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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 6788763" data-attributes="member: 9037">I have been wondering this myself. I have known him for about 10 years. He is a friend of my son and I got to know him through my son. He is a little older than my son around 40. My son mentioned tonight to me that most of the group he used to hang with are avoiding him because he has been so volatile lately about things. He got into a nasty fight over dinner a few weeks ago over a different political opinion. He says everything is okay when asked. The thing is he has always liked quirky sort of lame duck style characters so it is hard for me to see if this is just the same ole same ole (though he has never played one like this) and if there is something else going on.In our group I am the peace keeper, arm chair therapist, negotiator, fixer everyone comes to me first with game issues and I have been getting it from all sides including my roommate who is the DM. I like this guy in real life he has been a loyal friend to my son and to me as well. I know he is sensitive and suffers from a mild form of Asperger coupled with a very high IQ. So I don't want to boot him out of the game I don't think anyone really does when we are not playing. I want everyone to have fun at the table even if if it is something I don't understand. I still don't get what someone would get out of playing a character that can't do anything. I thought if I could understand what he got out of it I could find away to help him have his quirky lame duck and we could have someone who is not driving us completely nuts. Normally I am really good about coming up with ways to fix these kind of issues. But I am at a loss to even tell DM how to fix this in game.</blockquote>

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