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<blockquote data-quote="Prestidigitalis" data-source="post: 5599939" data-attributes="member: 74496">Regarding the other player's motivation of being so concerned about the effort the DM put into the story and atmosphere, etc:D&amp;D is a game, not &quot;story hour&quot;.&nbsp; If a DM is only capable of telling a linear, pre-planned story without interruption...&nbsp; Well, more power to him or her, and his or her group, if that's what they all enjoy.&nbsp; But players are supposed to be able to participate too (it's true, really -- look it up) and that means doing really far out things like saying &quot;I pick up a rock and throw it&quot; without everyone acting like they just witnessed the climax of a bad acid trip.It would be one thing if the rock throwing incident was in the middle of the DM's thrilling description of a delightful glass house the party had just found, but apparently it was in the middle of a combat encounter in which the player's character had no weapon to hand and needed something to fight with.&nbsp; If you can't do it then, when can you?&nbsp; At a certain point, it sounds an awful lot like &quot;How dare you bruise my fist with your nasty chin?&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prestidigitalis, post: 5599939, member: 74496"] Regarding the other player's motivation of being so concerned about the effort the DM put into the story and atmosphere, etc: D&D is a game, not "story hour". If a DM is only capable of telling a linear, pre-planned story without interruption... Well, more power to him or her, and his or her group, if that's what they all enjoy. But players are supposed to be able to participate too (it's true, really -- look it up) and that means doing really far out things like saying "I pick up a rock and throw it" without everyone acting like they just witnessed the climax of a bad acid trip. It would be one thing if the rock throwing incident was in the middle of the DM's thrilling description of a delightful glass house the party had just found, but apparently it was in the middle of a combat encounter in which the player's character had no weapon to hand and needed something to fight with. If you can't do it then, when can you? At a certain point, it sounds an awful lot like "How dare you bruise my fist with your nasty chin?" [/QUOTE]

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