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Stormsender
09-18-06, 02:00 AM I have a problem in a game I am playing, it is kind of a long set up but I will try to be brief. My DM have been using an old campaign setting he ran with another player in the group that I have no background and didn't play in. So in this campaign there are Shades who are manipulating the Human towns to fight the drow in the overall goal to conqeur the world.
I am a LN Psionic Warrior the party and I were trying to help the town find the captured towns people taken slaves by the drow. Well after 4 sessions we are level 5 and we are finally getting to the slaves when out pops a Shade and stalls us from finding the slaves till his buddies come and take the glory.
I tried to get him out of the way because he drew his weapon on us and I tried to sunder his weapon only to find out he was a CR 26 rogue he cut my hand off. So in rush his buddies and take credit for finding the slaves and I am standiung there with one less hand as we get teleported back to town.
Also the guy who played the previous campaign is holding all the cards knows everything about the guys we are up against and keeps saying things in hushed wispers to the DM. Normally it wouldn't bother me but he's a Thrall herder and has been threatening to dominate my character the whole 4 or 5 sessions we have played.
I fail to see the hook and have expressed this to the DM being that I am only level 7 now (he is giving out levels like candy) The shade are LE, the Towns are totally behind the shade and the Drow are of course CE. I see no way I can help the town because the Shade are so powerful the party gets cut off at every corner. I can't help the Drow and I can't get behind the shade which is what the Trall Herder I think is doing behind my back and half the parties.
Bottom line is I am having no fun I feel railroaded and lacking in any acomplishment. I have gained 6 levels for basically watching the psion's take stuff down and not even enough experience to get us half way to 4th level, but the DM is just handing out levels. I am thinking of throwing in the towel, my character got back to town and paid a cleric to restore my hand and cost me huge amounts of gold so I am in the hole there, I am just not having any fun.
Ok any suggestions???:confused:
Nickpire
09-18-06, 02:31 AM Sounds to me like your DM is playing favorites. I would speak with him one on one and tell him your concerns. Explain something you enjoy about the setting, then tell him how having your sense of accomplishment constantly removed is demoralizing. Tell him you don't enjoy your character being constantly threatened by someone elses character, though that maybe best to take up with the player themselves.

If your DM seems willing to listen and compromise, great. If not, find another group. Gaming is meant to be fun, therefore if you're not having any then there's no point to playing.
Stormsender
09-18-06, 03:35 AM Thanks for the input I just don't know how much I am going to change things trying to deal with this through tactically addressing it on a person to person basis.Thanks again for the help
DonJuanDemarco
09-18-06, 09:52 AM If possible, find another group.

Otherwise, get all the other players together and see if they feel the same, then confront DM (kindly, but firmly).
was_fired
09-18-06, 10:03 AM I am just not having any fun.

That's what really matters. If your not having fun quit. D&D is a game, and when I game stops being fun there is no point in playing it. So find another group or something else to do which you enjoy more.
pres_man
09-18-06, 03:36 PM Print a copy of this article and leave it on the table (stategically not at your seat) when you leave. Hopefully the DM will read it.
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/sg/20060811a
kelvinaw273
09-18-06, 03:37 PM I'll second that. Tell the Dm that you can't see the point in the campaign as it seems to be one long railroad with only one player having any influence on the actual plot. You feel that he is playing favourites and as for a CR26 (!!!!) shade ... if the opposition is this good you may as well just pack up and go home.

This looks like a classic railroad - the DM has fallen into the trap of trying to revive an old campaign that may have been good then, but sucks now. He is steering it down a certain path and he's leaving the party feeling helpless.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Stormsender 09-18-06, 02:00 AM	I have a problem in a game I am playing, it is kind of a long set up but I will try to be brief. My DM have been using an old campaign setting he ran with another player in the group that I have no background and didn't play in. So in this campaign there are Shades who are manipulating the Human towns to fight the drow in the overall goal to conqeur the world. I am a LN Psionic Warrior the party and I were trying to help the town find the captured towns people taken slaves by the drow. Well after 4 sessions we are level 5 and we are finally getting to the slaves when out pops a Shade and stalls us from finding the slaves till his buddies come and take the glory. I tried to get him out of the way because he drew his weapon on us and I tried to sunder his weapon only to find out he was a CR 26 rogue he cut my hand off. So in rush his buddies and take credit for finding the slaves and I am standiung there with one less hand as we get teleported back to town. Also the guy who played the previous campaign is holding all the cards knows everything about the guys we are up against and keeps saying things in hushed wispers to the DM. Normally it wouldn't bother me but he's a Thrall herder and has been threatening to dominate my character the whole 4 or 5 sessions we have played. I fail to see the hook and have expressed this to the DM being that I am only level 7 now (he is giving out levels like candy) The shade are LE, the Towns are totally behind the shade and the Drow are of course CE. I see no way I can help the town because the Shade are so powerful the party gets cut off at every corner. I can't help the Drow and I can't get behind the shade which is what the Trall Herder I think is doing behind my back and half the parties. Bottom line is I am having no fun I feel railroaded and lacking in any acomplishment. I have gained 6 levels for basically watching the psion's take stuff down and not even enough experience to get us half way to 4th level, but the DM is just handing out levels. I am thinking of throwing in the towel, my character got back to town and paid a cleric to restore my hand and cost me huge amounts of gold so I am in the hole there, I am just not having any fun. Ok any suggestions???:confused:
Nickpire 09-18-06, 02:31 AM	Sounds to me like your DM is playing favorites. I would speak with him one on one and tell him your concerns. Explain something you enjoy about the setting, then tell him how having your sense of accomplishment constantly removed is demoralizing. Tell him you don't enjoy your character being constantly threatened by someone elses character, though that maybe best to take up with the player themselves. If your DM seems willing to listen and compromise, great. If not, find another group. Gaming is meant to be fun, therefore if you're not having any then there's no point to playing.
Stormsender 09-18-06, 03:35 AM	Thanks for the input I just don't know how much I am going to change things trying to deal with this through tactically addressing it on a person to person basis.Thanks again for the help
DonJuanDemarco 09-18-06, 09:52 AM	If possible, find another group. Otherwise, get all the other players together and see if they feel the same, then confront DM (kindly, but firmly).
was_fired 09-18-06, 10:03 AM	I am just not having any fun. That's what really matters. If your not having fun quit. D&D is a game, and when I game stops being fun there is no point in playing it. So find another group or something else to do which you enjoy more.
pres_man 09-18-06, 03:36 PM	Print a copy of this article and leave it on the table (stategically not at your seat) when you leave. Hopefully the DM will read it. http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/sg/20060811a
kelvinaw273 09-18-06, 03:37 PM	I'll second that. Tell the Dm that you can't see the point in the campaign as it seems to be one long railroad with only one player having any influence on the actual plot. You feel that he is playing favourites and as for a CR26 (!!!!) shade ... if the opposition is this good you may as well just pack up and go home. This looks like a classic railroad - the DM has fallen into the trap of trying to revive an old campaign that may have been good then, but sucks now. He is steering it down a certain path and he's leaving the party feeling helpless.