Making the “bad” choice? /u/TraditionalReason175 DnD: Roll for Initiative!

So I’ve been at a few tables recently where people seem to often take the bad choice it the game. It confuses me. I don’t mind. But in groups myself and the DM have played in before we usually took the not bad option. may be not optimal but it wasn’t the one labeled “BAD” 😂 so I’m just… Why? Why do people do this? Cause in many cases I’ve seen it’s not the funny option.

It’s like walking into a room, they describe a demonic ritual that went poorly, very poorly, and another player is like “Ooh I’m built different, I’ll try.” I can often just see the DM realizing they shouldn’t have set this up or at the very least being confused at the choice.

Maybe it’s because my characters are often ones with average to high int/wis but I feel like maybe this is just a play style I’m not used to? Again – I don’t mind. I can leave the room in game and they can deal with the fall out.

But what’s the point? And character death is usually off the table too.

So I’ve been at a few tables recently where people seem to often take the bad choice it the game. It confuses me. I don’t mind. But in groups myself and the DM have played in before we usually took the not bad option. may be not optimal but it wasn’t the one labeled “BAD” 😂 so I’m just… Why? Why do people do this? Cause in many cases I’ve seen it’s not the funny option.

It’s like walking into a room, they describe a demonic ritual that went poorly, very poorly, and another player is like “Ooh I’m built different, I’ll try.” I can often just see the DM realizing they shouldn’t have set this up or at the very least being confused at the choice.

Maybe it’s because my characters are often ones with average to high int/wis but I feel like maybe this is just a play style I’m not used to? Again – I don’t mind. I can leave the room in game and they can deal with the fall out.

But what’s the point? And character death is usually off the table too.