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<blockquote data-quote="Arrgh! Mark!" data-source="post: 3458361" data-attributes="member: 14559">I play with my SO and do my very best to treat everyone equally. I once had a snippy comment from a player, however; he's one of the 'steal the show' types (More a DM than player. I've noticed most DM's are like this.), and was playing a 1920's copper in a Cthulu game. My SO was playing gentry and had taken the feat to represent that fact AND was a charisma oriented character. The new players first real game with me. Anyway, he leaps in and starts running the party; I haven't a problem with that so much, as thats the natural method of all groups. I do my best to allow each person to do their thing - the bookish types get the books and go looney, the snuff-addict Great War vet gets to relive his glory days, the players PC gets to investigate Clues and Solve Crimes, and the Lord gets to interact with other gentry (or commoners with superiority.)The moment the campaign (Tatters of the King) calls for situations investigating a series of rich, influential types the lord gets to shine. RP-wise, the policeman has to step back, and is treated like the working-class man he is when he attempts to interrupt. When its over and done, however, the player mentions how &quot;The GM's girlfriend gets to do all the fun stuff; she gets special attention.&quot;It was meant as a kind of joke, but unfortunately it greatly offended me - Who was doing twice as much work to let all the other players participate - at the time. The reason why I'm relating this isn't to denigrate the original posters story, which apears to me that he should get a new DM quick smart, but just as a side note; sometimes things can be assumed too easily.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arrgh! Mark!, post: 3458361, member: 14559"] I play with my SO and do my very best to treat everyone equally. I once had a snippy comment from a player, however; he's one of the 'steal the show' types (More a DM than player. I've noticed most DM's are like this.), and was playing a 1920's copper in a Cthulu game. My SO was playing gentry and had taken the feat to represent that fact AND was a charisma oriented character. The new players first real game with me. Anyway, he leaps in and starts running the party; I haven't a problem with that so much, as thats the natural method of all groups. I do my best to allow each person to do their thing - the bookish types get the books and go looney, the snuff-addict Great War vet gets to relive his glory days, the players PC gets to investigate Clues and Solve Crimes, and the Lord gets to interact with other gentry (or commoners with superiority.) The moment the campaign (Tatters of the King) calls for situations investigating a series of rich, influential types the lord gets to shine. RP-wise, the policeman has to step back, and is treated like the working-class man he is when he attempts to interrupt. When its over and done, however, the player mentions how "The GM's girlfriend gets to do all the fun stuff; she gets special attention." It was meant as a kind of joke, but unfortunately it greatly offended me - Who was doing twice as much work to let all the other players participate - at the time. The reason why I'm relating this isn't to denigrate the original posters story, which apears to me that he should get a new DM quick smart, but just as a side note; sometimes things can be assumed too easily. [/QUOTE]

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