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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9133463" data-attributes="member: 7023840"><p>Players who know the rules? Sure. That's a player who knows the rules. The vast majority of the DMs love players who know the rules, because that's one less player that they have to worry about. <em>Hey, DM, I just noticed my sixth level Champion has this ability called ... um ... second wind. What does this do?</em></p><p></p><p>A player who knows the rules and spends all their time telling the DM the rules and how the DM should rule?</p><p></p><p>How about a "backseat DM." Because, like a backseat driver, they aren't actually driving, but instead spending their time telling the actual driver how they should drive. And they are appreciated by the other people at the table in much the same way that everyone in the car loves the backseat driver.</p><p></p><p>I kid, kind of, but it's always a lack of self-awareness that is the defining feature. And it's not a player-side only issue. For example, no matter how many times people will say that they don't enjoy DM PCs, there is always a DM who will be, "Ak-shually, DM PCs are awesome. If it wasn't for my DM PC, Deus the Machine, the whole party would have died several times over!!!!"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 9133463, member: 7023840"] Players who know the rules? Sure. That's a player who knows the rules. The vast majority of the DMs love players who know the rules, because that's one less player that they have to worry about. [I]Hey, DM, I just noticed my sixth level Champion has this ability called ... um ... second wind. What does this do?[/I] A player who knows the rules and spends all their time telling the DM the rules and how the DM should rule? How about a "backseat DM." Because, like a backseat driver, they aren't actually driving, but instead spending their time telling the actual driver how they should drive. And they are appreciated by the other people at the table in much the same way that everyone in the car loves the backseat driver. I kid, kind of, but it's always a lack of self-awareness that is the defining feature. And it's not a player-side only issue. For example, no matter how many times people will say that they don't enjoy DM PCs, there is always a DM who will be, "Ak-shually, DM PCs are awesome. If it wasn't for my DM PC, Deus the Machine, the whole party would have died several times over!!!!" [/QUOTE]
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