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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 9341302" data-attributes="member: 22779">What this tells me is that we should never, ever sit at the same table.What I'm hearing is you deliberately ignored the wishes of all the other players at the table who had no interest in your side bar, to the point where you had to &quot;stealth&quot; away from the party and then justify it because your DM panders to this sort of thing by giving you benefits for doing it.As a player at that table, I'd resent every single second that you spent on your sidebar.&nbsp; If it became a habit, I would quit the group.&nbsp; The fact that you care so little about what anyone else thinks is fun, in order to make your own fun the highest priority is the last thing I want from a fellow player.&nbsp; As a DM, my reaction would be, &quot;Ok, you talk to the fortune teller.&nbsp; We'll deal with that over email (or whatever&nbsp; format you care for) during the week between sessions.&nbsp; I would then deliberately turn away from you to the rest of the group and I would not come back to you until after they had dealt with the temple. This is the exact opposite of what I want from a game or a player.&nbsp; You keep telling me to change how I game.&nbsp; As if the way you game is somehow &quot;superior&quot;.&nbsp; That it's somehow more fun.&nbsp; I've gamed at those kinds of tables.&nbsp; They are the furthest thing from fun for me.&nbsp; They work for you?&nbsp; Great.&nbsp; Different strokes.&nbsp; But, insisting that I should somehow start playing the way you want to play, so that we spend even MORE time on pointless sidebars, forcing the DM to constantly come up with stuff that rewards your spotlight hogging, is the last thing I want at a table.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 9341302, member: 22779"] What this tells me is that we should never, ever sit at the same table. What I'm hearing is you deliberately ignored the wishes of all the other players at the table who had no interest in your side bar, to the point where you had to "stealth" away from the party and then justify it because your DM panders to this sort of thing by giving you benefits for doing it. As a player at that table, I'd resent every single second that you spent on your sidebar. If it became a habit, I would quit the group. The fact that you care so little about what anyone else thinks is fun, in order to make your own fun the highest priority is the last thing I want from a fellow player. As a DM, my reaction would be, "Ok, you talk to the fortune teller. We'll deal with that over email (or whatever format you care for) during the week between sessions. I would then deliberately turn away from you to the rest of the group and I would not come back to you until after they had dealt with the temple. This is the exact opposite of what I want from a game or a player. You keep telling me to change how I game. As if the way you game is somehow "superior". That it's somehow more fun. I've gamed at those kinds of tables. They are the furthest thing from fun for me. They work for you? Great. Different strokes. But, insisting that I should somehow start playing the way you want to play, so that we spend even MORE time on pointless sidebars, forcing the DM to constantly come up with stuff that rewards your spotlight hogging, is the last thing I want at a table. [/QUOTE]

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