Ahnehnois
First Post
[MENTION=6693711]slobster[/MENTION]
Communication is always critical. As someone who's been with the same group forever, I tend to assume that the communication side is already taken care of. But you're right on the level that if not everyone's on the same page or has the requisite level of trust to run a game, those issues take precedence over rules lawyer-y concerns or pretty much anything really.
In context, a player complaining about a spell ban might really be thinking "does this DM just hate us" or "does he have a clue". And the DM might indeed be acting inappropriately for a variety of reasons. My comments are intended for the case in which the DM is acting reasonably and the players know it. Getting to that point, developing that level of competence and understanding, is a foregone conclusion for me at this point, but only after many years of gaming; for others this might not be the case.
Communication is always critical. As someone who's been with the same group forever, I tend to assume that the communication side is already taken care of. But you're right on the level that if not everyone's on the same page or has the requisite level of trust to run a game, those issues take precedence over rules lawyer-y concerns or pretty much anything really.
In context, a player complaining about a spell ban might really be thinking "does this DM just hate us" or "does he have a clue". And the DM might indeed be acting inappropriately for a variety of reasons. My comments are intended for the case in which the DM is acting reasonably and the players know it. Getting to that point, developing that level of competence and understanding, is a foregone conclusion for me at this point, but only after many years of gaming; for others this might not be the case.