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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dreaded_beast" data-source="post: 803470" data-attributes="member: 11185">sometimes i think DMs may give that attitude towards their players. it's as if the DM thinks the players are not fully able to understand the rules on their own and need to be corrected by the DM. corrected defined as what the DM interprets as correct. what gets bothersome is when after being corrected by the DM, as a player you say you understand the rules and you do, but the DM is insistant on continuing to explain the rules further "for your benefit", taking time away from the game session. in my opinion, that is insulting to one's intelligence. then the DM get's bent out of shape when you want to hurry the game along by cutting his lengthy explanation short.however, i have to say that it takes a lot of patience to be a DM, especially with the kind of players out there! what kind of person would want to subject themselves to the thankless job of being a DM, always listening to players complaining, whining, etc?kudos to DMs out there, all though my post may sound otherwise</blockquote>