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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PoppaGunch" data-source="post: 2115676" data-attributes="member: 14540">I have found that a little playful ribbing for a newb DM is ok, going to the extreme you explained would not be my style.  Personally I would like to try to get a new DM to enjoy the experience, and learn to develop their style.  Also it take a while for new DMs to get a feel for their games.  Being told my style sucks and my players ganging up on me wouldn't exactly make me want to run any more games.If someone played a difficult character, that kept me on my toes, that one thing, but to have character just playing outside of the norm (such as severing the head of every NPC that came along) would be unacceptable.  A newb DM might give up, and you wouldn't have the pleasure of seeing if they could become a wonderful DM.I doubt that your first time as a DM was a wonderful experience for your players.  You were still learning the rules, and having to make referee style descision.  You had to keep track of everything now, instead of just one PC.THough I doubt this is the answer you were looking for.  Honestly if my players simply starting killing everything in site there would be serious repercussions in the game world, and they would be rolling up new characters really frigging quick.  But I have been doing this for several decades.My advice, be a little bit nicer.  I am not saying don't tell the DM what you think they can improve, I just think you might want to be a bit nicer.  I have seen things like that end entire friendsships.</blockquote>

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