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<blockquote data-quote="J-H" data-source="post: 8303965" data-attributes="member: 7020951">&quot;Problematic&quot; these days seems to refer to social/political views from only a certain end of the spectrum most of the time.&nbsp; I usually consider the term problematic problematic as a result.I played a bit at a FLGS and everything was generally fine.&nbsp; We had one guy whose grasp of the rules was sub-par and who maybe had a few issues, but he was nice and an enthusiastic player, so it was cool.&nbsp; FLGS is now shut down. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />A lot of my play historically has been on play by post 3.5.&nbsp; I remember one where we made 1st or 2nd level characters, were sent out to investigate &quot;giant bugs&quot; on a farm.&nbsp; It turned out to be some sort of fiendish creature (don't recall what) with DR 10/substance, and nobody had the substance.&nbsp; We were supposed to ask more questions or something instead of just responding immediately to the emergency.&nbsp; The DM got mad when we decided to retreat, and said that cold iron (or whatever) was cheap and we could have started with some, and that the barbarian could have damaged it if he used power attack.&nbsp; I think that was the end of the campaign, and I avoided that person's games after that.&nbsp; Some sort of communication in advance would have helped, as this was at least partly a mismatch; I don't think any of my characters have ever carried around regular+silver+cold iron+whatever weapons just because.There are a few other people whose games I just flat avoided for PBP because I saw them create too much drama by making everything about their sexuality or personal issues or taking offense at anything and everything in various forum threads.&nbsp; Not worth the risk.I did have one player who is older and has back problems, and was drinking too much while playing to where his personality would change to &quot;murderhobo the enemy.&quot;&nbsp; We were going to potentially lose another player over it, and I wasn't super happy either.&nbsp; He and I talked about it, and there haven't been any issues since.&nbsp; If he's imbibing during out games, he's kept it to a level where I can't tell, so it's cool.&nbsp; Yay for adult conversations and settling things through communication.Maybe I'd have had more issues if I started playing with a bunch of randos at college instead of in my '30s with a crowd where everyone's over the age of 20.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="J-H, post: 8303965, member: 7020951"] "Problematic" these days seems to refer to social/political views from only a certain end of the spectrum most of the time. I usually consider the term problematic problematic as a result. I played a bit at a FLGS and everything was generally fine. We had one guy whose grasp of the rules was sub-par and who maybe had a few issues, but he was nice and an enthusiastic player, so it was cool. FLGS is now shut down. :( A lot of my play historically has been on play by post 3.5. I remember one where we made 1st or 2nd level characters, were sent out to investigate "giant bugs" on a farm. It turned out to be some sort of fiendish creature (don't recall what) with DR 10/substance, and nobody had the substance. We were supposed to ask more questions or something instead of just responding immediately to the emergency. The DM got mad when we decided to retreat, and said that cold iron (or whatever) was cheap and we could have started with some, and that the barbarian could have damaged it if he used power attack. I think that was the end of the campaign, and I avoided that person's games after that. Some sort of communication in advance would have helped, as this was at least [I]partly[/I] a mismatch; I don't think any of my characters have ever carried around regular+silver+cold iron+whatever weapons just because. There are a few other people whose games I just flat avoided for PBP because I saw them create too much drama by making everything about their sexuality or personal issues or taking offense at anything and everything in various forum threads. Not worth the risk. I did have one player who is older and has back problems, and was drinking too much while playing to where his personality would change to "murderhobo the enemy." We were going to potentially lose another player over it, and I wasn't super happy either. He and I talked about it, and there haven't been any issues since. If he's imbibing during out games, he's kept it to a level where I can't tell, so it's cool. Yay for adult conversations and settling things through communication. Maybe I'd have had more issues if I started playing with a bunch of randos at college instead of in my '30s with a crowd where everyone's over the age of 20. [/QUOTE]

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