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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 9699498" data-attributes="member: 42040">As I’ve mentioned in other posts, I’m a Forever GM who tends to be a “bad player” on the rare occasions I get to play. I don’t necessarily cause problems, but I have strong preferences, and it’s easy for me to get bored or judgemental. Recently, I decided to take a break from running games and have chosen to limit my time in the hobby. I’ve passed the GMing duties to the college-aged daughter of another player in the group. I’m trying to be adaptable to the GM’s style, go along with playing a system that isn’t my favorite, and taking a class that isn’t my favorite to accommodate the fun of everyone else at the table. In short, I’m trying to be supportive as a player. And as a former GM, I’m trying to do everything I can to help her succeed - giving her access to minis, battlemaps, ambient music, rulebooks, etc. But there’s stuff that I really want to push back on. For example, she has a habit of adding houserules in the middle of play. To make things more confusing, we're playing Level Up, which is a system that is new to us and a little more complex than we're used to. She keeps adding and changing things so we can't get our bearings.“You just got a critical hit, so you’re going to take a lingering injury that can’t be healed without proper medical care.” “You’re not going to keep your starting wealth. So you’re broke.” “You don’t get hit points every level.” “You have to burn Hit Dice to recover hit points on a rest.” “I’m not going to tell you the DC or why you’re rolling.” "I didn't realize that feat was so good - you can't use it anymore." Additionally, it seems that EVERY encounter has taken place with me out of my armor with an AC of 10. Basically, this is a GM’s first campaign, and there’s a lot of stuff she’s doing that’s against “GM best practices” and that I can tell are annoying other players as well as me.So, do I bring this up to her? If so, how do I do it that doesn’t make me seem like a jerk trying to usurp control from a first-time GM? I want to be supportive, but I am seeing her make rookie GM mistakes. Do I try to push back to have a better time in the game - or do I value the necessity of her making these mistakes?</blockquote>

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