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<blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 916345" data-attributes="member: 5890">First up - I think the guy seems like he's more trouble than he's worth. However it's not my opinion that matters, it's your own.Second up - you say that you've been lax about the armour restrictions in the past? This, to me, is a significant problem. It's the equivalent of suddenly changing the rules (even if you DID tell them at the start of the night).Why? Because I know for one that if the rules about donning and wearing armour were loose in a campaign, I'd probably not bother with contingencies. I'd make the assumption that, whenever it was needed, I'd be suited up, and I would base my strategies for the character around that fact.If you say at the beginning of the night &quot;I'm enforcing the armour restrictions tonight&quot;, I simply won't have the opportunity to put those contingencies in place. I'll be guaranteed to be caught unarmoured. I'll expect to perform far below par. I'll be very unwilling to break routine and go unarmoured.So - try not to change the rules (even if you're just tightening up on enforcement) without some significant lead-up time (at least a level's worth).Finally - although I disagree with your DMing style on this point, I wouldn't have addressed it in the way that he did. I would have had a polite chat, not the hissy fit you described. I'd do the same if I was at a dinner party and the food was terrible (if it was inedible swill, I'd probably bring it up during the meal).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Saeviomagy, post: 916345, member: 5890"] First up - I think the guy seems like he's more trouble than he's worth. However it's not my opinion that matters, it's your own. Second up - you say that you've been lax about the armour restrictions in the past? This, to me, is a significant problem. It's the equivalent of suddenly changing the rules (even if you DID tell them at the start of the night). Why? Because I know for one that if the rules about donning and wearing armour were loose in a campaign, I'd probably not bother with contingencies. I'd make the assumption that, whenever it was needed, I'd be suited up, and I would base my strategies for the character around that fact. If you say at the beginning of the night "I'm enforcing the armour restrictions tonight", I simply won't have the opportunity to put those contingencies in place. I'll be guaranteed to be caught unarmoured. I'll expect to perform far below par. I'll be very unwilling to break routine and go unarmoured. So - try not to change the rules (even if you're just tightening up on enforcement) without some significant lead-up time (at least a level's worth). Finally - although I disagree with your DMing style on this point, I wouldn't have addressed it in the way that he did. I would have had a polite chat, not the hissy fit you described. I'd do the same if I was at a dinner party and the food was terrible (if it was inedible swill, I'd probably bring it up during the meal). [/QUOTE]

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