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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 6714420" data-attributes="member: 6669384">More or less in order:  You approach a group by daylight, or if at night you announce yourself with, "Halloo the camp", or similar greeting.Yes, his tracking ability was convenient.  He could have said, "I was out her, looking for a lost family member, and spotted your shelter.", then let the coincidence of him finding us play out.His lies will be apparent the first time he goes in water, or when we see his bare arms.  Aventi (the old PC's race) have fins on their arms and legs that extend when they enter water.  They also have a distinctive skin color.  Aquatic humans have neither, so all this one takes is a simple Spot check.Other new PCs get introduced at appropriate times, organically as part of the story.  He didn't want to wait for that.  (We've met other groups as we travel, and are about to meet another.)  He was greeted as a suspicious stranger because he acted like one.  (You don't approach a group hiding behind a Darkness spell, if you're a friendly.)As for having a Will:  Our house rule is well known within the group, and has been abided by by every other player in the game.  PC gear goes to the grave or to the family.  It is never kept in the group.  Further, his (late) 10th level character had about 50% more wealth than level guidelines called for.  Giving all of that to his 8th level character, on top of the level-appropriate wealth the new character started with, would unbalance things to an insane degree.  As for the Air Elemental:  Darkvision?  Within a Darkness spell?  +11 stealth when flying with no cover, other than that same Darkness spell?  In D&D, that spell blocks Darkvision.  And you can't make a Hide check without something to hide behind, some sort of cover or concealment.  Hide in Plain Sight allows for a limited exception, but the Elemental doesn't have it.  Now, presuming that somehow it was able to see through the obscuring effect, all it could see would be the sandstone colored Tiny Hut spell thet he already spotted.  It's opaque from the outside, transparent from the inside.So, better question:  Why would he approach the camp at all, at night?  Why not wait until morning, when he can see, and when he and his Familiar can actually take advantage of cover if they need to?  In a Necropolis, night time is when you hide, dig a hole and pull it in after you.But you're right that I am a bit oversensitive regarding this player's behavior. As a Dm he piled on lots of loot so his character could be over-geared for the level. After the character's death he asked for his old character's gear for his new PC (2 levels lower) and was told no.  The exact reason was also explained.  Next he asked if he should start the new character with the same over-inflated wealth level as his old character had.  Again, he was told no, and we repeated that new characters come in with wealth appropriate to the level, according to the table in the DMG.  I followed these rules when I lost a character, the current DM followed these rules when he changed characters;  Hell, half the players in the game have lost or changed characters, and followed these rules.  He's watched it happen, over and over again.  But somehow they're unfair when it's his turn.He whined and argued via email, and was again told no.  He tried to have his character write a Will, after she was dead, and was again shut down.Then his new character comes in, as the old character's brother, and tries to claim the old character's wealth yet again.I don't know why anyone would get irritated at that.  Maybe you can fill me in.  Any insights?</blockquote>

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