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<blockquote data-quote="Macbrea" data-source="post: 109591" data-attributes="member: 1517">Over the years, I have become kind of jaded on how people run the game.&nbsp; I have only two real pet peeves that a DM can do to make me look at them and cause me to walk out on a game.&nbsp; They are:1. Start the game with the following statement, &quot;Well, i didn't like how the combat system or magic system worked in DnD. So, I have reworked them......&quot;2. Every now and then I run into the one man game. Example:&nbsp;&nbsp; DM: &quot;Ah you guys have reached the mouth of the cave&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Player 1: &quot;I would like to check out the mouth for tracks&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; DM: &quot;Seeing no traps you enter the cave and head down the tunnel&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Player 1: &quot;Ack, ok, well.....ah do I see anything interesting about the cave enterance?&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; DM: &quot;Nah, nothing of note at the cave mouth but as you turn the corner your struck in the chest by a ballista bolt from the ettin at the other end of the hall.&nbsp; It severely wounds you.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Player 1: &quot;ACK...can I jump back around the corner?&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; DM: &quot;Sure, but it would be quicker to just charge the Ettin at this point&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp; Player 1: &quot;I am that close to the ettin?&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; DM: &quot;Yah, you moved to right there when you came around the corner&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; Player 1:&quot; Ah, sure.....I am gonna grab a coke tell me if I kill him.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; DM: &quot;So, you jump forward and swing&quot; (DM rolls all dice) ......</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Macbrea, post: 109591, member: 1517"] Over the years, I have become kind of jaded on how people run the game. I have only two real pet peeves that a DM can do to make me look at them and cause me to walk out on a game. They are: 1. Start the game with the following statement, "Well, i didn't like how the combat system or magic system worked in DnD. So, I have reworked them......" 2. Every now and then I run into the one man game. Example: DM: "Ah you guys have reached the mouth of the cave" Player 1: "I would like to check out the mouth for tracks" DM: "Seeing no traps you enter the cave and head down the tunnel" Player 1: "Ack, ok, well.....ah do I see anything interesting about the cave enterance?" DM: "Nah, nothing of note at the cave mouth but as you turn the corner your struck in the chest by a ballista bolt from the ettin at the other end of the hall. It severely wounds you." Player 1: "ACK...can I jump back around the corner?" DM: "Sure, but it would be quicker to just charge the Ettin at this point" Player 1: "I am that close to the ettin?" DM: "Yah, you moved to right there when you came around the corner" Player 1:" Ah, sure.....I am gonna grab a coke tell me if I kill him." DM: "So, you jump forward and swing" (DM rolls all dice) ...... [/QUOTE]

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