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<blockquote data-quote="Corbert" data-source="post: 2870932" data-attributes="member: 27772"><p>I see some of these posts have morphed the thread into a bad game/bad DM thread. But thats OK, because I have one of those too <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>Been in a game where the DM plays favorites to one set of players over another set. Birthright campaign, and no one was to start out evil, one PC was, all of us were to be pure human, one PC was a 1/2 elf. After several weeks of playing where she (the GM) would take the select few (her words) into another room for roleplaying out situations we all were put into a social situation together. Naturally a fight breaks out and those of us who were not the select few find the select few were at least 3 levels above us. So much for my 3rd level mage against a 6th level fighter :\ </p><p></p><p>This same DM usually like to spring surprises on the players like being related to each other and/or the local pantheon. Sex between PCs and PCs or between PCs and NPCs was something she was a big fan of, no matter what your character wanted. She also was a big fan of railroading... "So the other player had Stoneskin cast on her, the snake bit her anyway, now deal with it."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Corbert, post: 2870932, member: 27772"] I see some of these posts have morphed the thread into a bad game/bad DM thread. But thats OK, because I have one of those too ;) Been in a game where the DM plays favorites to one set of players over another set. Birthright campaign, and no one was to start out evil, one PC was, all of us were to be pure human, one PC was a 1/2 elf. After several weeks of playing where she (the GM) would take the select few (her words) into another room for roleplaying out situations we all were put into a social situation together. Naturally a fight breaks out and those of us who were not the select few find the select few were at least 3 levels above us. So much for my 3rd level mage against a 6th level fighter :\ This same DM usually like to spring surprises on the players like being related to each other and/or the local pantheon. Sex between PCs and PCs or between PCs and NPCs was something she was a big fan of, no matter what your character wanted. She also was a big fan of railroading... "So the other player had Stoneskin cast on her, the snake bit her anyway, now deal with it." [/QUOTE]
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