[quote=@Leotamer]
But of all the things to accuse my character of, carelessness should not be one of them. He is hyper-vigilant to the point of paranoia. And while I probably should be more clear how far away from the group he is, I feel like you need a pretty ungenerous interpretation to presume he is far enough to be considered reckless. Even when he does warm up the group, he is going on the outer circle of the group as that is how he fights, usually stealth and trickery. 

I feel like I shouldn't have to justify a character that was approved. If you want to have his flaws come back on him, that is good story-telling. However, it feels like he is being criticized for doing reasonable things.  
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I feel there is a great misunderstanding here. No one is saying your character or even Merc's was being reckless. All that happened was KoL gave you a friendly warning that amounted to, "Hey, this is a bit dangerous for your characters, just a little notice." That's all it was. Just a GM heads up to warn you of possible danger that might not even occur.