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<blockquote data-quote="Crust" data-source="post: 3172457" data-attributes="member: 22330">Takyris,Based on your OP, I don't consider you a powergamer.&nbsp; Rogues should build toward improved feint and spring attack to be able to handle themselves in combat, and for a DM to hamstring the game like that, he's making your character ineffective.&nbsp; No flanking?&nbsp; I insist that my party rogue move/tumble in order to get that sneak or use improved feint every round in combat.&nbsp; Your DM, in fact, is the powergamer, as it's clear he wants to exert power over you and the others, augmenting the rules (rules he appears to be rather ignorant of) to suit his own desires.&nbsp; Very unsettling.&nbsp;&nbsp; :\ He's a poor DM in my opinion.&nbsp; I understand completely when you're forced to grit your teeth and sit through the ridiculousness for the good of the game.&nbsp; If he's all you've got, and you're having fun, good for you, but if I were a player, I'd voice the ridiculousness of his DMing, and I'd probably not play, as he doesn't seem like one to listen to relevant suggestions from an experienced player.&nbsp; And let me say that when a player of mine corrects me at the table, I stand corrected.&nbsp; I would never bristle, huff and puff, and berate the player for daring to question my DMing.&nbsp; If I did that, my players wouldn't play, and it would be my fault for literally embracing ignorance just because &quot;it's my game.&quot;&nbsp; No, speak your mind and let him know how you feel.Maybe you should be DMing.&nbsp; See how he responds to that, and you'll see whether it's about power or about a better game for everyone.&nbsp;&nbsp; <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&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crust, post: 3172457, member: 22330"] Takyris, Based on your OP, I don't consider you a powergamer. Rogues [I]should [/I] build toward improved feint and spring attack to be able to handle themselves in combat, and for a DM to hamstring the game like that, he's making your character ineffective. No flanking? I [I]insist [/I] that my party rogue move/tumble in order to get that sneak or use improved feint [I]every round [/I] in combat. Your DM, in fact, is the powergamer, as it's clear he wants to exert power over you and the others, augmenting the rules (rules he appears to be rather ignorant of) to suit his own desires. Very unsettling. :\ He's a poor DM in my opinion. I understand completely when you're forced to grit your teeth and sit through the ridiculousness for the good of the game. If he's all you've got, and you're having fun, good for you, but if I were a player, I'd voice the ridiculousness of his DMing, and I'd probably not play, as he doesn't seem like one to listen to relevant suggestions from an experienced player. And let me say that when a player of mine corrects me at the table, I stand corrected. I would never bristle, huff and puff, and berate the player for daring to question my DMing. If I did that, my players wouldn't play, and it would be my fault for literally embracing ignorance just because "it's my game." No, speak your mind and let him know how you feel. Maybe [I]you [/I] should be DMing. See how he responds to that, and you'll see whether it's about power or about a better game for everyone. ;) [/QUOTE]

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