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<blockquote data-quote="Xaelvaen" data-source="post: 6742763" data-attributes="member: 6681906"><p>The last time I was involved in 'drama', in any way, shape, or form, was over 17 years ago, during 2nd edition. I was in high school, and our DM was from the Chainmail era - very competition-minded style of play, so he never minded our characters being slightly darker, or more competitive. However, he was also incredibly strict - even to his son, who played with us.</p><p></p><p>After having min-maxed the absolute best character possible, said DM's son worked on a defensive style of play that made him ridiculously hard to hit. The DM, just rolled with it. It was about the story now right? Not the wargame. Well, all the missing makes the DM's son incredibly arrogant and he basically begins 'running' the group. Barking out orders, demanding larger shares of treasure, and basically owning the other players. That was in character though, y'know? Out of character, he wasn't exactly a saint, but wasn't this crazy. We took it with stride.</p><p></p><p>... until he tried to tell the Assassin the poison they found off the body of a Drow shouldn't be used. That it should be sold and split up by the party. The assassin, killed the DM's son in his sleep by slitting his throat, with the DM going along with it every step of the way. The DM's son got furious, ripped up his character sheet, and wouldn't play with us for a month.</p><p></p><p>I suppose the point of the story is that, many DMs handle it in many different ways. Personally, playing with that style of DM since I was 8 years old, has led me to continue that style of DMing. I make sure I play with mature, responsible people who can separate character personalities being different from player personalities. Since then, I've been with the same DnD group for 14 years, and while there's been plenty of unrest between players at my table, at the end of the night, they're laughing about what crazy things their characters have done. Perhaps I'm lucky to have such a group, or perhaps its the laid-back nature in which I let them express themselves and become completely immersed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Xaelvaen, post: 6742763, member: 6681906"] The last time I was involved in 'drama', in any way, shape, or form, was over 17 years ago, during 2nd edition. I was in high school, and our DM was from the Chainmail era - very competition-minded style of play, so he never minded our characters being slightly darker, or more competitive. However, he was also incredibly strict - even to his son, who played with us. After having min-maxed the absolute best character possible, said DM's son worked on a defensive style of play that made him ridiculously hard to hit. The DM, just rolled with it. It was about the story now right? Not the wargame. Well, all the missing makes the DM's son incredibly arrogant and he basically begins 'running' the group. Barking out orders, demanding larger shares of treasure, and basically owning the other players. That was in character though, y'know? Out of character, he wasn't exactly a saint, but wasn't this crazy. We took it with stride. ... until he tried to tell the Assassin the poison they found off the body of a Drow shouldn't be used. That it should be sold and split up by the party. The assassin, killed the DM's son in his sleep by slitting his throat, with the DM going along with it every step of the way. The DM's son got furious, ripped up his character sheet, and wouldn't play with us for a month. I suppose the point of the story is that, many DMs handle it in many different ways. Personally, playing with that style of DM since I was 8 years old, has led me to continue that style of DMing. I make sure I play with mature, responsible people who can separate character personalities being different from player personalities. Since then, I've been with the same DnD group for 14 years, and while there's been plenty of unrest between players at my table, at the end of the night, they're laughing about what crazy things their characters have done. Perhaps I'm lucky to have such a group, or perhaps its the laid-back nature in which I let them express themselves and become completely immersed. [/QUOTE]
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