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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest User" data-source="post: 8120332">Zard, was this the same player you posted about, whom wanted to select a race for his PC that you objected to?I hope not, else I am afraid the tale the "meta data" shows is you got annoyed by a player, and then Bounty DM'd and collected a scalp.Bounty DM-ing is not praiseworthy, quite the opposite, in fact.No cookie for you. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🍪" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f36a.png" title="Cookie    :cookie:" data-shortname=":cookie:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />If this was a different player, that missed session 0...then I guess you made your point:"Do everything the DM says, and play your character only in the manner the DM expects".As a middle aged player, with 40 years invested into the game, I certainly don't want to play in a game with either a Bounty Hunter DM nor a DO IT MY WAY DM.I don't mind a fair, but hard assed DM...but Zard, is it possible the stress of this challenging time, might be influencing your refereeing?What you described in your post, does not read like a Gold Medal DM performance.<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🥇" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f947.png" title="1st place medal    :first_place:" data-shortname=":first_place:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />To use the Ancient Greek archery term for "Missing the Mark", it read like a sin...that perhaps you missed the real target a DM should aim for.A Deadly Encounter for a 5th level character is 1,100 XP.  A Gladiator is worth 1,800 XP.A DM  does not get a cookie, for creating a solo challenge that is 164% of a Deadly Encounter, and killing a character.Do you seek praise for punching infants? <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🆘" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f198.png" title="SOS button    :sos:" data-shortname=":sos:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />NO COOKIE FOR YOU. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🍪" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f36a.png" title="Cookie    :cookie:" data-shortname=":cookie:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></blockquote>

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