Let me try to explain this to everyone: I like Keith, the DM. Until this matter started, I considered him my friend, and an Excellent DM. Okay, an otherwise excellent DM who makes some rather... undesirable DM rulings. I can't fault his dungeons, his handling of combat, his ability to tell a story... he'd be the perfect DM, except he sometimes makes these rather unpleasant decisions, some of which we've later talked him out of. I haven't given up on him, and I'm positive, after some period of time, he'll see what a mess he's made of the game and will revoke the rule. I'm positive. This rule that he has made, it just went into effect - we haven't seen the effect it will have on the game. Who knows? Maybe, due to Keith's unusual style of gaming, it just may work, and everyone will be happy. The two PC's we lost last session, which were lost by the same player, pulling what is known as my name, a Dale, those were the first losses in 3 game sessions, which was almost unheard of before when we were restoring characters to the same level as everyone else. And both times, it wasn't to creature combat. It was to an instakill trap (which is still bad DMing, but tolerable) and failing a jump check over a 5' pit 20 feet deep that had baby parasites crawling around in it. Bad luck killed him that time, not bad DMing. D&D is the highlight of my week, and I'm going to take every step possible to enjoy it. If I die, I have a number of characters ready to go. I'm printing more as we speak. This is important to me, and I'm not going to give it up, even though we may be entering a rough spot, as far as gaming goes.
