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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 3675264" data-attributes="member: 13892">I suspect that the problem player's views are similar to yours in that there is a "wrong" and "right" way to play the game and, that if they (the OP's group) aren't playing the game the way that he (the problem player) thinks it should be played, then they're WRONG (to quote you). No offense, but that absolutist, judgemental, mentality is exactly what the OP seems to be complaining about. The problem player is obviously not having fun and, by constantly accusing the DM of cheating and the other players of being WRONG, he's ruining the game for them. The problem player in this situation needs to find a different group to play with -- a group of like-minded players who won't see his constant complaining and accusations as problematic, but as some kind of welcome intellectual debate. This solution gives the problem player what he wants (i.e., players who slavishly adhere to the RAW simply for the sake of doing so) and the OP's group what they want (freedom to have fun as they see fit without somebody judging their personal tastes).[Note: Deviating from the rules in D&D is not, according to every edition of said rules, cheating -- that has been very specifically covered in every edition of the game from AD&D onward.]</blockquote>