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<blockquote data-quote="Ralif Redhammer" data-source="post: 8675860" data-attributes="member: 30438"><p>That sounds like a real bummer. To me, especially at a game with strangers, you need to be willing to bit that hook and get going quickly. To see the opposite behavior in an entire group is especially egregious. I've only ever seen one or two players do this in similar situations and most of the time they get roped into following everyone else on the adventure or in rare cases the GM just cuts away to them doing whatever and then goes quickly back to the real action. </p><p></p><p>In my experience, this sort of thing doesn't happen en masse very often. Most of my experience gaming with strangers, they've been quick to pick up on the adventure thread and follow it. Regardless, I'm sorry you had to deal with it.</p><p></p><p>I did have one player that would routinely balk and try to sidetrack the adventure. He would just grind the entire session to a halt on some digression, or try to convince everyone to go do something else. To his mind, he was a skilled player testing the DM's mettle. To my mind, I eventually kicked him out of the gaming group.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I hate when a single PC holds the whole adventure hostage just so they can argue for more money. It's annoying at home, but at a con game or other open table where we have limited time to get through the adventure. In most games, there's going to be some form of treasure baked in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ralif Redhammer, post: 8675860, member: 30438"] That sounds like a real bummer. To me, especially at a game with strangers, you need to be willing to bit that hook and get going quickly. To see the opposite behavior in an entire group is especially egregious. I've only ever seen one or two players do this in similar situations and most of the time they get roped into following everyone else on the adventure or in rare cases the GM just cuts away to them doing whatever and then goes quickly back to the real action. In my experience, this sort of thing doesn't happen en masse very often. Most of my experience gaming with strangers, they've been quick to pick up on the adventure thread and follow it. Regardless, I'm sorry you had to deal with it. I did have one player that would routinely balk and try to sidetrack the adventure. He would just grind the entire session to a halt on some digression, or try to convince everyone to go do something else. To his mind, he was a skilled player testing the DM's mettle. To my mind, I eventually kicked him out of the gaming group. I hate when a single PC holds the whole adventure hostage just so they can argue for more money. It's annoying at home, but at a con game or other open table where we have limited time to get through the adventure. In most games, there's going to be some form of treasure baked in. [/QUOTE]
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