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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thunderfoot" data-source="post: 3027923" data-attributes="member: 34175">Ok, so maybe I was a little hard on Mike with the whole Rust Monster nerfage, I mean, who messes with the Rust Monster?  It has been the leveling creature for mages everywhere.So when I went to GenCon and sat down to play my obligatory D&D Demo with the new dragon minis - a new DM sets down as well, none other than Mike Mearls.  I have visions of chewing him up and spitting him out and a sadistic glee spreads through my whole body as I watch him prepare.So we start - There are 4 of us, because that's all that is set up to play, with 4 different characters out of 8 so there are a few different combinations possible.  We end up with a sorcerer, a warforged barbarian, a dwarven fighter and an elven ranger (me).  Now while we are a little spell light (no real healing other than myself) we can deal some serious damage if we should hit.  The game went along fairly uneventfully but I notice that even in this pre-drawn scenario that I'm having more fun than some of the other people at some of the other tables, then it dawns on me.  Mike is the difference, he is an engaging DM, even for just a combat driven scenario such as this one, descriptive in his accounts of battle and an generally likable kind of guy.   So I'm sitting here wanting to really go at him for nerfing the Rust Monster, but I can't, he's too nice.  And I want to dislike him for changing things, but, he's too good a DM to hate.  So I then have a realization that sometimes DMs have different spots for different occasions.  I may not agree with Mike on his monster creation (or re-creation) skills, but he can run a session.  Friday midday was the highlight of my demo games and I owe it to Mike.  So Mike Mearls, thank you, I said so then, but I said I would post it here too - I'm keeping my end of the bargain.</blockquote>

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