What would you do?

[Hypersmurf]

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You and your father game together? That's so cool! How old are you and your father?

I'm 24, my mother and father are both 50.

They were playing... hmm, at least as early as 1980. They started me on AD&D 1E in 1983/84.

-Hyp.

 

[demon_jr]

in regards to confronting your DM during a game session, in my experience, it is not usually a wise thing to do.

unless your group and DM are "very" open-minded and "very" reasonable people, more often than not tempers flare and personality conflicts emerge.

i would recommend discussing a problem outside of the game session.

however, the problem with confronting the DM or group after the fact is that the situation has already occurred and the damage has been done.

sometimes, the desire to discuss the problem may also become non-existant by the end of the game session, especially if the game session ends on a good note or a cliffhanger moment. on the other hand, if the game session ends on a sour note, then discussing the previous problem may actually add more fuel to the fire.

there have been many times when i have disagreed with my DM's interpretation of the rules. i have felt that i was in the right and my DM was wrong, but in the end, the DM always had the final say. for my particular group, the DM basically said he would listen to whatever interpretations other players may have, but once he has made his ruling, he will go with what he believes is right, regardless of what others may say.

i may not always agree with my DM, but in order to have an enjoyable game, sometimes you just have to.

 

[kreynolds]

i may not always agree with my DM, but in order to have an enjoyable game, sometimes you just have to.

The real problem occurs when you know you're DM is full of it, thus you don't enjoy the game anymore. At that point, you're left with the decision of trying to reason with him or just ditching the game. Unless you have a DM whose "power" has gone to his head, he'll probably reason with you.

 

[demon_jr]

The real problem occurs when you know you're DM is full of it, thus you don't enjoy the game anymore. At that point, you're left with the decision of trying to reason with him or just ditching the game. Unless you have a DM whose "power" has gone to his head, he'll probably reason with you.

fortunately, my DM is a fairly reasonable person. he is quite good at maintaining balance within the game, but his overall goal is to make sure the group has fun, which i appreciate greatly.

there have been many times when i have felt my DM was wrong. he usually takes the time to consider other options, but in the end, he will always stick to what his interpretation is, since he is the DM. which forces me to go along with whatever ruling he makes.

however, i don't have too much of a problem with that since, for the most part, i know that his reasons for ruling a certain way are to keep balance within the game, not because the power has gone to his head.

the only problem is that for the most part, my pride tells me i am usually right and he is the one who is wrong. but i usually have points to back up my pride.



however, if i felt he made a ruling without consulting others on what they thought or simply because the power went to his head, then that would be a different story.

i'm only slightly bothered, as oppossed to bothered alot, by the "his word is law" ruling, since i know he usually tries to be fair in his decisions.

plus, if the DM didn't have the power to put his foot down once in a while, i'm sure the players would be walking all over him.