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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Keifer113" data-source="post: 2910936" data-attributes="member: 41266">A reply from this game's DMIf someone isn't having fun in a game group, leave. If someone doesn't understand something, ask for an explanation. If you disagree, fine. Don't go onto a board and post an attack on the group without putting out all the facts. That is a cowardly act. Specific points to address : 1st ed conversions to 3.5. There was one, a finely played paladin who earned her holy avenger. I mean really earned it. I did not allow players bringing in newcharacters to buy magic items, as I want to control magic somewhat initially so no game breaking items are brought in. I have a list of items the players will earn to make them on par with the established characters. A +4 defender sword is overpowered? To a player who whined about not having any magic items????No players were pushing for heavy houseruling in their favor. One player, siding with me about not using a grid in combat, mentioned that he was good at eveballing things without a grid. I explained why I give slow XP advancements. It is ok to disagree with why I do so. The impression I got from Agent Oracle's complaints were that he wanted to level up as fast as possible so he could have an uberpowerful character.I give a nice XP bonus for character fluff, because that makes for a good character. Characters are not just numbers rolled on a paper. Fluff like a background and a picture make a character breathe. I feel if you put hard work into a pic and a story, you should be rewarded for that.I have been playing DnD for ages. I was on Eric Noah's boards when they first went up with news on 3.0. I also work for a gaming company and have to know 6+ gaming systems. I also have a real life and don't sit every night reading every sourcebook that has come out or memorizing every rule in the game. I don't charge people to play. We are a game club, we have dues. Dues are used for gameclub purchases, not for enlarging my mini collection. All dues and expenditures were kept on a tracker on our website. I spend hundreds of dollars and spend dozens of man hours on buying mini's to enhance our game, out of my own pocket. I never ask anyone to help me with that. If a club charging dues is a bad thing, I suggest writing The Knights of the Dinner Table comic and telling them they are a bad example of a gaming group cause they do the same thing. ( that's a joke, son).I will not sit here and type out the numerous things that Agent Oracle did wrong at our gaming table. I just want, before everyone else reads these posts, for people to remember there are two sides to every story, and before you empathsize with someone, try and find out all sides to the issue. As an end note, we were trying to find a nice way to let Agent Oracle know he was not a fit in our game club, and that his social and gaming skills needed alot of work.</blockquote>

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