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<blockquote data-quote="molepunch" data-source="post: 5761207" data-attributes="member: 6683467">LOL, Danny you're absolutely right! The non-RPers in the group (half of&nbsp; them) hate the way I try to emphasize RP over grid-based combat, so yes,&nbsp; they are not into me as a DM for sure (did I misunderstand you? Sorry,&nbsp; I'm not a native speaker)!Now, I love combat, but I want it to have meaning too.&nbsp; And again, I&nbsp; wasn't a bad DM, I just wasn't the right DM anymore, and it's perfectly&nbsp; OK.&nbsp; I'm just glad our sorted it out before any real resentment had set&nbsp; in and festered. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; And I definitely can have a laugh at myself for&nbsp; being such a needy DM, even though I can respect that people sometimes&nbsp; just want to eat chips and roll some crits.&nbsp; I think the non-RPers and I&nbsp; just needed to finally realize that we were compromising for a long&nbsp; time, and maybe D&amp;D is a hobby that has to be Goldilocks-just-right&nbsp; for yourself in particular in terms of taste.&nbsp; This is evident in all&nbsp; the edition wars people partake in, I guess?[MENTION=54846]Rechan[/MENTION] [MENTION=463]S'mon[/MENTION]I can't XP you guys yet but thank you for your ideas.&nbsp; I always read your replies in other topics with respect and interest.Ironically, the original campaign began with 3 players only, J, Spousey, and CY.&nbsp; I did not invite the other gaming gang regulars to be a part of the campaign.&nbsp; It was wonderful but CY (a power gamer and self-professed-wannabe-RPer) felt that combat was too dangerous and boring with 3 players.&nbsp; I then added 2 NPCs to the story.&nbsp; Everyone chimed in that it's &quot;more fun with more players&quot; so I invited 2 more players.&nbsp; Who turned out to be non-RPers after all.&nbsp; The rest is history.I have never run a small campaign before.&nbsp; I intend to do so after my &quot;batteries are fully recharged&quot;.&nbsp; For now, I am having fun being the meatshield.&nbsp; My Spouse, E, warned me not to &quot;RP like I'm gunning for the Oscars&quot; lest it comes across as though I'm trying to upstage, one-up, or just spite the non-RPers.&nbsp; E is has great EQ and I often listen. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="molepunch, post: 5761207, member: 6683467"] LOL, Danny you're absolutely right! The non-RPers in the group (half of them) hate the way I try to emphasize RP over grid-based combat, so yes, they are not into me as a DM for sure (did I misunderstand you? Sorry, I'm not a native speaker)! Now, I love combat, but I want it to have meaning too. And again, I wasn't a bad DM, I just wasn't the right DM anymore, and it's perfectly OK. I'm just glad our sorted it out before any real resentment had set in and festered. :) And I definitely can have a laugh at myself for being such a needy DM, even though I can respect that people sometimes just want to eat chips and roll some crits. I think the non-RPers and I just needed to finally realize that we were compromising for a long time, and maybe D&D is a hobby that has to be Goldilocks-just-right for yourself in particular in terms of taste. This is evident in all the edition wars people partake in, I guess? [MENTION=54846]Rechan[/MENTION] [MENTION=463]S'mon[/MENTION] I can't XP you guys yet but thank you for your ideas. I always read your replies in other topics with respect and interest. Ironically, the original campaign began with 3 players only, J, Spousey, and CY. I did not invite the other gaming gang regulars to be a part of the campaign. It was wonderful but CY (a power gamer and self-professed-wannabe-RPer) felt that combat was too dangerous and boring with 3 players. I then added 2 NPCs to the story. Everyone chimed in that it's "more fun with more players" so I invited 2 more players. Who turned out to be non-RPers after all. The rest is history. I have never run a small campaign before. I intend to do so after my "batteries are fully recharged". For now, I am having fun being the meatshield. My Spouse, E, warned me not to "RP like I'm gunning for the Oscars" lest it comes across as though I'm trying to upstage, one-up, or just spite the non-RPers. E is has great EQ and I often listen. :) [/QUOTE]

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