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<blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 9491384" data-attributes="member: 6684958">This is a HUGE thing in my games.So many gamers think rules, rule interpretations, House Rules, The Agreement, and what &quot;everyone does&quot; are universal.It's bad enough when some players think things like &quot;I never keep track of stuff, I just say my character has whatever and 'pop' they do&quot;.&nbsp; And I have to tell the player, &quot;nope, not in my game. I don't care if your last 100 DMs did it that way. You keep track of exactly what your character has on them in my game.&quot; It just get worse for the more style type stuff.&nbsp; The PCs try to cross a trapped bridge over a river....and fall in the river.&nbsp; The players automatically assume their characters automatically hold on to everything.&nbsp; And they are beyond shocked when I have them roll and drop items.&nbsp; Again I will hear something like&nbsp; &quot;my last 100 DMs never had any of my characters drop anything ever!&quot;.&nbsp; And the whine increases a hundred fold when the kobolds come out of the woods to attack the PCs on the riverbank.&nbsp; And a player of a martial PC will whine and complain that it is not fair their PC dropped their two handed sword in the river.Or when the player of the spellcasting PC just wants to cast a spell and &quot;blast all the kobolds&quot;.&nbsp; And I tell them that in the 360 battlefield there are nine groups of kobolds, and point to the miniatures.&nbsp; The player gets super upset they can't just &quot;blast all the kobolds&quot; as they are spread out all around the area.&nbsp; And the player will endlessly complain &quot;all the other 100 DMs they have played with have always had only one easy to target group of kobolds to blast.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bloodtide, post: 9491384, member: 6684958"] This is a HUGE thing in my games. So many gamers think rules, rule interpretations, House Rules, The Agreement, and what "everyone does" are universal. It's bad enough when some players think things like "I never keep track of stuff, I just say my character has whatever and 'pop' they do". And I have to tell the player, "nope, not in my game. I don't care if your last 100 DMs did it that way. You keep track of exactly what your character has on them in my game." It just get worse for the more style type stuff. The PCs try to cross a trapped bridge over a river....and fall in the river. The players automatically assume their characters automatically hold on to everything. And they are beyond shocked when I have them roll and drop items. Again I will hear something like "my last 100 DMs never had any of my characters drop anything ever!". And the whine increases a hundred fold when the kobolds come out of the woods to attack the PCs on the riverbank. And a player of a martial PC will whine and complain that it is not fair their PC dropped their two handed sword in the river. Or when the player of the spellcasting PC just wants to cast a spell and "blast all the kobolds". And I tell them that in the 360 battlefield there are nine groups of kobolds, and point to the miniatures. The player gets super upset they can't just "blast all the kobolds" as they are spread out all around the area. And the player will endlessly complain "all the other 100 DMs they have played with have always had only one easy to target group of kobolds to blast." [/QUOTE]

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