Player problems

[mythago]

but he then said, that the way i like to run it is not "real" D&D

"Then you should go find a real D&D game to play in. Bye."

You should remind your parents that the rule is usually that the older brother has to play with the pesty younger brother, NOT the other way around.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

You should remind your parents that the rule is usually that the older brother has to play with the pesty younger brother, NOT the other way around.

As an older brother who had to play with his pesty younger brother, I say turnabout is fair play.

 

[Corlon]

no no, I think older playing with younger is the best way to go.

Anyways, this just reminds me of when I tell people about D&D for the first time and they ask things like "well why can't the DM just make millions of dragons kill the characters" which comes to my point. Things like monopoly and other board games are about strict rules and winning by those rules, but things like D&D are about having fun in a very custom fantasy world. You can stay as generic as killing goblins or go with futuristic vs. fantastic deities, anywhere beyond or in between, but the rules still keep a set of balance there.

So if you think you can work things out and have fun (this is what I did with my group, which together kind of all add up into your brother sometimes), or realize that you can't have fun with him in a D&D game currently, and just play appart from each other.

On a side note as a lover of halflings, I hate the size does matter rule, and the nat 1=-10 nat 20=30 has always been a cool way to do things for me.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

Keep in mind that if he has more rules knowledge than you do, he may create characters that rely on the book ruleset. If you arbitrarily change the rules, you need to let all the players know in advance so they don't build a character on the wrong premise. That is your responsibility as the DM. As an example, in my campaigns, I do not use any of the PHB dieties. I have my own homebrew gods and a cleric must worship them. This is a change from the PHB that I need to tell my players about before they create a character.

The thing is, he asked my to try DMing. Because he said i had more rules knowledge than him.

And he claims, just because i do not play against the players, i am not running a "real" D&D campiagn. He has a very Player Vs. DM attitude. Which he probably got from the person who introduced him, as well as me to D&D. I might have still had that some outlook, had it not been for these forums.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

"Then you should go find a real D&D game to play in. Bye."

One problem is, he will probably sometime out of game, physically force me to let him be DM again. He has done things like this before. Not to mention he can come in through the balcony of my room because he has a key. He knocks on my door all the time, and i let him in, he then proceeds to try to physically force me to do something. Or he is just doing it to annoy me. He then one time complained about how i never want to spend time with him, and how i should trust him. But, the thing is, i cant. Even after he makes these little speeches, he still does this crap.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

One problem is, he will probably sometime out of game, physically force me to let him be DM again. He has done things like this before. Not to mention he can come in through the balcony of my room because he has a key. He knocks on my door all the time, and i let him in, he then proceeds to try to physically force me to do something. Or he is just doing it to annoy me. He then one time complained about how i never want to spend time with him, and how i should trust him. But, the thing is, i cant. Even after he makes these little speeches, he still does this crap.

Well Galeros, there's really nothing we can do to help you, then. Your big brother is bigger and stronger than you, and he's using that to bully you. Nothing we say here is going to help you set that to rights. Either you'll grow big enough to fight back physically, or you'll eventually leave home.

I do feel for you, though. My brother and I fought for the remote all through our adolescence, and being 2 years older than him, I always won. I'm sure he hated that.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

I do feel for you, though. My brother and I fought for the remote all through our adolescence, and being 2 years older than him, I always won. I'm sure he hated that.

Well, that mean. You should go apoligize to him righ now.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

Well, that mean. You should go apoligize to him righ now.

Nah. It balances out all those times I was reading a book on my bed, and he came into my room and started jumping on top of me for no reason.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

Nah. It balances out all those times I was reading a book on my bed, and he came into my room and started jumping on top of me for no reason.

Well, i try to be nice to my older brother. I get drinks for him, take his clothes to his room. Small things like that. But like i said earlier, he still acts like an @$$ when we play.

 

[Nightfall]

Player problems are much easier online. Mostly cause you can BAN/KICK more often.