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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 5640869" data-attributes="member: 463">Some of the elements sound like a GM being a jerk - &quot;the closest goblin&quot; is fully precise, unless 2 are equidistant, and taking over the roleplay of your PC is a big no-no.&nbsp; But reading on, a lot of it reminds me of me ca age 22 16 years ago, GMing AD&amp;D for new players in college after years of GMing super high level, ultra lethal stuff for my friends in high school.&nbsp; This was after a few years' break from GMing.&nbsp; I was way too adversarial, I railroaded horribly.&nbsp; I sucked.&nbsp; I developed a death spiral where the PCs were too weak for the planned adventure, so they died, so they came back weaker...&nbsp; Yet I had been a pretty damn good DM before, and I'm doing some pretty good stuff now I think (though I also ran a rather sucky game late last year, when work got too much).So, I think it may be right that this guy can be a decent DM for the right players, but not for you.&nbsp; You should try your hand at DMing for the other newbies, making an effort to avoid all the pitfalls you've now seen demonstrated.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 5640869, member: 463"] Some of the elements sound like a GM being a jerk - "the closest goblin" is fully precise, unless 2 are equidistant, and taking over the roleplay of your PC is a big no-no. But reading on, a lot of it reminds me of me ca age 22 16 years ago, GMing AD&D for new players in college after years of GMing super high level, ultra lethal stuff for my friends in high school. This was after a few years' break from GMing. I was way too adversarial, I railroaded horribly. I sucked. I developed a death spiral where the PCs were too weak for the planned adventure, so they died, so they came back weaker... Yet I had been a pretty damn good DM before, and I'm doing some pretty good stuff now I think (though I also ran a rather sucky game late last year, when work got too much). So, I think it may be right that this guy can be a decent DM for the right players, but not for you. You should try your hand at DMing for the other newbies, making an effort to avoid all the pitfalls you've now seen demonstrated. [/QUOTE]

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