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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 4886470" data-attributes="member: 18182">Stormy, you're getting an awful lot of grief in this thread, some from (IMO) folks using the same &quot;tactics&quot; as they claim you are . . .You speak my language and we come from the same D&amp;D planet.I've been playing since the 80s and have very little nostalgia for &quot;old school&quot;, well DMed or not.&nbsp; I agree that the latest two editions of the game do a better job at pushing roleplaying than earlier editions . . . although that's not to say that older editions didn't encourage roleplaying . . . I do fondly remember the scads of books from 2nd Edition that sparked my imagination.Knocking &quot;old school&quot; is tough, as different folks define it different ways and it (obviously) touches a lot of buttons.&nbsp; And, as has been pointed out by others in the thread, there is a huge difference between the &quot;old school&quot; style and plain bad DMing.Regarding the OP, we only have his side of the story to go on, but if we take him at face value . . . I'd talk to the DM, my friend, and try to have a conversation about why I'm annoyed with the game.&nbsp; If that didn't work, I'd probably bail.&nbsp; Life's too short for bad D&amp;D games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 4886470, member: 18182"] Stormy, you're getting an awful lot of grief in this thread, some from (IMO) folks using the same "tactics" as they claim you are . . . You speak my language and we come from the same D&D planet. I've been playing since the 80s and have very little nostalgia for "old school", well DMed or not. I agree that the latest two editions of the game do a better job at pushing roleplaying than earlier editions . . . although that's not to say that older editions didn't encourage roleplaying . . . I do fondly remember the scads of books from 2nd Edition that sparked my imagination. Knocking "old school" is tough, as different folks define it different ways and it (obviously) touches a lot of buttons. And, as has been pointed out by others in the thread, there is a huge difference between the "old school" style and plain bad DMing. Regarding the OP, we only have his side of the story to go on, but if we take him at face value . . . I'd talk to the DM, my friend, and try to have a conversation about why I'm annoyed with the game. If that didn't work, I'd probably bail. Life's too short for bad D&D games. [/QUOTE]

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