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<blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 7637064" data-attributes="member: 6716779"><p>So I went into my flgs and picked up a premium copy of Ghosts of Saltmarsh. Had a chat with the owner.</p><p></p><p> Anyway a young fella came in and he got called over and got told "don't do what you did the other night".</p><p></p><p> I assumed he had made some inappropriate comment, or done something stupid. He didn't know what he did. Anyway it turned out he looked at his copy of the MM in the middle of a combat. </p><p></p><p> I was off to the side and was asked what I thought. I was kind of puzzled as it was phrased like "should players have access to the MM". </p><p></p><p> Now I do remember when I was young I read the monsters but not in the middle of combat. I said something like it's not really kosher but yeah players can use it for things like wildshape, summoning etc. </p><p></p><p> Anyway I thought it was odd the DM got the gamestore owner involved. She runs for new players so the young in probably didn't know gaming etiquette. If I was the DM I would deal with it myself. </p><p></p><p> I haven't run a game in over a year and for the most part my group was self contained, one player left, one player joined and player turnover was very low. My newest player has been 8 years, another known for over a decade and the last regular since 2003. Oh one semi regular I've known for 5 years. </p><p></p><p> So these new groups are basically strangers meeting via Facebook or game store organising stuff. More groups at the local university. It just seems odd to me IDK if there's a DM shortage but for me D&D has always been with friends.</p><p></p><p> I also look at is as a learning curve for myself as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zardnaar, post: 7637064, member: 6716779"] So I went into my flgs and picked up a premium copy of Ghosts of Saltmarsh. Had a chat with the owner. Anyway a young fella came in and he got called over and got told "don't do what you did the other night". I assumed he had made some inappropriate comment, or done something stupid. He didn't know what he did. Anyway it turned out he looked at his copy of the MM in the middle of a combat. I was off to the side and was asked what I thought. I was kind of puzzled as it was phrased like "should players have access to the MM". Now I do remember when I was young I read the monsters but not in the middle of combat. I said something like it's not really kosher but yeah players can use it for things like wildshape, summoning etc. Anyway I thought it was odd the DM got the gamestore owner involved. She runs for new players so the young in probably didn't know gaming etiquette. If I was the DM I would deal with it myself. I haven't run a game in over a year and for the most part my group was self contained, one player left, one player joined and player turnover was very low. My newest player has been 8 years, another known for over a decade and the last regular since 2003. Oh one semi regular I've known for 5 years. So these new groups are basically strangers meeting via Facebook or game store organising stuff. More groups at the local university. It just seems odd to me IDK if there's a DM shortage but for me D&D has always been with friends. I also look at is as a learning curve for myself as well. [/QUOTE]
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