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Message: <blockquote data-quote="akbearfoot" data-source="post: 4617884" data-attributes="member: 33560">You said you prefer a different style of play to being critical of each other, but then a few sentences later call someone a bad player?  I think a few posts up you used the term 'idiocy'.  Did I lose the plot?Also, you said the other players are fairly 'militant' and that they are always critical of each other...So in other words, they basically have no sympathy for this other player.  Why would they then object to your ruling that probably amused them more than anything since they got to see this player get pissed off.  I guess IMO with this atmosphere you've described, I don't really see 'The other players said it was ok' as remotely close to a valid deciding factor.  I mean heck, who doesn't think its funny when a player they don't really like gets screwed over in game?Your ruling did nothing to solve any of your real problems...your ruling won't discourage his meta-gaming, in fact it might just make it worse.  And it probably ruined the players mood for the rest of the encounter, maybe even session...from your description of his attitude he might STILL be pissed about it.  If he casts his area effect spells at the obviously agile enemies, and his fort save spells at the obvious tanks, then that suggests he genuinely does not understand some of the mechanics of his spells.  It doesn't make him an idiot.  It might only mean he has been playing D&D for 15 years and has 4 different versions of half his spells in his head.</blockquote>

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