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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bran Blackbyrd" data-source="post: 25082" data-attributes="member: 1710">/rant onShame on anyone who is trying to make excuses for this DM.You can try to explain it away as being the player's fault because he took an unreasonable risk flying alone in the open like that, but come on, let's be realistic. The DM is an obvious munchkin, a term that I don't just toss around.Taking the example of the DM's NPC using magic against a PC in an anti-magic shell goes a long way towards properly proving his true motivation in the harpy situation. The DM is breaking the rules to suit his own purposes.Before anyone says, but the DM makes the rules... Changing the way certain game mechanics, the laws of nature, or magic works is perfectly within the DM's right, but there should be a warning. Just showing up with a villain that can weild magic in an anti-magic shell...Anyone who thinks that the rules include, "The DM is Always Right, No Exceptions", is either a masochist, a hardass DM, or simply misguided. Nobody plays the game so that they can be unreasonably abused. Games are for having fun, but this DM either wants to "win" against the players, or is trying to correct his own mistakes in the worst, most incompetant, most unfair manner.Many people take the position that if the players don't like it, they can find another DM. Maybe it's just me, but that statement always come off sounding arrogant. You don't just stop at the local corner-store and pick up a new DM. Some communities have very few gamers and DMs are not as numerous as some would have you believe. Others simply don't want to game with strangers and I can whole-heartedly understand. Finally, most people (keeping the prior statement in mind) game with friends, and if the DM is you friend, he owes it to his players to work things out, and quit playing the game like a jerk. And he IS playing the game too, so don't let anyone tell you he's doing you a favor by playing the role of the DM. Just because he's playing the role of the moderator does not mean he's earned the right to beat up on the rest of the players./rant off</blockquote>

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