Lost faith in my DM

[thundershot]

We have a monk who plays my boyfriend

ROFL!! The monk plays him, huh? Talk about breaking the fourth wall!

Sorry, couldn't resist.



Chris

 

[Angelsboi]

Well our saturdeay group is me and 4 other gay guys

 

[Aaron L]

I'm sorry, but keeping track of how many charges or uses a magic item has is a job for the player, not the DM. And the loss of items is a nonconcern, this isn't EverQuest.

 

[Ds Da Man]

Dang, I have never had that many magic items, and if I let my players have them, a party magic item wiping is coming shortly. I think your DM was slightly out-o'-line, but not because of the boots or magic item loss, but because of the the instant rules changing.
Don't sweat it, you'll gain mucho more back.

 

[xrpsuzi]

Now, I'm not the most knowledgable D&D player around. I'm not a complete n00b, but I certainly don't know as much as my DM, and he knows this. He should never have assumed thing like that. Also, he just happens to introduce a new 5000xp penalty o true resurrection the game before I died, which completley nerfs the spell, IMO.

So here I am, resurrected with no items. The party agree to help me get them back. We spend 2 games doing so, and what happens? I get diddly squat. All but 4 of my items are apparently dissolved in digestive juices. These 4 items aren't even good items.

Something similar happened to me and my DM (and I was his girlfriend at the time....notice I said was ) but I say buck up. It was fun getting the stuff, it'll be fun getting more stuff. Somewhere in accumulating all the cool stuff, people forget the fun is in the interaction with people you enjoy. My DM even yelled at the party and said "we could be playing Bunnies and Burrows and having fun. It's not the cloak of displacement."

That pretty much put an end to that.... then again, I ended marrying the DM, so I guess it's worth losing a level

Suzi

 

[jdavis]

The changing of True Res is a little odd and there was a lot of miscommunication, but being out of charges is not his problem and as far as the magic items go, that's just how it goes. Heck I lost everything one character owned on a bad draw of the deck of many things and it actually made the next several sessions more fun, I don't see the loss of stuff as a deal breaker. I'd try and clarify the communication problems with the DM and make sure that problem doesn't happen again, the rest is just part of the game. The poor communication between player and DM is the only real issue I see here and it can be fixed, I'd try to talk to the DM about what is bothering you and base whether you are going to quit or not on his answers not one bad experience.

 

[Darrin Drader]

Just based on the amount of stuff you lost, its entirely possible that you had managed to amass too much magical equipment and he needed a way to get that back down to a more manageable level. I'm not saying that death is the best way to take care of a character that is unballancing the game, but it is one way. Since you character has been resurrected, look at it this way - you have an all new chance to accumulate more magical equipment. Its also possible that the DM has something related to your death planned as well. Point being, you shouldn't give up on the game just because your character buys the farm once. If it starts happening every time your group gets together, and this only happnes to you, then start looking for another group.

 

[Riveneye]

@Pielorinho: "I'm guessing you're not so upset about the fact that your PC died, Riveneye, as you are about the manner in which it happened " - That's pretty much it, yeah. I've died before, but have accepted it. If all the misunderstandings were cleared up, I would still be alive and with my possessions right now. I usually put up with my DM's tendancy to twist our words, or to convenietly overlook things we say when they aren't 100% clear, but if it leads to something like this, I really have to put my foot down.

@the_mighty_agrippa: "maybe his intention was to encourage the other players to spread the magic items around a bit more" - Eh? We do spread items around evenly. I was just carrying around my share with me.

@Shadowlord: "maybe this is the moment for you to try DM-ing" - I'd love to be able to DM a game or two, even if it is only twice a month or so. But, I don't have anyone that would join the game. It was hard enough to get this group going. The only other people I can talk to D&D about are the people here. If I ask for players from here, they'd have to be willing to "break in a new DM and put up with his mistakes along the way".

@Guilt Puppy: "If it seems like he's dragging out the punishment on your specifically though, dump the game" - Hmm, now that you mention it, I managed to survive for almost a whole year, then I died... and died...and died. I think The last 3 or 4 deaths have been me.

 

[Bagpuss]

Eh? We do spread items around evenly. I was just carrying around my share with me.

Let me get this right you were carrying around....

Buckler +3
Mighty Composite Longbow +2 (+3)
Flaming Falchion +1
Keen Throwing Returning Falchion +1
Mighty Composite Longbow (+2)
Staff of Fire (lvl 8)
~5000gp in coins

So that's two large bows, two large two handed swords, a large staff and a shield and more than 5000 in cash and this was only the items worth mentioning.

Did you neglect to mention your pack-mule?

I think you've only got yourself to blame for the loss of all those items.

 

[LostSoul]

I'm losing my faith in ENworld.

He didn't make any stupid mistakes, he just went with the cards that the DM dealt. He didn't have a chance to do anything. He was dead as soon as something happened.

This is a group game played with other people. It's not the DM against the Players. If the Player forgets that his PC's item is out of charges, the DM should warn the PC. This isn't a tactical wargame where every little mistake or misplaced word leaves you on the ground breathing out the wrong end.

Then again, some people play that way and enjoy it. That's fine; but in RivenEye's case, he can't be blamed for not enjoying the session either.

Threads like this make me wonder about the D&D crowd. It makes the stereotypes other gamers say about D&D players sound true.