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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Agback" data-source="post: 1013610" data-attributes="member: 5328">Okay, then, I'll acquit you of malice in that instance.But I still say that the thing with the traps, for which everyone is blaming either the rogue or his player, is in fact the result of your mistake. You said "If no one has a problem with it, Milo's not coming, but if you want him along, work out between you who'll run him and let me know." That's what caused it.And I still say that you are making another mistake by encouraging the other players to mistreat Face-man on the assumption that he alone had a special responsibility to deal with traps, and that he alone had a special responsibility to warn the others that he does not have the 'Disable Device' skill. In fact the problem arose from an out-of-character decision (to go in without Milo) to which everyone was party, and for which if anyone bears a special responsibility it is you.If the power-gamer is really either a power-gamer or a role-player his character will refuse to have anything further to do with a bunch nut-case who without any intelligible reason (in-character) force him to trigger traps and then blame him for the result. The character will leave, and if the player stays his best course will be to play a munchkin cleric or monk.It seems from your subsequent posts that you are harbouring a lot of resentment for this player, and that several of your character-players are harbouring more. Deal with it out of game. Or tell the player he's not welcome any more. The way you are going you are letting it wreck your game.You are deluding yourself if you think that your actions don't contribute to these outcomes. So long as you deny all responsibility for everything that happens you completely disempower yourself: after all, if your action have no consequences, you can't plan actions that will have good consequences. So if you want to fix this up, start by acknowledging your responsibility.The thing you do, of suggesting a destructive course of action (such as leaving Milo behind, or having the other players take out their unreasonable malice by in-character action), encouraging the players to sign off blind, and then disavowing responsibility for the ensuing disaster, is very, very bad. You ought to stop doing it, even if you have to make a conscious effort over and over. When something falls into your province as GM (eg. adjudicating the actions of a temporary NPC, assessing experience penalties for proper roleplaying, encouraging party in-fighting) you ought to THINK, DECIDE, and ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. Instead you emote, hint, and pass the buck. It's the road to catastrophe.Regards,Agback</blockquote>

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