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<blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 3110800" data-attributes="member: 198">Moral of the story: Use miniatures and a battlemat. That prevents such arguments.From the sounds of your story, the players were at fault. The whole &quot;we back out of fireball range unmolested and run like hell&quot; is silly. Of course, we're getting only your version of the story. Theirs would very likely be different.While I agree with you that the party is responsible for their actions, I don't agree that you're not at all responsible. Remember that their actions are based on the information you give them, so you're significantly responsible too.What I would have done is made sure they knew exactly what they were doing. For example, your sounds like you were quite vague and didn't check what he meant. Backing up out of fireball range means something very different to spreading out so as not to be caught within the spread of a fireball. This was the point where you should have explained that they couldn't back up that far without being fireballed, and the problem would have had less likelihood of occurring.Also, shouting back at people who are shouting at you is the worst way to resolve the situation. Next time, try waiting them out and simply look at them silently till they shut up. It's harder to do, but more likely to defuse a situation.In short: It sounds like your players were mostly at fault. You made it worse and could possibly have prevented the problem. Both sides should work on communication.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shilsen, post: 3110800, member: 198"] Moral of the story: Use miniatures and a battlemat. That prevents such arguments. From the sounds of your story, the players were at fault. The whole "we back out of fireball range unmolested and run like hell" is silly. Of course, we're getting only your version of the story. Theirs would very likely be different. While I agree with you that the party is responsible for their actions, I don't agree that you're not at all responsible. Remember that their actions are based on the information you give them, so you're significantly responsible too. What I would have done is made sure they knew exactly what they were doing. For example, your sounds like you were quite vague and didn't check what he meant. Backing up out of fireball range means something very different to spreading out so as not to be caught within the spread of a fireball. This was the point where you should have explained that they couldn't back up that far without being fireballed, and the problem would have had less likelihood of occurring. Also, shouting back at people who are shouting at you is the worst way to resolve the situation. Next time, try waiting them out and simply look at them silently till they shut up. It's harder to do, but more likely to defuse a situation. In short: It sounds like your players were mostly at fault. You made it worse and could possibly have prevented the problem. Both sides should work on communication. [/QUOTE]

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