What was your irratating DmPC's backstory?

[Dragonhelm]

-The Fizban--the useless old man who apparently does nothing at all except annoy the crap out of you until he unleashes Total Arcane Hell via Deus Ex Machina and takes out a major BBEG for you. He usually turns out to be an Archmage or a Deity, and is vastly more powerful than any of your characters will ever be, defeating the purpose of the entire campaign.

Being the Dragonlance fan that I am, I wanted to address this point.

Fizban was, indeed, an aspect of the god Paladine. However, Fizban's purpose was to nudge the heroes in the right direction. By no means did he take away their freedom of choice. During Chronicles, we saw Raistlin turn to evil and Tanis make a mistake by going off with Kitiara.

I see your point, but I think maybe another label would be more appropriate.

 

[Old Gumphrey]

That you know of.

Also, many players who play with The Fizban in the party, I've noticed, will often do the opposite of what he suggests just to screw with the DM.

DM: Fizban thinks it's a bad idea to go with Kitiara...

Tanis: Oh, FIZBAN thinks so? Well, I'll go, and I'll like it!

That's probably why that part of the story happened in the first place.

 

[Storm Raven]

Dude... I would've walked out after an hour so of that crap. I can't believe you stayed for seven.

Nine.