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<blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 8081238" data-attributes="member: 6775031">Based on the answers in this thread (which matches up to prior discussion on the topic), I can't trust any DM by default. There are enough DMs out there who freely admit to meta-gaming in this way, that they have collectively lost the benefit of the doubt. Too many people have poisoned the well. So if a DM wants to earn my trust, then they'd better go out of their way to avoid even the appearance of meta-gaming.Possibly. It is just a TV show, after all. The remainder of the campaign is a good example of how adventure can flow naturally from a premise, though. Buffy really is a unique person within that universe, so it makes sense that a lot of people would seek her out specifically, because she's the Slayer. Much of the rest grows out of her personal life, which is established &quot;over the course of play&quot; as it were; and since we were there to watch it happen as an outgrowth of in-character choices, it doesn't seem contrived at all.In real life, I'm going to roll my eyes heavily to show the DM that I'm not having fun, and then follow the plot cookie anyway to try and salvage the night. I may or may not choose to talk with them about it after the game, but if it keeps happening over the course of multiple sessions, then I'm probably not going to stick around very long.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Crimson Binome, post: 8081238, member: 6775031"] Based on the answers in this thread (which matches up to prior discussion on the topic), I [I]can't[/I] trust any DM by default. There are enough DMs out there who freely admit to meta-gaming in this way, that they have collectively lost the benefit of the doubt. Too many people have poisoned the well. So if a DM wants to [I]earn[/I] my trust, then they'd better go out of their way to avoid even the [I]appearance[/I] of meta-gaming. Possibly. It [I]is[/I] just a TV show, after all. The remainder of the campaign is a good example of how adventure can flow naturally from a premise, though. Buffy really is a unique person [I]within[/I] that universe, so it makes sense that a lot of people would seek her out specifically, because she's the Slayer. Much of the rest grows out of her personal life, which is established "over the course of play" as it were; and since we were there to watch it happen as an outgrowth of in-character choices, it doesn't seem contrived at all. In real life, I'm going to roll my eyes heavily to show the DM that I'm not having fun, and then follow the plot cookie anyway to try and salvage the night. I may or may not choose to talk with them about it after the game, but if it keeps happening over the course of multiple sessions, then I'm probably not going to stick around very long. [/QUOTE]

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