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<blockquote data-quote="TaranTheWanderer" data-source="post: 9377130" data-attributes="member: 15882">I moved to a new city and managed to find a group to play with.&nbsp; Over time, I noticed that my characters didn't jive well with the party.&nbsp; The group were power gamers who used multiple 3rd party books to make crazy characters - which isn't my style.&nbsp; But I knew the rules very well and could take a stock cleric (this was 3.5) and obliterate most combats.&nbsp; But then the DM would counter my strategies &quot;on the fly&quot;.&nbsp; Almost out of spite - which I didn't realize was happening at the time.I stayed with this group for 3 years playing various games (FATE, D&amp;D, Shadowrun etc...).&nbsp; Many games ended the same way:&nbsp; with me being very frustrated or angry.One night, I was driving home from the DMs house and I was fuming about something that had happened in the game.&nbsp; Then I had an epiphany:I don't play D&amp;D to be angry.The reason you play this game is to have fun.&nbsp; Don't do it just because it gives you your fix.&nbsp; That's an illusion:&nbsp; you won't get your fix if you aren't having fun.I quit that group and I was happier for it.&nbsp; Eventually I found a group that was better.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TaranTheWanderer, post: 9377130, member: 15882"] I moved to a new city and managed to find a group to play with. Over time, I noticed that my characters didn't jive well with the party. The group were power gamers who used multiple 3rd party books to make crazy characters - which isn't my style. But I knew the rules very well and could take a stock cleric (this was 3.5) and obliterate most combats. But then the DM would counter my strategies "on the fly". Almost out of spite - which I didn't realize was happening at the time. I stayed with this group for 3 years playing various games (FATE, D&D, Shadowrun etc...). Many games ended the same way: with me being very frustrated or angry. One night, I was driving home from the DMs house and I was fuming about something that had happened in the game. Then I had an epiphany: [I][B]I don't play D&D to be angry.[/B][/I] The reason you play this game is to have fun. Don't do it just because it gives you your fix. That's an illusion: you won't get your fix if you aren't having fun. I quit that group and I was happier for it. Eventually I found a group that was better. [/QUOTE]

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