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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 1532307" data-attributes="member: 9037">I think you are having a bit of bad luck. But I can understand your frustration I have had some great DMs who encouraged role playing and picking more than just the powerhouse cool spells who still managed to make your pulse pound with scary encounters.I have also walked out of several games in the last few years where the DMs did what you described and the players made over powered munchkins. I do think that 3.5 encourages some of this and in the hands of munchkins and killer DMs you end up with scenarios like you described. I enjoy a battle that challenges me and makes me think on the best way to approach it but I hate it when I feel the DM has stacked the deck all that does is cause anger and sucks the fun out of the game.A lot of novice DMs do this when they are trying to come up with an encounter that will challenge their players. As a DM use the cues your players are sending you. Are they throwing down their pencils in frustration, do they look grim and even when they manage to defeat a baddies do they make no sounds of joy do they start doing stupid rhings like they don't care anymore. There are more but you get the drift. To me a good DM can see that his players are not having fun and should take steps to rectify the situation.</blockquote>