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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 5343693" data-attributes="member: 42040">After one more session I'm turning the DM reigns over to a player in my group who doesn't have that much DMing experience. &nbsp;For various reasons, our current campaign has gotten out of hand. I was wanting to hit the &quot;reset&quot; button, but as soon as I announced my feelings, my friend jumped up and said that he would like to DM.&nbsp;I'm having a hard time being as supportive as I feel I should be (as a player and as a friend). I think that the system and mega-adventure that he wants to run are both bad ideas. (I've seen both of them crash and burn - though I wasn't the one who attempted to DM that same mega-adventure.)&nbsp;I've also read reviews of the adventure and I know that it's going to be a terrible fit for our group. (This was even before he announced that he wanted to run it.)&nbsp;I think that I have experience that could help him, but I feel like I should bite my tongue and let him make his own mistakes. Considering that my mentioning any of these concerns have been met with a sort of &quot;I'm DM now - please be quiet&quot; attitude.&nbsp;So what should I do now that I'm being pushed to the other side of the screen? Should I shut up? Should I try to give help as I can?&nbsp;Should I help the new players make up characters (they don't know the system well enough to make up characters on their own; nor do they own the rulebooks)? Should I take a back seat character in the forthcoming campaign (perhaps an idiot fighter or something) just to keep from voicing my discontent?&nbsp;What would you do in my situation?&nbsp;Retreater</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 5343693, member: 42040"] After one more session I'm turning the DM reigns over to a player in my group who doesn't have that much DMing experience. For various reasons, our current campaign has gotten out of hand. I was wanting to hit the "reset" button, but as soon as I announced my feelings, my friend jumped up and said that he would like to DM. I'm having a hard time being as supportive as I feel I should be (as a player and as a friend). I think that the system and mega-adventure that he wants to run are both bad ideas. (I've seen both of them crash and burn - though I wasn't the one who attempted to DM that same mega-adventure.) I've also read reviews of the adventure and I know that it's going to be a terrible fit for our group. (This was even before he announced that he wanted to run it.) I think that I have experience that could help him, but I feel like I should bite my tongue and let him make his own mistakes. Considering that my mentioning any of these concerns have been met with a sort of "I'm DM now - please be quiet" attitude. So what should I do now that I'm being pushed to the other side of the screen? Should I shut up? Should I try to give help as I can? Should I help the new players make up characters (they don't know the system well enough to make up characters on their own; nor do they own the rulebooks)? Should I take a back seat character in the forthcoming campaign (perhaps an idiot fighter or something) just to keep from voicing my discontent? What would you do in my situation? Retreater [/QUOTE]

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