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<blockquote data-quote="Lhorgrim" data-source="post: 4576505" data-attributes="member: 12222">I sometimes sulk at the game table.This generally rears it's head when I'm making horrible rolls, but it's not the dice that get me sulky.&nbsp; I have had a DM that just could not let the dice be the deciding factor in a game.&nbsp; If my character failed on &quot;save or die&quot; I could deal with it, but my DM couldn't and he would fudge the consequences.&nbsp; The only way my character could fail/die was if it was in script.The best example was a 3.0 game we were playing.&nbsp; The DM rolls in front of the screen(even though he is really a story teller DM), and he rolls three natural 20s on attacks against my 1st level paladin.&nbsp; he then proceeds to confirm all three criticals with some excellent rolls.&nbsp; I have already started thinking about my next character, when the DM says &quot;they decided to grapple you instead of attack&quot;.&nbsp; I think I said something witty like &quot;you're kidding, right?&quot; and he got mad because I wasn't thankful that HE in his infinite benevolence had saved my character from certain death.I spent the rest of the session quietly rolling dice and announcing their results when it was my turn.&nbsp; The DM got cheesed and yelled at me to quit being childish and that he would just shut down the game if I wasn't going to play right(we are all in our early 30's at this time).&nbsp; I told him there was no need for me to be there if my decisions weren't going to affect the game's outcome anyway.&nbsp; That was the last day we played 3.0.&nbsp; The DM decided it was the system that had caused the rancor in our session and used that to ignore the personality issues between our styles.Since that time I have been very sensitive to DM fiat in my favor, and I tend to get sulky if it is obvious that the DM is using the kid gloves.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lhorgrim, post: 4576505, member: 12222"] I sometimes sulk at the game table. This generally rears it's head when I'm making horrible rolls, but it's not the dice that get me sulky. I have had a DM that just could not let the dice be the deciding factor in a game. If my character failed on "save or die" I could deal with it, but my DM couldn't and he would fudge the consequences. The only way my character could fail/die was if it was in script. The best example was a 3.0 game we were playing. The DM rolls in front of the screen(even though he is really a story teller DM), and he rolls three natural 20s on attacks against my 1st level paladin. he then proceeds to confirm all three criticals with some excellent rolls. I have already started thinking about my next character, when the DM says "they decided to grapple you instead of attack". I think I said something witty like "you're kidding, right?" and he got mad because I wasn't thankful that HE in his infinite benevolence had saved my character from certain death. I spent the rest of the session quietly rolling dice and announcing their results when it was my turn. The DM got cheesed and yelled at me to quit being childish and that he would just shut down the game if I wasn't going to play right(we are all in our early 30's at this time). I told him there was no need for me to be there if my decisions weren't going to affect the game's outcome anyway. That was the last day we played 3.0. The DM decided it was the system that had caused the rancor in our session and used that to ignore the personality issues between our styles. Since that time I have been very sensitive to DM fiat in my favor, and I tend to get sulky if it is obvious that the DM is using the kid gloves. [/QUOTE]

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