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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ThirdWizard" data-source="post: 2288488" data-attributes="member: 12037">Being the new guy can suck. You don't know his style and he doesn't know yours. I try to give new players greater leeway than older players in their own characters, but many DMs won't do this. This makes life as a DM harder, and also the life of some of the PCs too.He might be cutting down your ideas because he knows that they won't work in his game. Say, you want to take forgery as a skill, and he doesn't usually deal with anything that that would help you with. So, it becomes a useless skill and he tries to talk you out of it. He would have to alter the campaign to make the skill worthwhile, which might disturb his and the other players' fun. This isn't to say this is a good thing for him to be doing. It's a tradeoff. If I'm way off on this, though, let me know. It might be something completely different.As for concpets, some don't fit campaigns. He seems to be acting in a very dismissive way, however, and that isn't good. If he can't offer acceptable alternatives, compromises for the character, or explainations on why something doesn't fit, he isn't doing a good job of incorporating you into the campaign. I would probably start to wonder why I was coming if the DM wasn't making an effort to work me into the game. I would definatly take some time out of game to talk campaign concept with him and ask what has been happening before your arrival. That would offer insight into where you can fit in. If he isn't willing to help... well... time to find another group, I guess.Also, talk to the other players. Ask them about their characters and what they've accomplished. Find out what makes a successful character in his game, and model that somewhat. If he likes brash, go for brash, if careful and plodding is the way to victory, take that as a sign. Other players can often offer valuable insights into the campaign more than the DM can. Looking at the chessboard from above and all that.I don't see making a new character as helping the situation, unless its fairly generic. When you start to go into detail, you might again find the same problem that you were having with the first.</blockquote>

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