After years of gaming...

[I'm A Banana]

Taking a break is almost never a bad thing.

Maybe you'd like to run a game next time?

 

[Ridley's Cohort]

These things happen. Take a break. I would suggest trying a different genre of RPG or a very different style campaign. After a bad experience, it can be helpful to rattle your own expectations.

I am not suggesting any of this is your fault. But often what makes a legitimately frustrating situation into one that causes sleep loss is expectations that are too high or too specific. Trying other genres can help one get a new viewpoint into one's own expectations.

 

[ShinHakkaider]

I think there should be a Rule 0 Subclause A: The DM might always have the final say, but he also has the responsibility to be fair & considerate.

Now see, I thought common sense decreed that everything after the comma in your statement was implied. I guess not tho' according to a few of the horror stories that I've read here and on other forums. Pity...

 

[Doctor DM]

The Game Is About The Players!

 

[lazarus1020]

That stinks man, I have been a DM for almost 10 years and I cannot remember a time when I just said no in a jerk manner. I have had a few times when I was forced to tell a party member no but I would always explain the reasoning. In circumstances such as that I would even let the player change his action. Personally I agree with you interpretation of the rules and can only think he is pissed over you outsmarting him. I have played theives many times and never has the idea of stealing from a fellow party member seem like a good.

Take some time off, I have done it before and it actually can give you a fresh perspective when you go back. Good Luck

 

[Treebore]

Yeah, quite the DM, not the hobby.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The Game Is About The Players!

The game is about all those playing.

 

[Wik]

The game is about all those playing.

I thought it was about the money, drugs, and the women?

 

[I'm A Banana]

I thought it was about the money, drugs, and the women?

Not for everyone, Wik. Just for us rock stars. So many others labor under other jobs, mountain dew, and cat piss men.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Not for everyone, Wik. Just for us rock stars.

Don't you mean vrock stars?

So many others labor under other jobs, mountain dew, and cat piss men.

Cat Piss Men? Today's super heroes really aren't what they were back in the day.