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<blockquote data-quote="Ozmar" data-source="post: 1513924" data-attributes="member: 8021">I hate it when a DM does that! I hate metagaming hints. I hate snide comments about how dumb we are that we're missing or avoiding their precious plot clues. I hate it when they reveal metagame information to players. Just tell me what my character knows so I can RP it!Another thing that gets in my craw are uber-powerful know-it-all NPCs who lord it over PCs but don't deign to dirty their hands with &quot;low level work&quot;. NPCs should exist to make the world credible and to make the players feel like their characters are special. I hate NPCs who show up in the game solely to show you how pathetic your character is. They teleport in, hand you a mission from on high (which you can't refuse) and piss you off. And then when you attack them out of spite, your magic missiles bounce off, and they don't even condescend to kill you for your temerity. &quot;Oh, you are beneath my notice. You cannot possibly harm me.&quot; Dang I hate it when DM's do this. It got to be such a pain for me, that I actively removed any credibly powerful NPCs in my own games, until the players were all complaining that they never had friendly NPCs who could or would help them. I probably over-reacted, but I can't stand it when NPCs lord it over PCs. The game is about the PCs, dang it!Ozmar the Venting(P.S., sorry to be so meowy. I had to get that off my chest. Hopefully DMs will read this and think about it sometimes before they throw that NPC who is just &quot;so cool&quot; into their next game. The PCs should be the stars!)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ozmar, post: 1513924, member: 8021"] I hate it when a DM does that! I hate metagaming hints. I hate snide comments about how dumb we are that we're missing or avoiding their precious plot clues. I hate it when they reveal metagame information to players. Just tell me what my character knows so I can RP it! Another thing that gets in my craw are uber-powerful know-it-all NPCs who lord it over PCs but don't deign to dirty their hands with "low level work". NPCs should exist to make the world credible and to make the players feel like their characters are special. I hate NPCs who show up in the game solely to show you how pathetic your character is. They teleport in, hand you a mission from on high (which you can't refuse) and piss you off. And then when you attack them out of spite, your magic missiles bounce off, and they don't even condescend to kill you for your temerity. "Oh, you are beneath my notice. You cannot possibly harm me." Dang I hate it when DM's do this. It got to be such a pain for me, that I actively removed any credibly powerful NPCs in my own games, until the players were all complaining that they never had friendly NPCs who could or would help them. I probably over-reacted, but I can't stand it when NPCs lord it over PCs. The game is about the PCs, dang it! Ozmar the Venting (P.S., sorry to be so meowy. I had to get that off my chest. Hopefully DMs will read this and think about it sometimes before they throw that NPC who is just "so cool" into their next game. The PCs should be the stars!) [/QUOTE]

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