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So the DM does not get to be apart of the collaborative story telling by designing the world that players are going to be doing all the collaborative storytelling in? And it his job to play and design adversaries for the PCs. What he should not be is adversarial to the players. DMs deserve to...

You do understand that the entire point of 5E it to allow the playstyle of the editions that came before? To allow groups to tailor the game to fit their prefrences and for some that does not mean elves, dwarves, humans and halflings. I ban races for flavor in a setting. Like I said I banned...

prosfilaes In my campaign which is a 3.5 we have dragonborn but not what came out in 4E but from Races of the Dragon so they are very different than 4E because they start out as a different race and go through a ritual to become dragonborn. As I said before dwarves are evil they are born that...

prosfilaes well you know if a DM wants to make a race a monster race that is their right to do so under rule 0. It maybe frustrating to you but that does not mean it is frustrating to everyone. The trick is finding groups that work with your playstyle. Who said anyone was a bad person? What I...

First of all I think I see the disconnect here. You seem to think we are saying no you can't question the DM. That the DM should never be willing to talk to his players over things. That is not what I am saying and I don't think it was what anyone else is saying either. What we are saying is...

transtemporal I agree that the DM needs to be clear about what he wants to run and the tone and what he is going to allow. When I ran my Vanderhelme campaign which is a homebrew I wrote up a one page history of the world. I explained to my players that there would be low divine magic because the...

There is another side of this as well though. While no player needs to be obligated to the DM the reverse is true too the DM is to put it rather bluntly not the players bitch. I have seen players do this, a DM comes and says I want to run a so and so campaign and these are my ideas. The players...

Playing with a partner can be tricky especially if they take advantage of that relationship to get what they want.

Of course they should talk. And a good DM takes his players into consideration when planning things but the opposite is true too a good player takes int consideration what his DM is trying to do. But I have seen players throw hissy fits because a DM does not allow a class or race. Even when the...

I play 3.5 and have since it came out and I was not burned out by the sheer amount of supplements nor was the other DMs in our group. One of my biggest peeves is how people think their game experience is the same as everyone else and that they speak for us all. I did get burned out by other...

In my games I give players a choice to either roll for stats or take a point buy. I also allow a roll for hit points or take half. So I could see giving a choice on what level they want to start with after death. My experience has been similar too that players who like their characters a lot...

If it was one time then yeah you shouldn't focus on it but when it is more than it can become an issue. But I noticed you are really anti DM and tend to blame DMs. Group consensus does not necessary mean something is right. The best way for a player who is always at odds with his DM and does...

To be honest for me Ward being Hydra made him so much more interesting he was so boring before. Watching how John Garrity broke him as a teen and then basically rebuilt him into what he became was to me a fascinating development. I felt bad for him and because of that I could buy a redemption...

To be honest for me Ward being Hydra made him so much more interesting he was so boring before.

Hussar I would like to have your players. Very few of mine actually contribute much to the world building, one most of the time has issues remembering what happened last session. I am lucky with a couple who are very motivated and communicate with me between sessions they write game journals...

I can see starting a brand new player at first level give them a chance to experience building a character from first level also it is easier for them than handing them a character sheet with so many options. I have been playing since 1E and I have found that I really dislike first level it is...

I agree that you need good rules. My point is the game is designed to work a certain way. A lot of effort went into balance things. I am not claiming they always get it right. So a newbie DM especially when the DM is also a fairly new player if they don't understand why rules are the way they...

Right now I am reading a mystery by Rhys Bowen Queen of Hearts. I am listening on audio to the Drizzt short story collection. Up next for reading is Cold Days by Jim Butcher.

I have played with a by the book RAW only DM and I ended up leaving the game because it felt like a straight jacket. He was not a new DM and as a player he was rules lawyer to the extreme. On the other hand I have played with DMs who didn't really understand the rules and why they were written...