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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BSF" data-source="post: 1564464" data-attributes="member: 13098">Saeviomagy, You seem a bit too eager to ascribe motivations to Dragonlancer.  First of all, Dragonlancer has not indicated that likuidice is "trashing every encounter".  Nor has he said he hates his play style.  He has indicated that there is a difference in play style, and that it is causing problems within the group.Second of all, I have no idea how you extrapolate that Dragonlancer was gloating about a missed spot check due to a situational modifier.  I sit around every week with any of my players that wants to chat and discuss the game.  Sometimes they will bring up combat misses, or failed skill checks, or whatever.  If it won't have a future affect on encounters, I will point out reasons why the situation was different.  I will point out situational modifiers, feats the players are not familiar with, and sometimes I will reveal exactly how the challenge was constructed.  Am I gloating?  If you are simply reading this, then perhaps it sounds that way.  Yet, my players seem to appreciate learning how an encounter was structured to challenge them.  Though, sometimes they will ask me a question and I can only sit back and tell them that it is something they have to figure out.  I talk with my players so I know how the game is going for them.  I share with them because one day one of them might want to run a game and I would be thrilled to take the player seat.  Perhaps I ascribe different motivations to Dragonlancer because of my perspective?  Or, maybe I am just gloating and I can't tell you any different.Dragonlancer and likuidice have 2 years of gaming experience together.  They have a common history to base their projections on how the current character is going to develop and be perceived by the rest of the group.  Dragonlancer indicates that there have been discussions dealing with stylistic differences for the past 1 1/2 years, and these discussions have been met with resistance.  What I am seeing is a DM that is looking to head off a problem before it arises again.  Could Dragonlancer wait and hope it does not become a problem?  Sure he could.  But, the fact that he feels the need to ask for advice tells me that if the problem does crop up within the group again, it will be beyond repair at that time.  This is a difficult topic because there is a lot of potential for bad feelings.  But, I think Dragonlancer is looking to stem a potential collision aomgst the group and that is his primary motivation for posting this topic at all.</blockquote>

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