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<blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 4058658" data-attributes="member: 9037"><p>Actually I can understand it if you are playing a more wargame type DnD where story takes a back seat. In a game like that I can see being frustrated if you can't play your character the way he was built.</p><p></p><p>The OP did say that story was important to him and to some of his group. As a story type DM/player I can well understand that sometimes you have situations that can cause a PCs to not be able fully use their abilities. Like in the game I played in with the dead magic zones. A big part of the story was based on playing in a world that was recovering from a huge magical war. As I said it was a little sucky when we ended up in one and I was playing a sorcerer but I still had a blast role playing in those sessions.</p><p></p><p>What I don't get is some of the posters saying that DM who do this are bad DMs and that the player who was whining was in the right.</p><p></p><p>First of all it is a matter of taste so calling it bad or horible and telling the op he was a bad DM was really uncalled for. He had a problem with one player the rest were fine with the game. It seemed to me that the whiner was trying to get the game changed to suit him.</p><p></p><p>What I don't get or understand is that the people who don't like their PC abilities nerfed in game any way thinking that everyone else plays the same type of game they enjoy and that the whiney player had a right to whine because the game was not up to his satisfaction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elf Witch, post: 4058658, member: 9037"] Actually I can understand it if you are playing a more wargame type DnD where story takes a back seat. In a game like that I can see being frustrated if you can't play your character the way he was built. The OP did say that story was important to him and to some of his group. As a story type DM/player I can well understand that sometimes you have situations that can cause a PCs to not be able fully use their abilities. Like in the game I played in with the dead magic zones. A big part of the story was based on playing in a world that was recovering from a huge magical war. As I said it was a little sucky when we ended up in one and I was playing a sorcerer but I still had a blast role playing in those sessions. What I don't get is some of the posters saying that DM who do this are bad DMs and that the player who was whining was in the right. First of all it is a matter of taste so calling it bad or horible and telling the op he was a bad DM was really uncalled for. He had a problem with one player the rest were fine with the game. It seemed to me that the whiner was trying to get the game changed to suit him. What I don't get or understand is that the people who don't like their PC abilities nerfed in game any way thinking that everyone else plays the same type of game they enjoy and that the whiney player had a right to whine because the game was not up to his satisfaction. [/QUOTE]
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