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Message: <blockquote data-quote="silentspace" data-source="post: 2137870" data-attributes="member: 14316">I agree with the posters above. But just to play devil's advocate, it could be that you are contributing to the problemDo you deal with him in person with the same kind of attitude you have here?Sounds like you might be exagerating a bit. If he really spent most of his time attempting to fast dismount his camel, then the entire combat was over in the first round. Because attempting to dismount is a free action, and if you fail you dismount as a move action. You really sound sour. Fast dismounting is actually a smart thing to do. Better than not even trying it.Are you exaggerating about the shield as well? If you're not, then you have a really bad DM. Nobody in their right mind would strap a shield to a camel in such a way that it takes several rounds to get it free. If that's what your DM is ruling that's just dumb. You should be upset with your DM, not the player.Also, you come off a bit arrogant, saying how you singlehandedly saved the day in both combats. They sound like minor combats, if all it took was a 2nd level summon ally spell to finish, even augmented. But its hard to tell by your description. The shield sounds pretty important. Anyway, this is the only example you've given which I see as something that truly was a bad move. But who knows? He might have had a plan, and is too embarassed to say what it was. Or maybe he was trying to run. When a TPK is imminent, people start doing strange things.As above, I question whether he was really useless in the other battles. Sometimes battles are over quick before some characters can contribute. I'm just giving him the benefit of the doubt based on your description.Annoying for you, not necessarily for anyone else. You sound a bit like a control freak, you don't need to control the game, you are only one player. Maybe its you who needs to let go?Now this is a serious statement. Can you give a real example? The short combats that your character finished before the fighter could contribute don't seem to count. And the TPK, well, all sorts of things could have gone wrong there. I'm not saying the TPK wasn't the player's fault, I'm just asking if you have another example.Different game, not really an example. Also, it doesn't involve you. And yet you seem to be really worked up about it.But just to play devil's advocate, since he already scored, what's wrong with trying to do it with flair?Don't take this the wrong way, I don't mean to be attacking you, I'm just trying to see things from another viewpoint. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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