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<blockquote data-quote="XO" data-source="post: 1781892" data-attributes="member: 24452"><p>I've benched myself, away from a group. It really was another DM's group, and the players were fine, but I joined the group as player and co-chair. Made up a character fitting their then current level.</p><p></p><p>My "honorable" colleague first ran us through "The Speaker in Dreams". We had a good time and all, BUT someting was amiss: the rewards were, shall we say, scarce. Very scarce. Once we had done away with the problematic influences (I shall say no more to prevent spoliage) and the adventure was finished, I decided to read the module. I listed a solid page of stuff our group did not get. Fine. His DMing style may differ from mine. </p><p></p><p>So I ran the group through my first adventure. Things were going fine: we laughed so hard we often cried. Once the game was finished, the other DM unilaterally removed ALL treasures from other PCs. Without mentioning it to me... (btw, the encounters and take were perfectly in tune with the normal treasure allotments... Before their removal, anyway <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" /> ).</p><p></p><p>I quit. Obviously, my co-DM or revolving chair was incapable of sharing control. He applied much 2E to the game still, and had no strong grasp of 3E (which is the edition all parties had settled on). Admitedly, I "escaped" using the "new responsibilities at work / no more time" excuse...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="XO, post: 1781892, member: 24452"] I've benched myself, away from a group. It really was another DM's group, and the players were fine, but I joined the group as player and co-chair. Made up a character fitting their then current level. My "honorable" colleague first ran us through "The Speaker in Dreams". We had a good time and all, BUT someting was amiss: the rewards were, shall we say, scarce. Very scarce. Once we had done away with the problematic influences (I shall say no more to prevent spoliage) and the adventure was finished, I decided to read the module. I listed a solid page of stuff our group did not get. Fine. His DMing style may differ from mine. So I ran the group through my first adventure. Things were going fine: we laughed so hard we often cried. Once the game was finished, the other DM unilaterally removed ALL treasures from other PCs. Without mentioning it to me... (btw, the encounters and take were perfectly in tune with the normal treasure allotments... Before their removal, anyway :uhoh: ). I quit. Obviously, my co-DM or revolving chair was incapable of sharing control. He applied much 2E to the game still, and had no strong grasp of 3E (which is the edition all parties had settled on). Admitedly, I "escaped" using the "new responsibilities at work / no more time" excuse... [/QUOTE]
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