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<blockquote data-quote="GrayIguana" data-source="post: 1409536" data-attributes="member: 7265">I really feel for some of you.&nbsp; While my story doesn't have the horror of many (especially Teflon Billy), I still get annoyed when I think of this one.&nbsp; A friend of a friend knew I played and invited me to an associates new game.&nbsp; And this is also the last time I've played with anyone except for close friends.&nbsp; After taking much time rolling characters, we just found ourselves in this catacomb.&nbsp; At first the group used extreme caution in exploring our new surroundings and trying to figure out why we were all there.&nbsp; If we asked the DM questions about what we knew, he'd just smile and say we would have to find out.&nbsp; Caution led to exploration which eventaully led to boredom.&nbsp; The DM has an enourmous map which we couldn't see, and seemed to enjoy the process of us duplicating his map.&nbsp; After hours of real time, we encountered nothing.&nbsp; Boredom turned to contempt.&nbsp; My character, a wizard began dancing and singing as we traveled down seemingly endless passageways.&nbsp; The DM would roll and we couldn't even attract a random encounter.&nbsp; Finally as the day neared its end we encounted&nbsp; . . . .&nbsp; a giant undead ant.&nbsp; Grateful for the diversion, the character lept to attack.&nbsp; My wizard began to cast a spell when I was reminded by the DM that I did not have any spell components.&nbsp; When I asked why I was told that I didn't have a chance to buy any.&nbsp; Forget the fact that we never had a chance to buy anything.&nbsp; The undead ant didn't prove to be a challenge anyway, and the rest of the gaming time was spent wandering endless tunnels looking for a reason why we were there.&nbsp; I declined to return the next week.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GrayIguana, post: 1409536, member: 7265"] I really feel for some of you. While my story doesn't have the horror of many (especially Teflon Billy), I still get annoyed when I think of this one. A friend of a friend knew I played and invited me to an associates new game. And this is also the last time I've played with anyone except for close friends. After taking much time rolling characters, we just found ourselves in this catacomb. At first the group used extreme caution in exploring our new surroundings and trying to figure out why we were all there. If we asked the DM questions about what we knew, he'd just smile and say we would have to find out. Caution led to exploration which eventaully led to boredom. The DM has an enourmous map which we couldn't see, and seemed to enjoy the process of us duplicating his map. After hours of real time, we encountered nothing. Boredom turned to contempt. My character, a wizard began dancing and singing as we traveled down seemingly endless passageways. The DM would roll and we couldn't even attract a random encounter. Finally as the day neared its end we encounted . . . . a giant undead ant. Grateful for the diversion, the character lept to attack. My wizard began to cast a spell when I was reminded by the DM that I did not have any spell components. When I asked why I was told that I didn't have a chance to buy any. Forget the fact that we never had a chance to buy anything. The undead ant didn't prove to be a challenge anyway, and the rest of the gaming time was spent wandering endless tunnels looking for a reason why we were there. I declined to return the next week. [/QUOTE]

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