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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hadit" data-source="post: 588421" data-attributes="member: 9460">There have been some pretty good responses to your query already, but I have a couple of things to add.It seems your major concern was the accusation by your players that you sometimes act "too young". Well, you ARE about 10 years younger than your players apparently, so that is going to be a facet of that campaign that is never going to change... your players should be aware of that and act accordingly. In most gaming situations this is not going to be a factor, but (as has been already pointed out), if you choose to bring elements of a more complex and mature storyline into your game, you must take into consideration your own actual life experiences in order to make such "mature" situations seem believable. My guess is that you have never directly experienced the miscarriage of a child... your child (pardon me deeply if I am wrong). It is possible that your player has, and while she may not feel traumatised by the event, she may feel that you handled the situation in a clunky way due to your inexperience... and felt somehow offended in an offhand way. No one is really wrong here... you were simply trying to invest your game with a little more "real-life" grit. Unfortunately, some of your players may be more experienced with these real-life situations, and have taken you (mildly) to task on it. Likewise, though, I think your players can be taken to task for not being a little more understanding of your own position... after all, you are simply trying to give your game more emotional whallop, and that is commendable of any DM!Personal opinion: I do not find it all too believable that an elven druidess would "go crazy" because she had a miscarriage... POSSIBLE, yes... but pretty improbable overall. Druid's honor nature. Nature is nothing if not the eternal dance of life and death. Druid's recognize this and are not particularly queasy with the contemplation of mortality. Of course she would be saddened... but that is a long way from crazy.</blockquote>

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