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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 6788682" data-attributes="member: 6790260">To be honest, [MENTION=45197]pming[/MENTION] I really don't think your "tough love" is helping. At all. The OP is feeling extremely frustrated, burnt out, hurt, and annoyed--feeling that his group is unpleasable, that they get mad about him giving them exactly what (he thinks) they asked for, etc.As for my own advice, [MENTION=67338]GMforPowergamers[/MENTION] :Try not to let it get to you. First, take a break. Plenty of people have suggested perfectly cromulent ideas on how to do that--board games, one-shots, etc.It could be a very good idea to let one of the other people DM for a little while. It sounds like you've been the only one to shoulder that burden for years and years without a break. If the other people in your group are so dissatisfied with how things are going, give them an opportunity to have TOTAL control--to make EVERYTHING up themselves, from the bottom to top. They've been players for a long enough time that they should have an idea or two of how the back-end system works--now they just need to know how difficult it is to keep that going for 20-30 levels. Perhaps they will be more appreciative.Also, if you do decide to retake the DM's chair at some point, have a nice, long sit-down, with each of your players individually, and with the whole group together. Tell them how frustrated YOU feel...and listen, no matter how difficult it might seem, to how frustrated THEY feel. It sounds like *both* sides are not getting what they want out of this, and that's a recipe for hurt feelings all around. Communicate. Be as totally, completely clear as you can possibly be--even if it means being extremely pedantic and nit-picky about every little detail. And give your players the same opportunity. Perhaps, if you're not unlucky, a compromise can be reached.</blockquote>

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