. He's also very comfortable with his characters dying, so there's no problem there. The issue is his table flipping would often lead to total quest failure in an instant, affecting the progress of the others at the table and he does this without any warning or discussion with others.

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Does anyone have any idea where I might find things that fit my theme (preferably in the EU or Europe)?

Thank you, everyone!

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1. Exposit a bunch of information about the kingdom; who these NPCs are and what their local holdings are like (it's a new campaign and the players don't know much about the area yet)
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Thanks!

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