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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6138840" data-attributes="member: 92511">No worries. Kvetching is always good. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />In all honesty, it probably was a "just one of those sessions."..and I also give considerable credibility to the idea that jumping new players in as 13th level characters probably made things worse.But you say "other than outlawing the use of computers, smartphones"...why would you want to do anything OTHER than that? That's all you have to do. You're there to play D&D...if you can't do that without a computer or your smartphone <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="(:" title="Smile    (:"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname="(:" />confused:?!), don't play.You say you want to end the distractions and then list a half dozen reasons why someone would be allowed [at your table] to use their computer or smartphone! How's that gonna work?Print out your character sheet (if it's on your computer), make notes on it, in game and changes on your computer in between games and print it out again. Dice roller app? REALLY?! It's D-n-frakkin-D. Buy a damn set!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":mad:" title="Mad    :mad:"  data-smilie="4"data-shortname=":mad:" /> Hell, get/have a "communal set" if people can't be bothered to get their own...[which I'd just as easily use as a reason to not let them play in the first place.] Looking up rules?! You're the DM. You have the books, I presume. At least one other person in the group must have a printed/bound set of the books...communal set/usage rules again...besides players should not be looking rules up during play...I know, I know it happens. But a copy of the relevant PHB on the table should be more than sufficient to look up player relevant info they don't know off the top of their head. Their character sheet(s) should tell them everything they need to know.There is ABsolutely NO reason people should "need" computers or smartphones at their gaming tables.None. *huff*huff* Huh. Wudduhya know. I needed some kvetching too, apparently. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> I say, don't allow 'em. Case closed. [Distraction] Problem solved.</blockquote>

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