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Agreed, and I haven't personally run into anything that's managed to take my enjoyment of the game aside from the actions and attitudes of other players or a DM. Heck I've even played a ranged rogue before, which was one of the specific examples given earlier of a "trap". It was quite fun as I...

Continuing the "splode" train of thought... 14) I want to buuuuuuuuuuuurn things.

It's what both he and I ended up doing actually. I basically spent the rest of the fight standing around doing nothing (i.e. attempting to throw rocks and missing) though, which means were it not for this topic this would be just another boring fight that I would have never remembered. "Pick up...

Which is why I created this topic in the first place, to see if it was feasible. As it turns out, (unless my DM is going to rule things his own way) it isn't and I'm more likely to hurt myself than the enemy. Because of that I chose not to try it. That was my initial thought-process, yes. ^_^...

I didn't say anyone was trying to force me. I said that I was a bit upset that suggestion came in so quickly and took over so much of the conversation. I didn't want the obvious answer. Obvious answers are obvious enough that I could have thought of them myself if I wanted to go with something...

Empty rooms can also be a tool provided to the players. In an early campaign of mine I remember that we shoved one enemy into the empty bathroom and barricaded it inside in lieu of actually fighting it.

My homebrewed setting has a giant tower that's actually a magic item a god once used in battle with a powerful devil. He basically beat the devil and then rammed the tower into the ground straight through to the setting's equivalent of hell. The tower staked right through the demon and has been...

I was happy to receive answers to my actual question, even if they said it's really not feasible, but as that was the case I wanted to make sure there really was no way. I asked why (for example) it would hurt more if the barbarian missed his throw because I really couldn't see why. Gamerprinter...

126) Roulette: Whenever this sword is used to attack any creature (before rolling to attack) its target changes to a randomly selected enemy or ally within 30 ft, and an attack is made against that target even if it is not adjacent to the attacker. The attack roll cannot be cancelled after it...

It sounds like he's probably well-suited to his own group of experienced players, and is a good DM to them. But it also sounds like he lacks patience, is (as you said) nitpicky, and might be a bit of a jerk. The second DM I ever had could be described like that too. Great guy, good DM, bad with...

No problem ^_^ He actually has his weapon proficiency coming from a racial trait though. His first feat went towards Point-Blank Shot. Meh, I don't insist. It just seemed like a fun idea is all. Our bard is doing fine shooting... Whatever it is (just realized that we haven't actually figured...

5. Social interaction (I've been in plenty of groups where the game first and foremost been a reason for friends to get together for an evening)

She is (in terms of game mechanics) proficient with them, but has never used them. I would assume it's just a natural talent as a ranger that she doesn't know she's got yet. So I should just forget all her backstory and give her a bow because that's the smartest move to make and the rules...

...What you quoted doesn't connect to the argument you're making. In that particular post you quoted I didn't actually say anything about which weapon she's better with, I said that the ones she's actually been using are her two melee weapons. "Rules-wise" or not, the fact that she hasn't used...

Yes and no in answer to "when you play D&D are you creating art?". When I DM I always make my own stories, settings, NPCs, etc. So in that sense definitely, I'm telling a story. When I'm a player it depends on the DM I think. They're creating their story, so usually no, I'm not creating art...

Who said I'm expecting that? I said that's what my character is used to fighting against. Before now she hasn't been fighting anything that she couldn't deal with up close. I'm aware that she'd be better off if I stuck her with a backup ranged weapon, but at the moment it would make no sense in...

Yeah it works like that here too, but we're still far-removed enough that they can't get the books in very quick when you ask for them. By the time one arrives I've moved on to doing something else.

Hmm, I wonder if we're going to be seeing some Belkar vs. Zz'dtri?

I know you don't need proficiency, but I see no reason from the point of view of my character to carry around a weapon that she's no good with "just in case" I run into a type of enemy outside her normal specialization as a ranger. If we ran into several flying enemy encounters and she bought a...

124) The Eel: This blade can reform on the owner's command into a metal eel attached to a hilt. It deals bludgeoning instead of slashing damage and may be used similar to a whip, granting the same bonus a whip would grant to trip attempts (it does not gain additional reach however). Changing...