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Yup, that's what I do when I play a spellcaster. :) I also try to cut spellcasters a bit of slack when I DM of course, for precisely that reason. In those situations, I always find it helps to say things like, "Oh hell, there I am getting ready to Lightning Bolt and now *you* [other player]...

[Pallas's account, by Pallas's player: ] We slept at Noyor Nin. The next morning, Zana was gone. Katrin had talked to her. She said Zana “needed a break”. I didn’t know what that meant. A break from what? The woman nearly lost it last night, almost attacking Apari. She had screamed...

Still tearful with laughter: What a story! I, too, agree - and I am a female DM! :p You want to apologise? Why? You Americans are, um. interesting. :D As other posters have pointed out, it sounds as if leaving her game was the only other way open to you, whether by openly leaving the...

Sorry JesterPoet, but I'm with Umbran and fafhrd here. Your being passive-aggressive towards the two players who haven't volunteeered to DM isn't a good sign. To be honest, the fact that the one player who let herself be talked into running a game for you isn't prepared to do so anymore is a...

:cool: Agreed, on all counts. I kept thinking back to that thread as I read through the posts above. That situation is in a different world from what this situation sounds like from JesterPoet's posts. I'm one of randomling's DMs and now players. She's run a brilliantly fun first session and...

Nice bribe. :D

A minute or two to decide on an action in combat? And that's for the players who are _not_ slow?! :confused: I suspect you are giving people far too much time to linger over decisions, so the other players tend to fade out until it's their turn - and only then scramble to try and come up...

Hm, speaking as a DM: I like it when players thank me after a game. I like to hear players say they had fun in a session, and what in particular they enjoyed. I also find feedback in general important, so if something seriously isn't working for a player I want to hear about it (that last...

Personally I've tended to recruit players from among my circle of friends. This brings in people my own age or at least on a similar wavelength with me, plus it's great fun to seduce newbies into the hobby! :cool: Also once you have found a few players of your dream age, you might consider...

Ah, here is the root of your problem. :) A PC created at 20th level is bound to be a great deal more streamlined than one played up from low levels - in character build as well as for items. In the future, I suggest limiting a new PC at these levels to 1/3 standard wealth to start with, and...

Hi DragonLancer - After six pages of discussion, I'm still not sure what it is you are after. :) Are you seeking advice on whether it will be ok to ditch your player? If so, yup, definitely. If he can't or won't play the style that you and your group enjoy and thereby seriously detracts...

My gaming group in Germany ranged from age 20 to age 56, with me (then 37) in the middle. In my current group in London I (now 39) am at the older end of the spectrum of between early 20s and early 40s.

Dead paladin (male) was 3.0-reincarnated as a dryad by the party druid. While busy giving his belongings away to the other PCs, he was killed from behind by his old friend the greatsword-wielding half-orc barbarian, who'd decided all by himself that surely the paladin wouldn't want to live on...

Aos died twice. Helm died in his first session. Fjorent died but was raised and is still in play. Still doesn't look like a complete list to me ... :)

Five PC deaths so far in my biweekly Midnight game, which I've been running since January of this year.

Hm, let me see. I play with / DM for randomling, S'mon, and Tallarn, and I've met a couple more posters and some lurkers. :cool:

Good point. I'll usually have NPC enemies move on to deal with the remaining threats after downing a foe, but that doesn't apply to foes identified as the major threat of the group. Predator types IMC will usually stop to feed (further attacks that round or CDG next round) once they take...

Um, oh, ok. :) I'm also posting the complete current Cast list below. --- The Cast Jez's Band Zana Than, Butt-Kickin' Sarcosan Warrior Princess, Erenlander Ftr6 (played by S'mon) Keeran, Erethor hunter and courier, Tane's brother, Erenlander Rog2/Ftr2 (played by Tallarn) Apari...

Cleansing Fires It is late summer of the year 318 S.A. After the disastrous Battle of Pelthurin, at which all five Sarcosan generals were assassinated by Elven magic, the Sarcosans have had no choice but to make peace with the Elves. Finally, the war against the long-eared forest fey is over...

Creative anxiety, yup. Always have. I used to run a game on Saturdays, which allowed me to take most of the afternoon before the session to quieten down and focus on what I was going to present and in what possible ways, depending on what players were going to do. Nowadays I run a weekday...