Yeah, that was pretty harsh, and an overreaction. I think I had a flashback to one of my worst gaming experiences, but I make excuses. I appologize reveal.
I think I may have become a little jaded when it comes to gaming :) . As a player there needs to a certain level of trust that the DM...
If I was in your game, I would have packed up my books and never would play with you again. People play games to have fun, not to have someone judge us harshly for verbal mistakes. You should have enough sense to know that the player simply made a mistake in his word choice, and you decided to...
I think the biggest difference between the 3e and previous editions, beyond style and presentation, is philosophy behind the development of the game. 3e is meant to be a balanced, equal playing field game. Characters of the same level should be nearly equal in power. Previous editions didn't...