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<blockquote data-quote="Squire James" data-source="post: 3245962" data-attributes="member: 548">Let's see... how about these?1.&nbsp; PCs learn of marauding orcs from villagers.&nbsp; They go out seeking orcs.&nbsp; They see orcs, and ask the DM to check for surprise.&nbsp; The DM declares that the PCs did NOT attack the orcs, because they are of Good alignment and they players should have held off on attacking since they didn't KNOW these were the orcs that marauded the village!&nbsp; Yes, he actually nixed PC actions because of (mis-)alignment issues!&nbsp; I wasn't there for the aftermath of this, but I wouldn't be surprised if the orcs attacked the PCs with surprise...2.&nbsp; Same DM running Forge of Fury (module spoiler warning).&nbsp; PCs approach fortress.&nbsp; Without rolling anything, the orc sentries see them and shut the front door after going inside (presumably to alert his fellow orcs).&nbsp; The door seemed indestructable, and no amount of weapon damage could break it.&nbsp; Player with PC dead from last encounter builds a dwarven barbarian with Destructive Rage SPECIFICALLY to destroy that one door!&nbsp; They destroy the door, and the BBEG of the module promptly comes out and does various draconic things.&nbsp; PCs score multiple crits in a round, doing over 100 points of damage.&nbsp; Medium-size dragon snatches a just-as-big PC and flies away with him.3.&nbsp; Same DM running what appeared to be G1 from Against the Giants.&nbsp; Monk decides to check all the side rooms for sleeping giants (exactly the right thing to do in this situation).&nbsp; Coup de graces several sleeping giants and cave bears, and loots thousands of gp from the rooms.&nbsp; DM rules that a level 20 vampire had hypnotized him, and that none of this really happened.&nbsp; In broad daylight.&nbsp; Without other party members noticing.&nbsp; Without rolling any dice for little things like, oh, Will saves.4.&nbsp; Paladin pokes at an assortment of dirty rags.&nbsp; A Rot Grub leaps out of the rags and kills the paladin in one round.&nbsp; No dice rolls whatsoever, not for the rot grub hitting, or the paladin to attempt to win initiative and cut his own arm off.&nbsp; No rolls at all.&nbsp; One dead paladin dead within 5 minutes of creating the character.&nbsp; He didn't even get a chance to take over the character to require him to act Lawful Stupid (see #1).These are just the worst... his games were essentially one moment like this after another.&nbsp; And this guy gets 6-10 players for his games, and I am unable to sustain more than 3 at a time (usually 2).&nbsp; He probably killed all interest in D&amp;D forever for about 6 people.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Squire James, post: 3245962, member: 548"] Let's see... how about these? 1. PCs learn of marauding orcs from villagers. They go out seeking orcs. They see orcs, and ask the DM to check for surprise. The DM declares that the PCs did NOT attack the orcs, because they are of Good alignment and they players should have held off on attacking since they didn't KNOW these were the orcs that marauded the village! Yes, he actually nixed PC actions because of (mis-)alignment issues! I wasn't there for the aftermath of this, but I wouldn't be surprised if the orcs attacked the PCs with surprise... 2. Same DM running Forge of Fury (module spoiler warning). PCs approach fortress. Without rolling anything, the orc sentries see them and shut the front door after going inside (presumably to alert his fellow orcs). The door seemed indestructable, and no amount of weapon damage could break it. Player with PC dead from last encounter builds a dwarven barbarian with Destructive Rage SPECIFICALLY to destroy that one door! They destroy the door, and the BBEG of the module promptly comes out and does various draconic things. PCs score multiple crits in a round, doing over 100 points of damage. Medium-size dragon snatches a just-as-big PC and flies away with him. 3. Same DM running what appeared to be G1 from Against the Giants. Monk decides to check all the side rooms for sleeping giants (exactly the right thing to do in this situation). Coup de graces several sleeping giants and cave bears, and loots thousands of gp from the rooms. DM rules that a level 20 vampire had hypnotized him, and that none of this really happened. In broad daylight. Without other party members noticing. Without rolling any dice for little things like, oh, Will saves. 4. Paladin pokes at an assortment of dirty rags. A Rot Grub leaps out of the rags and kills the paladin in one round. No dice rolls whatsoever, not for the rot grub hitting, or the paladin to attempt to win initiative and cut his own arm off. No rolls at all. One dead paladin dead within 5 minutes of creating the character. He didn't even get a chance to take over the character to require him to act Lawful Stupid (see #1). These are just the worst... his games were essentially one moment like this after another. And this guy gets 6-10 players for his games, and I am unable to sustain more than 3 at a time (usually 2). He probably killed all interest in D&D forever for about 6 people. [/QUOTE]

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