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<blockquote data-quote="Laslo Tremaine" data-source="post: 3099627" data-attributes="member: 330">If you have a GM who has the time, energy and creativity to create a custom world and scenarios tailored for the party that the players create, then more power to you, and where can I sign up?!In my group of older, married professionals (mostly IT guys in their early 40s, although we do have an electrical engineer and a sewer contractor), none of us have much free time outside of our one Saturday a month D&amp;D game.As the GM, who will be starting Age of Worms this upcoming Saturday, I don't have the time to modify the scenarios, nor write them from scratch.&nbsp; The players know this, and I gave them a heads up that the scenario would be pretty demanding, and that a well rounded party would be in their best interest.They took this info, and discussed amoungst themselves, and came up with the following group lineup.&nbsp; &nbsp; * Half-Orc Wizard&nbsp; &nbsp; * Human Rogue&nbsp; &nbsp; * Human Monk&nbsp; &nbsp; * Dwarven Fighter&nbsp; &nbsp; * Half-Elven Cleric&nbsp; &nbsp; * Human Paladin I love my players, and I think they're going to do just fine.But the whole &quot;The GM must kowtow to the player's desires&quot; is going to lead the entire group down a path of hurt.&nbsp; D&amp;D is a group effort.&nbsp; And the needs and capabilites of the entire group have to be taken into consideration.&nbsp; It's not just a GM vs Players dichotomy, it's a group effort and if people don't take the time to communicate and get on the same page, then you just end up with a frustrated group.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Laslo Tremaine, post: 3099627, member: 330"] If you have a GM who has the time, energy and creativity to create a custom world and scenarios tailored for the party that the players create, then more power to you, and where can I sign up?! In my group of older, married professionals (mostly IT guys in their early 40s, although we do have an electrical engineer and a sewer contractor), none of us have much free time outside of our one Saturday a month D&D game. As the GM, who will be starting Age of Worms this upcoming Saturday, I don't have the time to modify the scenarios, nor write them from scratch. The players know this, and I gave them a heads up that the scenario would be pretty demanding, and that a well rounded party would be in their best interest. They took this info, and discussed amoungst themselves, and came up with the following group lineup. * Half-Orc Wizard * Human Rogue * Human Monk * Dwarven Fighter * Half-Elven Cleric * Human Paladin I love my players, and I think they're going to do just fine. But the whole "The GM must kowtow to the player's desires" is going to lead the entire group down a path of hurt. D&D is a group effort. And the needs and capabilites of the entire group have to be taken into consideration. It's not just a GM vs Players dichotomy, it's a group effort and if people don't take the time to communicate and get on the same page, then you just end up with a frustrated group. [/QUOTE]

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