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DM's word is final... and illogical?
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<blockquote data-quote="Zesty Gordita" data-source="post: 5476923" data-attributes="member: 6668121"><p>I suppose I should clear some things up...</p><p></p><p>1. My character is a Dragon Shaman (Gold).</p><p></p><p>2. I was told by the DM to make my background somewhat vague so that he could fit it in with the main plot. He told me my character had no memories from his childhood and so I could only write about what happened after that. And even then I was told that I was trained by a Dragon Shaman (Gold) in a cave.</p><p></p><p>3. He is using practically every D&D 3.5 supplement and book in his campaign, including Races of the Dragon, Draconomicon, and Dragon Magic.</p><p></p><p>4. During the campaign when I reached... about level 4 or 5, when we reached the end of an adventure, the Black Dragon at the end of the castle thing turned out to be my father, then after about a minute or 2, he got stabbed and died (while in a human form).</p><p></p><p>5. The DM then told me to add to my races that I was part Black Dragon (my father) and part Bronze Dragon (my mother). Both he told me (OOC) were Half-dragons. Which means that somehow my father could polymorph into a Black Dragon. Now that I think about it, he only ever said that my mother was a Half-dragon... meaning that my father could have been a full Black Dragon. In either case, I'm still confused... how did he die from a single attack? I suppose if it was a crit and the weapon was vorpal... but even then he said a sword stabbed through his throat and he died... oh well.</p><p></p><p>6. Later on, in the middle of a big forest, I found a crystal ball and a note, which later revealed to me that I was one of the Gold Dragon's pieces in that Dragon game thing.</p><p></p><p>7. I asked the DM if I get any bonuses from my dragon bloodlines, he replied "Maybe."</p><p></p><p>8. I had to take the Dragontouched feat to get some breath weapon abilities, so if I get either of those templates, I should get that feat back.</p><p></p><p>9. I want straight answers from him because I don't even know who my character is anymore.</p><p></p><p>10. We are using bits and pieces of a homebrew Dragon Shaman class: (www) .giantitp. (com) /forums/showthread.php?t=147604</p><p></p><p>11. DMs can indeed make mistakes, like ruling that my auras don't affect unconscious characters, even when it clearly states that they are only ineffective when I'M unconscious. And causing me to get useless feats when he knows that I shouldn't need to take them. And afflicting my character with two template-causing diseases which cannot stack. And the list goes on and on...</p><p></p><p>12. I just want some proof to take to my DM, so that he'll give me a straight answer or tell me to eff off, which I will then respond with, depending on the straight answer, kill off my character and make a new less confusing one, rejoice and stop "annoying" my DM, or just quit the campaign.</p><p></p><p>13. If I missed anything or something else needs to still be cleared up, please tell me. And don't misunderstand, I'm not trying to undermine my DM and make him out to seem like an idiot, nor am I saying that all DMs are stupid and have god complexes (though some do). I just wanna know what the hell kind of character I'm playing...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zesty Gordita, post: 5476923, member: 6668121"] I suppose I should clear some things up... 1. My character is a Dragon Shaman (Gold). 2. I was told by the DM to make my background somewhat vague so that he could fit it in with the main plot. He told me my character had no memories from his childhood and so I could only write about what happened after that. And even then I was told that I was trained by a Dragon Shaman (Gold) in a cave. 3. He is using practically every D&D 3.5 supplement and book in his campaign, including Races of the Dragon, Draconomicon, and Dragon Magic. 4. During the campaign when I reached... about level 4 or 5, when we reached the end of an adventure, the Black Dragon at the end of the castle thing turned out to be my father, then after about a minute or 2, he got stabbed and died (while in a human form). 5. The DM then told me to add to my races that I was part Black Dragon (my father) and part Bronze Dragon (my mother). Both he told me (OOC) were Half-dragons. Which means that somehow my father could polymorph into a Black Dragon. Now that I think about it, he only ever said that my mother was a Half-dragon... meaning that my father could have been a full Black Dragon. In either case, I'm still confused... how did he die from a single attack? I suppose if it was a crit and the weapon was vorpal... but even then he said a sword stabbed through his throat and he died... oh well. 6. Later on, in the middle of a big forest, I found a crystal ball and a note, which later revealed to me that I was one of the Gold Dragon's pieces in that Dragon game thing. 7. I asked the DM if I get any bonuses from my dragon bloodlines, he replied "Maybe." 8. I had to take the Dragontouched feat to get some breath weapon abilities, so if I get either of those templates, I should get that feat back. 9. I want straight answers from him because I don't even know who my character is anymore. 10. We are using bits and pieces of a homebrew Dragon Shaman class: (www) .giantitp. (com) /forums/showthread.php?t=147604 11. DMs can indeed make mistakes, like ruling that my auras don't affect unconscious characters, even when it clearly states that they are only ineffective when I'M unconscious. And causing me to get useless feats when he knows that I shouldn't need to take them. And afflicting my character with two template-causing diseases which cannot stack. And the list goes on and on... 12. I just want some proof to take to my DM, so that he'll give me a straight answer or tell me to eff off, which I will then respond with, depending on the straight answer, kill off my character and make a new less confusing one, rejoice and stop "annoying" my DM, or just quit the campaign. 13. If I missed anything or something else needs to still be cleared up, please tell me. And don't misunderstand, I'm not trying to undermine my DM and make him out to seem like an idiot, nor am I saying that all DMs are stupid and have god complexes (though some do). I just wanna know what the hell kind of character I'm playing... [/QUOTE]
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