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<blockquote data-quote="DungeonmasterCal" data-source="post: 2629561" data-attributes="member: 5388">I had a similiar incident with a 13 year old this past weekend.&nbsp; My son (who is 12) had invited a couple friends over to play D&amp;D.&nbsp; We ended up running SWd20 instead.&nbsp; I knew the 13 year old kid had never played a table top RPG, but figured he'd catch on.&nbsp; The kid is a Halo and Halo 2 addict.&nbsp; He refused to grasp that in a pen and paper game you can't do the things you do in a video game.&nbsp; He kept saying he wanted to just use dark side powers and kill things, but after I explained I only run heroic games and dark side characters were not allowed, he kept badgering me about running a Jedi who uses dark side powers to force bad guys to confess to their crimes, etc.Every combat he wanted to switch weapons between rounds.&nbsp; He insisted on having a &quot;sniper blaster&quot;.&nbsp; He kept on wanting to shoot anyone not on his &quot;team&quot;.&nbsp; He kept asking why he couldn't have plasma grenades that would stick to the Clone troopers.&nbsp; He kept on asking if we could &quot;reset&quot; the game after the TPK he caused.I try to be a patient dad.&nbsp; I know I fail sometimes, but that's the mark of having a 12 year old kid.&nbsp; But I finally had to sit this kid down and tell him, &quot;Look.&nbsp; You guys failed your mission.&nbsp; You used bad judgement AFTER I repeatedly told you throwing a frag grenade into your own airlock was stupid.&nbsp; And one thing you need to understand is this; the more you badger me about doing something, the less likely I'll ever run you guys on a game again, and the likelihood of you even being invited back into my house also diminishes dramatically.&quot;I looked at my son, who was nodding sagely.&nbsp; Later, I overheard him tell his buddy, &quot;Dude.&nbsp; Don't get on dad's bad side.&nbsp; I have to put up with him when you do.&quot;Word.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DungeonmasterCal, post: 2629561, member: 5388"] I had a similiar incident with a 13 year old this past weekend. My son (who is 12) had invited a couple friends over to play D&D. We ended up running SWd20 instead. I knew the 13 year old kid had never played a table top RPG, but figured he'd catch on. The kid is a Halo and Halo 2 addict. He refused to grasp that in a pen and paper game you can't do the things you do in a video game. He kept saying he wanted to just use dark side powers and kill things, but after I explained I only run heroic games and dark side characters were not allowed, he kept badgering me about running a Jedi who uses dark side powers to force bad guys to confess to their crimes, etc. Every combat he wanted to switch weapons between rounds. He insisted on having a "sniper blaster". He kept on wanting to shoot anyone not on his "team". He kept asking why he couldn't have plasma grenades that would stick to the Clone troopers. He kept on asking if we could "reset" the game after the TPK he caused. I try to be a patient dad. I know I fail sometimes, but that's the mark of having a 12 year old kid. But I finally had to sit this kid down and tell him, "Look. You guys failed your mission. You used bad judgement AFTER I repeatedly told you throwing a frag grenade into your own airlock was stupid. And one thing you need to understand is this; the more you badger me about doing something, the less likely I'll ever run you guys on a game again, and the likelihood of you even being invited back into my house also diminishes dramatically." I looked at my son, who was nodding sagely. Later, I overheard him tell his buddy, "Dude. Don't get on dad's bad side. I have to put up with him when you do." Word. [/QUOTE]

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