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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMforPowergamers" data-source="post: 8828843" data-attributes="member: 67338">yeah so right before the lock downs around the end of 2019 I was in a 2 day con game (2 4 hour sessions) that had a HUGE mix of players... including me and a gaming buddy who both know 5e, 2 people who had never played a TTRPG before 1 guy who had not played since 1e, and a woman who only knew pathfinder, a guy who played non D&D games but never D&D... and the DM who I thought was going to pull his hair out. We had pregen 4th level characters. a woman who had never played anything took the wizard and was expected to know how to handle it... but teh BIG issue of how our party kept failing was the guy who played non D&D games... he was the hafling rogue I will never forget. He had a non magic sling and 3 magic knives (+1 keen... totally broken in 5e) but he kept using the sling because "I'm a thief I'm not getting into a fight if I can help it" BUT then we got into a fight with some undead (I think wights) and his sling wasn't working so he moved in... but then asked "You said these things are old dry dead bodies right" and tried to light them on fire instead of stabbing them... if you don't know WHY your attack isn't working moving to a magic weapon MAY come easy to us but not everyone... Just FYI we TPKed in hour 1 of session 2 and the DM looked like he wanted to cry...</blockquote>