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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mrpiercejg" data-source="post: 4528609" data-attributes="member: 66374"><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'"><span style="font-size: 10px">If that kind of game isn't fun to you, tell your players. I think it's OK for people to be silly occasionally, but in most games the characters are intended to be Heroic. It sounds like they aren't keeping up with their part in the FUN rule. See below...</span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'">DMG Pg 7</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'">FUN!</span></span></span></span> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'">"The last essential component of a D&D game is fun. </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'">It’s not the DM’s job to entertain the players and </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'">make sure they have fun. </span></span></span></span><em><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd-Italic'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd-Italic'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Every person playing the game </span></span></span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd-Italic'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd-Italic'">is responsible for the fun of the game. </span></span></em></span></span><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Everyone speeds</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'">the game along, heightens the drama, helps set how </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'">much roleplaying the group is comfortable with, and </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'">brings the game world to life with their imaginations.  </span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'">E</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'">veryone should treat each other with respect and </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'">consideration, too. Personal squabbles and fights</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'">among the characters get in the way of the fun. </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'">Different people have different ideas of what’s fun </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'">about D&D. Remember that the “right way” to play </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'">D&D is the way that you and your players agree on </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'">and enjoy. If everyone comes to the table prepared to </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'MentorStd'">contribute to the game, everyone has fun."</span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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