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<blockquote data-quote="Mort" data-source="post: 8562862" data-attributes="member: 762"><p>I will never understand this weird DM issue/power trip, but it sure does happen. </p><p></p><p>Was invited into an existing Deadlands HoE campaign. Emailed the DM for character generation specifics, type of game (high power, low power etc.) type of characters already present, any specific houserules/norms I needed to be mindful of? DM responded by saying it was a low key, low power campaign. I shouldn't have any kind of mystic background and none of the more "wahoo" stuff. Ok, great - made a tracking specialist bounty hunter who was decently handy with a gun. DM approved the character.</p><p></p><p>First session - I realize I am the ONLY character without a mystic background, some in the group have 2! Further, the DM had nerfed the gun rules (and ranged combat in general) and beefed up the melee stuff. So right off the bat, 2 HUGE things that the DM had completely mislead me on. </p><p></p><p>Session starts and it's a murder mystery type adventure. The killer had fled, and we were supposed to find him. Ok great, perfect intro for a tracking specialist. Except, when I try to track (and roll decently) all I could get was that the killer had used some kind of magical means to cover his trail and my "mundane" tracking ability can't overcome it - no matter how good the roll - so Ack! I tough it out for the session, and even come back for 1 more. But things got worse, not better. I sent a polite email saying I couldn't make further sessions, and that was that.</p><p></p><p>The final kicker? I found out that the adventure the DM was doing was a published one. So I picked it up out of curiosity. The whole, can't be tracked because the killer used magic to cover it up? Not in the adventure, the DM clearly put it in because he thought me being able to track the killer was "too easy" and might make things easy for the group. Really glad I left, especially after that!</p><p></p><p>Moral? DMs need to be honest with the group, especially new people who don't know what to expect. Lying to a new player, always a terrible start!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mort, post: 8562862, member: 762"] I will never understand this weird DM issue/power trip, but it sure does happen. Was invited into an existing Deadlands HoE campaign. Emailed the DM for character generation specifics, type of game (high power, low power etc.) type of characters already present, any specific houserules/norms I needed to be mindful of? DM responded by saying it was a low key, low power campaign. I shouldn't have any kind of mystic background and none of the more "wahoo" stuff. Ok, great - made a tracking specialist bounty hunter who was decently handy with a gun. DM approved the character. First session - I realize I am the ONLY character without a mystic background, some in the group have 2! Further, the DM had nerfed the gun rules (and ranged combat in general) and beefed up the melee stuff. So right off the bat, 2 HUGE things that the DM had completely mislead me on. Session starts and it's a murder mystery type adventure. The killer had fled, and we were supposed to find him. Ok great, perfect intro for a tracking specialist. Except, when I try to track (and roll decently) all I could get was that the killer had used some kind of magical means to cover his trail and my "mundane" tracking ability can't overcome it - no matter how good the roll - so Ack! I tough it out for the session, and even come back for 1 more. But things got worse, not better. I sent a polite email saying I couldn't make further sessions, and that was that. The final kicker? I found out that the adventure the DM was doing was a published one. So I picked it up out of curiosity. The whole, can't be tracked because the killer used magic to cover it up? Not in the adventure, the DM clearly put it in because he thought me being able to track the killer was "too easy" and might make things easy for the group. Really glad I left, especially after that! Moral? DMs need to be honest with the group, especially new people who don't know what to expect. Lying to a new player, always a terrible start! [/QUOTE]
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