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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ThoughtBubble" data-source="post: 666043" data-attributes="member: 9723">First. I feel for your pain. A player's character should never EVER just be killed unavoidably. The cursed chain was also cruel. The teleportation thing sucked, as did missing out on any loot.  It's appearent that your DM is being cruel.That said, you hit one of my BIGGEST pet peeves as a DM. Not paying attention. There's a couple of differences between bringing up a CCG that everyone plays, and flipping through a book. The first is that it's more likely that the person flipping through the book will miss out on room information, and have to be told again while in the middle of actions, or even worse, get themselves hurt because they don't know what's going on, then get pissy. The second is about participation. If you want to do something solitary, please don't do it during this optional social gathering. If you want to read the book, I'd be happy to lend it to you (assuming I don't need it) for the next week. But don't get me wrong, I get angry with the constant out of character banter in some of the groups I play with.You also hit one of my biggest pet peeves as a person. I hate when someone with a problem goes around assuming that they're completely innocent of all wrong doing. I'm a player in a campaign with a guy who likes flipping through books at the table. I've made a habit of forcably taking them away from him. Why? "Hey guys! The hand of Vecna gives you a grip at 18 strength! Isn't that cool! Oh! And check out his eye!" He thinks he's just flipping through the book quietly, but he's interrupting everyone at the table.And your attitude that "I guess he felt like I slighted him and needed to extract revenge on me for not paying attention to his .... descriptions" shows me that you don't really appreciate the fact that he was at least putting these things together. DMing is a pain in the ass. It can be rewarding but it's a pain. If my players don't appreciate what I'm doing, it's time to get new players.So, I'll say it again, what your DM did to you wasn't right, it wasn't fair, and it was poor actions in the social circle, but your actions weren't completely innocent either.</blockquote>

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