Arthur Tealeaf
First Post
In my session yesterday, I was DMing a private encounter with a player. He was confronted by an NPC from days past and they decided to reassume an old task. I took the player to another room and played out the encounter while the others waited. The thing is, when the session was over, Player X started commenting on and discussing the plans of the player and the NPC. I asked him why he thought they would wanna do something like that, and he said he had heard it (note:he'd have to listen at the door or otherwise make an effort to hear our conversation in the other room). I got mad and said I'd punish him, and he suddenly started denying it, saying he just guessed their plan, and I revealed my self by getting mad at his guess. Later one of the other players told me Player X and another player had listened at the door. I was really mad so I took away 1000 Experience from each of them. They are both level 5 with 11-12000 XP before the penalty.
Have I been to harsh? Or too gentle...? What do you think?
Have I been to harsh? Or too gentle...? What do you think?
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