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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Barcode" data-source="post: 668949" data-attributes="member: 3165">I really wanted to be the kind of DM that worked with the players to build the story.  I really did.But I have recently come to the conclusion, after about a year of playing in the same campaign, that I hate at least half of the PC's.I think it began when the players cut me out of the intersession email threads, under the auspices of "not giving the DM any ideas".  I felt kind of excluded, but I respected their wishes.  Unfortunately, I am not a great tactician, more of a roleplayer, and with their six minds against my one they were constantly finding ways to easily beat the encounters.  (That, and the CR system breaks down seriously when there are six PC's plus cohorts, and 6/8 are spellcasters of some sort).  Then when the cheering and in-character gloating began, complete with the Bard composing derisive ballads about how easily the bad guys were defeated, I found myself feeling kind of defensive.Now since this is all in character, I don't really feel any serious personal rancor towards the players, but a couple of the PC's are really starting to piss me off.  I have started upping the difficulty of the encounters, and last week I killed a PC and one of the cohorts (the Bard's Devoted Defender).  I have to admit I am feeling kind of a guilty pleasure.  I still think the encounter was fair, but it was designed to make their favorite tactic (nuke them from orbit) fail with severe consequences.So it is them against me, and I am barely holding on to my impartiality.  This can only end in tears...</blockquote>

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