Comments on: A Conversation with a New Gamer: Player/GM Trust http://dicemonkey.net/2010/02/14/a-conversation-with-a-new-gamer-playergm-trust/ Not Your Usual Bag of Dice Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:18:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A Conversation With a New Gamer: Characters Above 1st Level | Dice Monkey http://dicemonkey.net/2010/02/14/a-conversation-with-a-new-gamer-playergm-trust/comment-page-1/#comment-1107 A Conversation With a New Gamer: Characters Above 1st Level | Dice Monkey Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:18:43 +0000 http://dicemonkey.net/?p=2241#comment-1107 [...] This conversation is with a different new gamer than last time. [...] [...] This conversation is with a different new gamer than last time. [...]

]]> By: My Worst Session Ever | Dice Monkey http://dicemonkey.net/2010/02/14/a-conversation-with-a-new-gamer-playergm-trust/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 My Worst Session Ever | Dice Monkey Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:11:23 +0000 http://dicemonkey.net/?p=2241#comment-1015 [...] I’m glad I got out of the group when I did. Listening to them for the next few weeks as they played in my store, I couldn’t imagine continuing to play with those guys. There was a lot of power-gaming and munchkining going on, and I didn’t want any part of that. What it comes back to is player/DM trust. [...] [...] I’m glad I got out of the group when I did. Listening to them for the next few weeks as they played in my store, I couldn’t imagine continuing to play with those guys. There was a lot of power-gaming and munchkining going on, and I didn’t want any part of that. What it comes back to is player/DM trust. [...]

]]> By: Swordgleam http://dicemonkey.net/2010/02/14/a-conversation-with-a-new-gamer-playergm-trust/comment-page-1/#comment-1003 Swordgleam Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:02:30 +0000 http://dicemonkey.net/?p=2241#comment-1003 Alternate answer: "Because that doesn't fit the XP budget for a first level party of your size." I've never met a group that plays that way, but based on what I've seen on forums, that's literally all that's holding some DMs back from attacking 1st level parties with dragons. I guess adversarial games are still popular. Which is not a bad thing, but I wouldn't want to game that way. Alternate answer: “Because that doesn’t fit the XP budget for a first level party of your size.”

I’ve never met a group that plays that way, but based on what I’ve seen on forums, that’s literally all that’s holding some DMs back from attacking 1st level parties with dragons. I guess adversarial games are still popular. Which is not a bad thing, but I wouldn’t want to game that way.

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