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It depends on the group. My group has no problem with this, and I have played with groups who would get irked if I acted upon something my character hasn't been told by them. I wouldn't call it selfish at all.

For me it is not a case of not enjoying it. It's a case of my character isn't involved. The other character is somewhere I am not so I can't weigh in nor do I know what is happening. I don't want to know. I want that character to tell me when we get back together IC. It's also not an attention...

I prefer the Adventure Path format as both player and DM.

I do on occasion (when playing) play with phone (checking emails and such), stack/roll dice...etc, but it's not because I'm bored. When my character isn't involved in a scene for whatever reason I have a need to fidget. I can't just sit there. When I'm DMing it doesn't bother me as I know that...

My suggestion is to talk to the guy. Explain that you think he's a good player but you and the group he is joining are not prepared to change how they play their game to accomodate him. He needs to adapt otherwise it's not going to work. If he choses then not to play then fine.

Since XP isn't really nessecary in Pathfinder we don't keep track of it. The party levels when I say they do. Usually every two to three completed scenarios. Under 3.5 we ditched the crit confirmation roll except on opponents that were larger in size category than you. I had wanted to ditch the...

It is but it is also an expanded upon and argueably better version of the 3.5 rules system.

I second using Age of Worms. AoW was probably the best published campaign I've ever run.

I've only ever had one female DM and that was at a con in the early 90's. But it doesn't matter to me so long as they run a good game.

As a DM I feel that some restrictions are nessecary. The DM has to be happy with the game not just the players. Thankfully my players are happy to play and enjoy a game whether I impose anything or not. Most of the time I block aspects such as race and prestige classes because they don't fit...

If D&D didn't exist then I doubt I would be a gamer now as it was hearing about D&D many years before I ever found the game that got me into it.

Pathfinder, and quite happy, thank you.

Since you no longer lose XP for things like making magic items or high level spells I know just let the group level when I feel it is relevant and suitable, usually every 4 or 5 sessions. I like levels to last a while and a slower advancement.

I'm not trying to tell you how to play your game. It is just that in my 25 years of GMing I have never known players to like this style of play. That includes the various players I have had or players I have joined when travelling and meeting new folks. If your players like it, and by sounds of...

My books either go on shelves or in those cheap plastic storage cases.

The only problem I really see here is the old arrest/capture/detain the PC idea. This never works. Players will never allow an NPC to capture them and give up their freedom, even if they know that things will probably work out fine. Players just cannot let go of that control. It's why the...

Sweet! I look forward to it. :)

Interesting. Thanks. I'm pondering picking it up even if it's just for the collection.

Exactly. One of my favourite Lovecraft quotes covers this quite nicely. There are not many persons who know what wonders are opened to them in the stories and visions of their youth; for when as children we listen and dream, we think but half-formed thoughts, and when as men we try to remember...

Thank you. I'm guessing we were just tired at the end of the evening and being dull with a situation that we haven't encountered before. At least we got that resolved. Thanks for your help.