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<blockquote data-quote="Chimera" data-source="post: 3250065" data-attributes="member: 2002">My three character deaths at the hands of the same GM in the space of about 15 sessions, before I wised up and moved on.1&gt;&nbsp; Third session of me in the existing group.&nbsp; GM decides that he's ending the current game to start a new &quot;grim and gritty&quot; game, so he's going to end this one with a bang.&nbsp; My Bard/Transmuter is on the roof of a large building during the extremely large battle when an enemy Wizard casts Evard's Black Tentacles (this was 3.0 - pre-nerf).&nbsp; On the far, back side of the roof from where he is on the ground.&nbsp; No way he could see the location, no way he could know I was exactly there.&nbsp; I cry FOWL!&nbsp; GM blows it off.&nbsp; I ask how the guy knew that I was there.&nbsp; He points to another NPC about 200 yards away and says &quot;he told him&quot;.&nbsp; I asked how that was communicated between two people 200 yards apart in the middle of a battle, got no answer.Every tentacle hit.&nbsp; All of them.&nbsp; Scratch one PC.2&gt;&nbsp; We're now in the G&amp;G campaign.&nbsp; My Cleric is at the back end of our marching order and we're in some tunnels when we come to a door.&nbsp; The rest of the party starts arguing.&nbsp; GM declares that the bad guys hear us and we now hear them coming.&nbsp; I argue to leave and convince the others to do so.&nbsp; Rather than simply reversing and having me in the front on the way out, GM picks up the entire marching order and reverses us, keeping me at the back...only now 20 feet behind the next closest guy.&nbsp; Again I cry FOWL, and again he blows me off.&nbsp; Higher level Fighter in bladed armor gets initiative on me, moves up, grapples me and knocks me down to 2 hp before I can move.&nbsp; I think there was something fishy with the number of actions he performed in that round.&nbsp; My turn, I roll considerably higher on the die to escape, but he still wins the grapple.&nbsp; I can't do anything.&nbsp; Next round, I'm knocked down to -14 hp and killed.3&gt;&nbsp; Same game, my Cleric had been mysteriously recovered and raised only through the expenditure of every ounce of treasure the group had accumulated.&nbsp; GM decides to throw something out of the BoVD at us.&nbsp; DR 10/Magic.&nbsp; Only one PC has a magic weapon.&nbsp; That being the regular host of the game, playing a Dwarven Fighter with 18 Str and 20 Con, who has gained a Dwarven Hammer +2, Holy.&nbsp; Hmmm....smells vaguely like tuna in here.&nbsp;&nbsp; So he's walking around popping them like balloons.&nbsp; Unfortunately, I'm AC 16 against things with three attacks per round at +4 or +5 to hit, and there are two or three of them attacking me.&nbsp; Oh, and they have a 40' move too, so no chance I can run away.&nbsp; I try to cast my Magic Weapon spell and get creamed, losing the spell.&nbsp; Now I'm doing d8+2 against things with DR 10.&nbsp; You do the math.&nbsp; I went down.&nbsp; Then they ensured that I was dead before Dwarf boy could get to me.Yessiree Bob, you want to chase off a player, you repeatedly kill his character in less than amusing ways...&quot;No hard feelings!&quot; he says, as I let it be known that I'm leaving the group.Oh yeah, there were hard feelings.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chimera, post: 3250065, member: 2002"] My three character deaths at the hands of the same GM in the space of about 15 sessions, before I wised up and moved on. 1> Third session of me in the existing group. GM decides that he's ending the current game to start a new "grim and gritty" game, so he's going to end this one with a bang. My Bard/Transmuter is on the roof of a large building during the extremely large battle when an enemy Wizard casts [i]Evard's Black Tentacles[/i] (this was 3.0 - pre-nerf). On the far, back side of the roof from where he is on the ground. No way he could see the location, no way he could know I was exactly there. I cry FOWL! GM blows it off. I ask how the guy knew that I was there. He points to another NPC about 200 yards away and says "he told him". I asked how that was communicated between two people 200 yards apart in the middle of a battle, got no answer. Every tentacle hit. All of them. Scratch one PC. 2> We're now in the G&G campaign. My Cleric is at the back end of our marching order and we're in some tunnels when we come to a door. The rest of the party starts arguing. GM declares that the bad guys hear us and we now hear them coming. I argue to leave and convince the others to do so. Rather than simply reversing and having me in the front on the way out, [b]GM picks up the entire marching order and reverses us, keeping me at the back...only now 20 feet behind the next closest guy. Again I cry FOWL, and again he blows me off. Higher level Fighter in bladed armor gets initiative on me, moves up, grapples me and knocks me down to 2 hp before I can move. I think there was something fishy with the number of actions he performed in that round. My turn, I roll considerably higher on the die to escape, but he still wins the grapple. I can't do anything. Next round, I'm knocked down to -14 hp and killed. 3> Same game, my Cleric had been mysteriously recovered and raised only through the expenditure of every ounce of treasure the group had accumulated. GM decides to throw something out of the BoVD at us. DR 10/Magic. Only one PC has a magic weapon. That being the regular host of the game, playing a Dwarven Fighter with 18 Str and 20 Con, who has gained a Dwarven Hammer +2, Holy. Hmmm....smells vaguely like tuna in here. So he's walking around popping them like balloons. Unfortunately, I'm AC 16 against things with three attacks per round at +4 or +5 to hit, and there are two or three of them attacking me. Oh, and they have a 40' move too, so no chance I can run away. I try to cast my [i]Magic Weapon[/i] spell and get creamed, losing the spell. Now I'm doing d8+2 against things with DR 10. You do the math. I went down. Then they ensured that I was dead before Dwarf boy could get to me. Yessiree Bob, you want to chase off a player, you repeatedly kill his character in less than amusing ways... "No hard feelings!" he says, as I let it be known that I'm leaving the group. Oh yeah, there were hard feelings.[/b] [/QUOTE]

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