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<blockquote data-quote="Yair" data-source="post: 1195496" data-attributes="member: 10913">In my experience, resolving such &quot;meta-game&quot; issues is the hardest thing about roleplaying. As it involves human-beings, there are no &quot;right&quot; answers, and all I can do is give you my own advice.It sounds to me like you are not having fun. That's the worst trap you call fall into - it is important that your players will have fun, but also that you will. I've seen more cases where players left due to meta-game issues with other players than for any other reason - this is the game-breaker.I too, as a DM, feel more constrained by the rules of d20. But it also allows me to whip out some concepts I otherwise wouldn't have, due to the wealth of books and templates. So I like it, overall.But it looks as though you don't, and are indeed &quot;sacrificing&quot; your fun for that of your players. That sounds like a receipe for disaster.I suggest you &quot;renegotiate&quot; the terms of your &quot;contract&quot; with your players. If they enjoy playing d20 so much, let them be in charge of the rules (perhaps that friend you talked of). Let him take on the manlte of &quot;rule-DM&quot;, and make all rule-dependant questions in the sessions.But, make it clear that you yourself will NOT be bound by the rules. What monster stats you use, rolls you make, and so on, just keep to yourself. And feel free to throw the complex d20 rules out the window, and create monsters on-the-fly (&quot;hmmm... let give him a high Will, say +15, and SR 25, and...&quot;).Essentially, make it clear that the rules are FOR THE PCS, and do NOT apply to you. This is not a standard way to play d20, but it will work if (and only if!) the players trust you. Make it clear that you are just feeling constrained and uncomfortable using the d20 rules, and refuse to abide by them.As for your campaign world... I am not sure why you chose to use the Great Wheel instead of your original ideas. To me, what I like the campaign to be always takes presedence, and I'm playing in FR... anyways, that's your choice to make, but if I were you I would slowly but surely reveal to the players that the cosmology is not the great wheel, even if they think it is, and return to some middle-ground. These are all just my suggestions, of course. They may not work for you, or with your players.I wish you happy gaming, regardless of how you choose to proceed,&nbsp;&nbsp; Yair</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yair, post: 1195496, member: 10913"] In my experience, resolving such "meta-game" issues is the hardest thing about roleplaying. As it involves human-beings, there are no "right" answers, and all I can do is give you my own advice. It sounds to me like you are not having fun. That's the worst trap you call fall into - it is important that your players will have fun, but also that you will. I've seen more cases where players left due to meta-game issues with other players than for any other reason - this is the game-breaker. I too, as a DM, feel more constrained by the rules of d20. But it also allows me to whip out some concepts I otherwise wouldn't have, due to the wealth of books and templates. So I like it, overall. But it looks as though you don't, and are indeed "sacrificing" your fun for that of your players. That sounds like a receipe for disaster. I suggest you "renegotiate" the terms of your "contract" with your players. If they enjoy playing d20 so much, let them be in charge of the rules (perhaps that friend you talked of). Let him take on the manlte of "rule-DM", and make all rule-dependant questions in the sessions. But, make it clear that you yourself will NOT be bound by the rules. What monster stats you use, rolls you make, and so on, just keep to yourself. And feel free to throw the complex d20 rules out the window, and create monsters on-the-fly ("hmmm... let give him a high Will, say +15, and SR 25, and..."). Essentially, make it clear that the rules are FOR THE PCS, and do NOT apply to you. This is not a standard way to play d20, but it will work if (and only if!) the players trust you. Make it clear that you are just feeling constrained and uncomfortable using the d20 rules, and refuse to abide by them. As for your campaign world... I am not sure why you chose to use the Great Wheel instead of your original ideas. To me, what I like the campaign to be always takes presedence, and I'm playing in FR... anyways, that's your choice to make, but if I were you I would slowly but surely reveal to the players that the cosmology is not the great wheel, even if they think it is, and return to some middle-ground. These are all just my suggestions, of course. They may not work for you, or with your players. I wish you happy gaming, regardless of how you choose to proceed, Yair [/QUOTE]

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