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<blockquote data-quote="Rya.Reisender" data-source="post: 7496304" data-attributes="member: 6801585"><p>Everyone who left my games so far just... disappeared. Not coming online anymore, not answering mails, etc.</p><p>I don't think something I did as DM caused anyone to do that. I'm very clear already when recruiting players what type of DM I am and the players applying are those that love exactly my type of play. So I usually just get positive feedback.</p><p></p><p>The things I don't like about other DMs actually caused me to never join a game as player ever. So I didn't really have the chance to up and leave yet. AL would be perfect for me but it's not available in my country. And I just can't find a non-AL DM that is rule-strict enough for me to accept him as suitable. It already starts with the DM not allowing Goodberry to be combined with Life Cleric bonus. Or a DM that thinks that hiding ends if you are vaguely seen. Just can't join such a DM.</p><p></p><p>I could imagine how this would go:</p><p></p><p>Me: "I'm a life cleric, so each goodberry recovers 4 HP."</p><p>DM: "Nope, that's not how it works."</p><p>Me: "Oh of course it does. Jeremy Crawford replied to this and confirmed it on Sage Advice, look it up if you don't believe me."</p><p>DM: "Then I just make a houserule that it doesn't work like that on my table."</p><p>Me: "You can't just change the rules, you didn't create this game, Wizards of the Coasts did."</p><p>DM: "The DM is allowed to change the rules."</p><p>Me: "No he's not. The DM is just another player, except he's playing a lot more characters and has the job to tell the other players what they perceive."</p><p>DM: "That's not how I see it."</p><p>Me: "Fine, that's it, I'm out."</p><p></p><p>Yeah no, I don't want to run into such a situation ever, so I guess I'll have to live with being DM myself forever, despite really wanting to be player too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rya.Reisender, post: 7496304, member: 6801585"] Everyone who left my games so far just... disappeared. Not coming online anymore, not answering mails, etc. I don't think something I did as DM caused anyone to do that. I'm very clear already when recruiting players what type of DM I am and the players applying are those that love exactly my type of play. So I usually just get positive feedback. The things I don't like about other DMs actually caused me to never join a game as player ever. So I didn't really have the chance to up and leave yet. AL would be perfect for me but it's not available in my country. And I just can't find a non-AL DM that is rule-strict enough for me to accept him as suitable. It already starts with the DM not allowing Goodberry to be combined with Life Cleric bonus. Or a DM that thinks that hiding ends if you are vaguely seen. Just can't join such a DM. I could imagine how this would go: Me: "I'm a life cleric, so each goodberry recovers 4 HP." DM: "Nope, that's not how it works." Me: "Oh of course it does. Jeremy Crawford replied to this and confirmed it on Sage Advice, look it up if you don't believe me." DM: "Then I just make a houserule that it doesn't work like that on my table." Me: "You can't just change the rules, you didn't create this game, Wizards of the Coasts did." DM: "The DM is allowed to change the rules." Me: "No he's not. The DM is just another player, except he's playing a lot more characters and has the job to tell the other players what they perceive." DM: "That's not how I see it." Me: "Fine, that's it, I'm out." Yeah no, I don't want to run into such a situation ever, so I guess I'll have to live with being DM myself forever, despite really wanting to be player too. [/QUOTE]
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