jasper
Rotten DM
1.we had a couple of people who did not get along if at the same table. We seperated them.All good advice. I'm curious how #15 works with AL games. Early in 5e I played some AL games. The typical arrangement in FLGS where I attended was that there were some established AL groups running through a campaign for whatever book was new that season. Maybe about a third of the people there. Most of the rest were regular AL players who would join whatever game was available, playing various AL one shots. Some would try to stick to their favorite GM(s) from week to week, but the groups would mix up quite a bit from session to session. And then GMs would rotate running introductory adventures for new players.
Putting aside obvious, over-the-top bad behavior, what would be your guidelines for "people who don't play well together" and how do you handle rejecting someone who wants to join your table as an AL event, unless you were running a campaign with a regular group? If and when you decided you didn't want to DM for someone was it just a personal decision and that player would go play with another DM, until they found a DM they played will with, or went from DM to DM until nobody wanted to play with them. I'm assuming it wouldn't be a total event ban by the organizers for any but the most egregious actions.
2. I recently total ban a cheater from my table. It bad when the casuals are looking at them side eyed. Before it was just me and the other dm, we could pass the cheater from table to table until the dm/table got tired of them. Note he didn't cheat all the time but....
4. One the guidelines I established for the group was a DM could bounce a person for any reason. this was more to cover number 1 but as with any open table you have people who ick the DM out. And we not getting paid for this. i go pushed by the official AL facebook in 2016 over this.
5. I set a table limit for pick up games.
6. i did a total day ban on one person at con before. Note if I knew how he acted on Friday, he would have been bounced Saturday morning. And after what I learn late Sunday, we could had him bounced from the con. but my dms were too nice.