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<blockquote data-quote="Humanaut" data-source="post: 4577952" data-attributes="member: 49498">Hello,&nbsp; I'm Humanaut, and I'm a problem gamer.&nbsp;I DM 95% of the time now, so when I get in to play I suffer from various maladies:&nbsp;I try and min/max the party and my PC.&nbsp; Then can get frustrated if others choose sub-optimal tactics or PC builds... because obviously I must try and compensate for that! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp;The two others who'll DM will either look to me for a rule clarification, or I'll call a rule even if it hurts us... &quot;we don't want to CHEAT right?&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;To mitigate I try try to just roll with my PC, whatever it is, not use &quot;DM knowledge&quot; of monsters and let people do what they want... or try to suggest helpful things in a non-comanding manner.&nbsp; (But dang, when the nubie doesn't have his rogue flank/ sneak attack... ah!!)&nbsp;Also when questions come up I try to be sure that rule callings are that of the DM... it's THEIR world.&nbsp; Gotta relax.&nbsp;btw ExploderWizard:&nbsp;&nbsp; that Dragon article on quasi-alignments... that was us!&nbsp; Dr.#124 Aug '87&nbsp; ha ha!&nbsp; We were 16 at the time and our DM (Rich, the author) used our antics for his article.&nbsp; I would have the dubious distinction of being the Dragon Insulter example of Chaotic Stupid.&nbsp; My halfing thief was quite the instigator.&nbsp; I had to read it again this morning and chuckle.&nbsp; We did all those examples and more.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Humanaut, post: 4577952, member: 49498"] Hello, I'm Humanaut, and I'm a problem gamer. I DM 95% of the time now, so when I get in to play I suffer from various maladies: I try and min/max the party and my PC. Then can get frustrated if others choose sub-optimal tactics or PC builds... because obviously I must try and compensate for that! ;) The two others who'll DM will either look to me for a rule clarification, or I'll call a rule even if it hurts us... "we don't want to CHEAT right?" To mitigate I try try to just roll with my PC, whatever it is, not use "DM knowledge" of monsters and let people do what they want... or try to suggest helpful things in a non-comanding manner. (But dang, when the nubie doesn't have his rogue flank/ sneak attack... ah!!) Also when questions come up I try to be sure that rule callings are that of the DM... it's THEIR world. Gotta relax. btw ExploderWizard: that Dragon article on quasi-alignments... that was us! Dr.#124 Aug '87 ha ha! We were 16 at the time and our DM (Rich, the author) used our antics for his article. I would have the dubious distinction of being the Dragon Insulter example of Chaotic Stupid. My halfing thief was quite the instigator. I had to read it again this morning and chuckle. We did all those examples and more. :p [/QUOTE]

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