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<blockquote data-quote="mcbobbo" data-source="post: 6413907" data-attributes="member: 6680581"><p>This is futile, I realize, but to bring some facts back to this conversation:</p><p></p><p>1) I can find no affirmative statement in this thread that OP discussed the matter with his or her DM.</p><p>2) Even if magic shops were available, there's significant reason to doubt that the item necessary...</p><p>a) exists anywhere in the 5e rules,</p><p>b) would have been available in said shop, and</p><p>c) would have been priced at something the PC felt was fair.</p><p></p><p>So in short we seem to be debating whether a player who suffers in silence should have access to a magic shop that may or may not have solved the problem they did not state they had.</p><p></p><p>If I'm incorrect about any of this, please do share.</p><p></p><p>As for the notion that 'a DM with unhappy players has failed', I'd have to qualify that a bit. 'A DM who IGNORES unhappy players has failed.' So long as you have noticed it, addressed it, and behaved generally like an adult, there's no room for accusations of 'failure' here. A DM's responsibility to maintain emotional states is pretty limited, I'd say. But conducting the table is definitely in scope. We can discuss where that line is drawn, but it's likely to vary a lot from DM to DM.</p><p></p><p>Quick edit to add: Not ignoring doesn't mean giving in to unreasonable demands, either. 'No' could well be the answer, as discussions typically go...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mcbobbo, post: 6413907, member: 6680581"] This is futile, I realize, but to bring some facts back to this conversation: 1) I can find no affirmative statement in this thread that OP discussed the matter with his or her DM. 2) Even if magic shops were available, there's significant reason to doubt that the item necessary... a) exists anywhere in the 5e rules, b) would have been available in said shop, and c) would have been priced at something the PC felt was fair. So in short we seem to be debating whether a player who suffers in silence should have access to a magic shop that may or may not have solved the problem they did not state they had. If I'm incorrect about any of this, please do share. As for the notion that 'a DM with unhappy players has failed', I'd have to qualify that a bit. 'A DM who IGNORES unhappy players has failed.' So long as you have noticed it, addressed it, and behaved generally like an adult, there's no room for accusations of 'failure' here. A DM's responsibility to maintain emotional states is pretty limited, I'd say. But conducting the table is definitely in scope. We can discuss where that line is drawn, but it's likely to vary a lot from DM to DM. Quick edit to add: Not ignoring doesn't mean giving in to unreasonable demands, either. 'No' could well be the answer, as discussions typically go... [/QUOTE]
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