He's fine with the fact he takes penalties because they are not his favoured classes (apart from rouge) but we were meant to be playing Core D&D, however he allowed one person to become an Evil elf Cleric and use a power from the book, Libris Mortis (the book of the dead) known as profane life leech, which is okey since he made it so he can't use ranged weapons and wastes up a couple of spells, but now he's taking a level in Fighter and won't take any penalties and is able to change his favoured class to fighter, which does't make sense whilst it makes more sense for a Halfling to since they are known to be very social and try to get along with everyone.
The halfling in question actually said this to me and I'm not sure where I stand. I don't want to start a massive fight and break up my first and only D&D group, but I do think it's a bit wrong that he seems to be given special treatment and such. We're playing 3.5 edition btw, not 4th.
What do you guy's think I should do? Shall I decide to talk it over with the DM calmly, not do anything or sit and wait to see what happens?
The DM seems to make alot of mistakes, but I'm letting them slide since I want to start DMing and know that it must be hard to keep track of everything and how things are going aswell as he dates, times and events that happen at certain days or months.
Anyway, what should I do?
Anyway, what should I do?
Communicate. ESP is not a standard real-world human ability. If you say nothing and the situation gets worse aren't you going to kick yourself for not speaking up earlier? If all you're doing is TALKING, not accusing, then there shouldn't be any hard feelings whatsoever. Anyone who would come down on you for talking about what you see as a potential problem before it becomes a significant problem needs a mental adjustment anyway.
I feel that our DM has become slightly unfair to the rest of the group. One member is a halfling who started out as a bard and is now taking penalties because he's multiclassed alot, like a level in Fighter, Rouge, and Barbarian.
He's fine with the fact he takes penalties because they are not his favoured classes (apart from rouge) but we were meant to be playing Core D&D, however he allowed one person to become an Evil elf Cleric and use a power from the book, Libris Mortis (the book of the dead) known as profane life leech, which is okey since he made it so he can't use ranged weapons and wastes up a couple of spells, but now he's taking a level in Fighter and won't take any penalties and is able to change his favoured class to fighter, which does't make sense whilst it makes more sense for a Halfling to since they are known to be very social and try to get along with everyone.
The halfling in question actually said this to me and I'm not sure where I stand. I don't want to start a massive fight and break up my first and only D&D group, but I do think it's a bit wrong that he seems to be given special treatment and such. We're playing 3.5 edition btw, not 4th.
What do you guy's think I should do? Shall I decide to talk it over with the DM calmly, not do anything or sit and wait to see what happens?
The DM seems to make alot of mistakes, but I'm letting them slide since I want to start DMing and know that it must be hard to keep track of everything and how things are going aswell as he dates, times and events that happen at certain days or months.
Anyway, what should I do?
I agree with the others; talk to them.
Without having other opinions, though, what it sounds like is that there's chicanery going on.
You can't change favored classes. At least not as I'm aware of.
Why is there a character with a greatly variant alignment in your group? Generally alignments need to be similar, to avoid such problems as these.
Start by asking the halfling player to raise his concerns to the Dm, and address the issue directly with him. Right now you are only being affected indirectly by this decision, and the DM should have the opportunity to address the situation. You are only aware of one side of the story and there may be some sound reasoning; but you will know more once the DM explains his decision to the other player. Then you will be able to decide for yourself what is happening here. ;)
This also allows all involved to save face if indeed mistakes or lapses in judgment have been made, without anyone feeling like they have been split.
Good luck. :D
If you do find yourself without a group and still want a d&d fix then this thread has some great advice on how to do it. It may even help you become a good DM someday.