I think we need a new DM

[I'm A Banana]

Yeah, it sounds like your DM would have MORE fun being a PC.

 

[Asmor]

I dunno, it can be kind of lonely. I much prefer DMing other people.

Me: Check the cabin!
Me: STOP RAILROADING!

 

[howandwhy99]

Yeah, it sounds like your DM would have MORE fun being a PC.

Precisely. A lot of DMs make this mistake because they want to tell stories. Only that's what the players do. My advice: get the other players together, figure out what you like and don't like about the game, and then let him know - both bad and good. I'm guessing he really wants to DM, so your taking his place may not be the best solution. Letting him know how each of you feels about the way the game is being run though, that's just a part of RPGs.

Be prepared for compromise too. He just might have good reasons for not allowing strange classes or starting at high levels. If he is new, or even just average, these things may be out of his league. Few DMs can start a high level game (13+) and/or handle a multiplicity of unusual PC powers along with every other aspect of DMing 3.5.

 

[WarlockLord]

The problem is, he doesn't want me DMing, as I dropped the sample 5th level fighter out of the DMG on our third level party way back when. We were noobs. I could try again. I just need a plot.

It is also interesting to note that he hates me playing drow, but the first PC I saw him play was a drow sorceror.

 

[Nifft]

The problem is, he doesn't want me DMing, as I dropped the sample 5th level fighter out of the DMG on our third level party way back when. We were noobs. I could try again. I just need a plot.

It is also interesting to note that he hates me playing drow, but the first PC I saw him play was a drow sorceror.

Sounds like you've got some resentment built up.

Perhaps talk to a sympathetic bartender about it?

Cheers, -- N

 

[Wik]

Sounds like you've got some resentment built up.

Perhaps talk to a sympathetic bartender about it?

Cheers, -- N

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

 

[TarionzCousin]

Yeah, try DMing yourself. You won't make the same mistakes.

Yours will be different.

This is soooooooooooo true. Everyone makes mistakes. So don't set impossibly high expectations for yourself. As long as the group is having fun, you're doing it correctly.

That said, there is always room for improvement--for everyone.

Good luck!

 

[Asmor]

That said, there is always room for improvement--for everyone.

Everyone?

 

[TarionzCousin]

Everyone?

He could lose the mullet....

 

[maddman75]

I just need a plot.

And this is why you fail.

You do realize the reason he's telling you to look in the cabin is because in his plot it says for you to look in the cabin. Give up the plot, it isn't yours to create. Set up a scenario and watch and as you and the players create one together.