Do you DM like this?

BiggusGeekus

That's Latin for "cool"
Well, do ya, punk?


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I had a DM who tried to shame us into paying closer attention.

"Come on, guys! This is easy! A moron can figure this one out!"

To which we'd go "Huh? What did you say? Are we still playing?"
 
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As my girlfriend is the biggest offender when it comes to not paying attention, I probably shouldn't; unless I want to be sleeping on the couch for a long time.
 

There's one of my players who's really disturbed by the mannerisms I ascribe to sesheyan NPCs. Whenever the game's off-track, I usually just tilt my head at him that way and his screams get the other players to pay attention.

I hope that, if someone dies in Star*Drive, their replacement character is a sesheyan. That would amuse me greatly.
 

Nah; I just let them do as they wish. Regular encounters, traps, assassination attepts, etc etc etc never get the player characters killed. It is always the detail missed during "doodle sessions" that get them killed.

Dungeon Master: just as anticipated...you find the shrine to be populated by the legion of goblins and.....

Master of the Dunce Cap: Charge! Taste my blades of whirling death! I shall have my revenge upon you all!

the remaining players are stunned by the act of stupidity and scramble to think about how to save the shortsighted warrior

DM: ...and as you begin to wade into the mass of smelly and foul beasts, you catch sight of one in the center; slightly taller than a human, he spreads bat-like wings and shows you a mouthful of teeth dripping with venom.

Dunce-Cap-Boy: (out of character) Oh my God....nobody said anything about their master ALREADY being summoned!! to the other players... Did you guys know about this?

other players, nearly in unison: of course not, YOU were talking to the wizard who mentioned the fact that the ritual has been completed!

DM: They are correct; I did not reiterate because you said you were listening while you were finding something to drink.
 

(I read the first couple of posts before the strip appeared, and I was all like "play how? like Clint Eastwood? wth?")

We don't punish not paying attention, the mortality rate is high enough as it is. Maybe we should, because we get easily distracted sometimes, but hey, Gaming is a social occasion, sometimes we talk about stuff more than we game, sometimes 8 hours fly by without anyone speaking OOC...

AR
 

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