Critical Role Story, rails, and running games

[Umbran]

some days I want to just fly over and pop the ring down and kill the BBEG
some days I want to travel log across the whole continent
somedays I just want to do highlights of a few things AS we fast travel over the continent.

So, what you are saying is that players are fickle, and difficult to please?

 

[GMforPowergamers]

So, what you are saying is that players are fickle, and difficult to please?

yes... 100% this.
Sometimes you are in a bad mood cause your boss was a jerk today. Sometimes you are tired. Sometimes you are super happy cause you long term SO agreed to marry you. Sometimes you just want an excuse to choose violence.

 

[Umbran]

yes... 100% this.
Sometimes you are in a bad mood cause your boss was a jerk today. Sometimes you are tired. Sometimes you are super happy cause you long term SO agreed to marry you. Sometimes you just want an excuse to choose violence.

Yeah, I get that.

But, you know, there's a half-dozen other people at that table, and they didn't all have their SOs say yes at the same time. The GM, at best, has to work a compromise. The burden of getting the benefits of playing with other people is... that you have to play with other people.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Yeah, I get that.

But, you know, there's a half-dozen other people at that table, and they didn't all have their SOs say yes at the same time. The GM, at best, has to work a compromise. The burden of getting the benefits of playing with other people is... that you have to play with other people.

yup the REALLY hard part is when someone has a bad day and someone else is half asleep and the other player is on cloud 9... just got to makke it work.

I love playing with others... I hate playing with others.

 

[iserith]

We have an agreement in our group that, if you don't feel like you can bring your A-Game, it's okay not to claim a seat. Someone else will take the spot. Show up energized and ready to contribute or take a week off.

 

[overgeeked]

I love playing with others... I hate playing with others.

The worst part about WoW is that it's an MMO.

We have an agreement in our group that, if you don't feel like you can bring your A-Game, it's okay not to claim a seat. Someone else will take the spot. Show up energized and ready to contribute or take a week off.

My long-time AD&D group is basically the opposite. It's a game. It's meant to be relaxing. It's not a job, it's a hobby. We play to hang out with each other. Maybe that's why we've been playing togehter for the better part of 38 years.

 

[iserith]

The worst part about WoW is that it's an MMO.

My long-time AD&D group is basically the opposite. It's a game. It's meant to be relaxing. It's not a job, it's a hobby. We play to hang out with each other. Maybe that's why we've been playing togehter for the better part of 38 years.

I don't want people feeling obligated to show up if they aren't feeling up to it. Better to beg off in my view than potentially drag the game down for others. We've set up our gaming circle to allow for people to come and go with little risk of having to cancel the session, so it's totally fine for someone to skip a week if they need to.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

We have an agreement in our group that, if you don't feel like you can bring your A-Game, it's okay not to claim a seat. Someone else will take the spot. Show up energized and ready to contribute or take a week off.

we don't ask our friends to go home to be replaced just cause they had a bad day

 

[GMforPowergamers]

I don't want people feeling obligated to show up if they aren't feeling up to it. Better to beg off in my view than potentially drag the game down for others. We've set up our gaming circle to allow for people to come and go with little risk of having to cancel the session, so it's totally fine for someone to skip a week if they need to.

if you need to take a week off we wouldn't force someone to show up... but i cant imagines omeone having a badday would make them NOT want to relax with there friends often

 

[HaroldTheHobbit]

My players are not water. You know the old wooden toy where you try to guide a ball through a labyrinth with holes in the paths? Well, my players are the ball.