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I quit a game. Am I in the wrong? (spoiler, I don't believe so)
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<blockquote data-quote="Slit518" data-source="post: 9075153" data-attributes="member: 6803713"><p>I have been playing in this D&D 5e game for quite a while now.</p><p></p><p>It started with 4 of us, 2 dropped out for unknown reasons.</p><p></p><p>So, 2 of us have been playing since the beginning.</p><p></p><p>We had some NPCs to help us out, they were hirelings.</p><p></p><p>Some plot went down where he lost a large chunk of them so the party is basically myself and the other player.</p><p></p><p>One day I ask the DM if we can have two characters each since the circumstance of two players dropping out and losing our NPCs.</p><p></p><p>DM agrees, so we make a second character each for a total of four characters.</p><p></p><p>DM wants another player to join, the only problem is my schedule doesn't line up with their schedule.</p><p></p><p>We play every other week anyway.</p><p></p><p>DM wants to include new player into our world but doesn't know how to do it opposite weeks if I cannot play (<em>why not just start a new game with the other player and that group?</em>).</p><p></p><p>I have work starting that would interfere with games, I am not sure for how long.</p><p></p><p>I tell the DM he can use my second character to help the party if they need it while I am gone, and try not to get him killed.</p><p></p><p>DM agrees and tells me when I return I can get my character back (<em>as if this should be an issue</em>).</p><p></p><p>Work was only for 3 weeks so I missed 2 sessions (<em>we play every other week</em>).</p><p></p><p>I come back, we resume our regularly scheduled game, except one problem...</p><p></p><p>The party split off from my main character, in their last session, but don't worry, they will rejoin with me by the next time I play.</p><p></p><p>Next time they play, the split party doesn't join back up.</p><p></p><p>I ask about my character.</p><p></p><p>Ah, sorry, they went off to do something else.</p><p></p><p>Weeks go by of playing like this, alternating games.</p><p></p><p>My 2nd NPC is with group B who I don't play with, and group A is back to being two people again (<em>one player plays in both groups, using 1 of his 2 characters in each group</em>).</p><p></p><p>They apparently got sucked into the Astral Sea and that is why my character cannot return (<em>a DM created scenario, I didn't do that</em>).</p><p></p><p>More weeks go by, still my character is gone.</p><p></p><p>I ask and the answer is basically, "Well the party was doing this, and they went to do that" (<em>so my character is beholden to this party now?</em>).</p><p></p><p>This week was the last straw.</p><p></p><p>After their game he informs me my character has now had his brain sucked out by an Intellect Devour and is inhabited by that (<em>another DM created scenario</em>).</p><p></p><p>So instead, I tell him I quit.</p><p></p><p>He asks, "What, the one character?"</p><p></p><p>I said, "No, the whole game."</p><p></p><p>He then assumes it can only be one of two options, either 'I lost interest' or 'I am throwing a temper tantrum.'</p><p></p><p>When I told him it was neither and it was his bad DMing decisions which made the game unfun, he then got more irritated.</p><p></p><p>"Oh, but my hands were tied. I couldn't just give him back. It wasn't my fault you had other obligations that came up."</p><p></p><p>So I laundry listed all of the things he did wrong and how I reached out to him several times about it without any progress on the issue.</p><p></p><p>It basically came down to, "I'm spoiled and I want to get my way."</p><p></p><p>He then later private messaged me, saying that he believes I am not actually angry about this and I have something going on in my life that I apparently need to recover from."</p><p></p><p>Nah, bro, my day was literally chill. It was a fine day. You just came and told me some BS about a character that was mine that you held hostage for months so I decided not to play that game anymore.</p><p></p><p>Basically, he made a big deal about it but tried to pin it on me like I made a big deal.</p><p></p><p>So, with all of that information (<em>and yes, we talked about it before, MANY times, so it wasn't a lack of communication</em>) do you believe I am in the wrong?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slit518, post: 9075153, member: 6803713"] I have been playing in this D&D 5e game for quite a while now. It started with 4 of us, 2 dropped out for unknown reasons. So, 2 of us have been playing since the beginning. We had some NPCs to help us out, they were hirelings. Some plot went down where he lost a large chunk of them so the party is basically myself and the other player. One day I ask the DM if we can have two characters each since the circumstance of two players dropping out and losing our NPCs. DM agrees, so we make a second character each for a total of four characters. DM wants another player to join, the only problem is my schedule doesn't line up with their schedule. We play every other week anyway. DM wants to include new player into our world but doesn't know how to do it opposite weeks if I cannot play ([I]why not just start a new game with the other player and that group?[/I]). I have work starting that would interfere with games, I am not sure for how long. I tell the DM he can use my second character to help the party if they need it while I am gone, and try not to get him killed. DM agrees and tells me when I return I can get my character back ([I]as if this should be an issue[/I]). Work was only for 3 weeks so I missed 2 sessions ([I]we play every other week[/I]). I come back, we resume our regularly scheduled game, except one problem... The party split off from my main character, in their last session, but don't worry, they will rejoin with me by the next time I play. Next time they play, the split party doesn't join back up. I ask about my character. Ah, sorry, they went off to do something else. Weeks go by of playing like this, alternating games. My 2nd NPC is with group B who I don't play with, and group A is back to being two people again ([I]one player plays in both groups, using 1 of his 2 characters in each group[/I]). They apparently got sucked into the Astral Sea and that is why my character cannot return ([I]a DM created scenario, I didn't do that[/I]). More weeks go by, still my character is gone. I ask and the answer is basically, "Well the party was doing this, and they went to do that" ([I]so my character is beholden to this party now?[/I]). This week was the last straw. After their game he informs me my character has now had his brain sucked out by an Intellect Devour and is inhabited by that ([I]another DM created scenario[/I]). So instead, I tell him I quit. He asks, "What, the one character?" I said, "No, the whole game." He then assumes it can only be one of two options, either 'I lost interest' or 'I am throwing a temper tantrum.' When I told him it was neither and it was his bad DMing decisions which made the game unfun, he then got more irritated. "Oh, but my hands were tied. I couldn't just give him back. It wasn't my fault you had other obligations that came up." So I laundry listed all of the things he did wrong and how I reached out to him several times about it without any progress on the issue. It basically came down to, "I'm spoiled and I want to get my way." He then later private messaged me, saying that he believes I am not actually angry about this and I have something going on in my life that I apparently need to recover from." Nah, bro, my day was literally chill. It was a fine day. You just came and told me some BS about a character that was mine that you held hostage for months so I decided not to play that game anymore. Basically, he made a big deal about it but tried to pin it on me like I made a big deal. So, with all of that information ([I]and yes, we talked about it before, MANY times, so it wasn't a lack of communication[/I]) do you believe I am in the wrong? [/QUOTE]
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