D&D DM
So for almost half a year I have been DMing for a group of 6 players and have moved at a fairly decent clip. Going, almost religiously, every Friday night to a friends house to run them through a gauntlet of interesting adventures. I told them all, first night, it doesn't matter WHAT you do, HOW you do it, and WHAT direction you will travel I have a solution to every situation, a time frame for every event, and a map of every possible turn they could conceive of. In reality I am dealing with a Military Police Officer, 2 Mechanical Engineers & 3 Sales Managers.
They laughed at the impossibility of the situation. I left them 3 sessions ago with jaws on the floor and having them all at the edge of there seat. They were aghast, stupefied, amazed, and generally afraid at the events that suddenly transpired before them. As a result my friend then complained that I wasn't being obvious about things, he says, I was not explaining very well and that what I think is 'obvious' pointing out situations that the party needs to understand are simply not being conveyed properly by me. Then I ran a test during the game to prove my point that this was in fact not true -that I have gone on to point out situations long in advance and multiple times and yet no one has paid any attention. Get this...
The party is currently fighting a Polymorphic Black Dragon that can transform into anyone it has come into prior contact with. The party knows of this black dragon & its powers & has a 100% accurate means of tracking & detecting it. The party, and the Black Dragon, both know a particular NPC character that had died 3 weeks prior half a continent away. The Party assumed this character had died (he got blown up) and assumed the worst when it happened. The Black Dragon had no idea this character was dead though. Foreshadowing events even, the Polymorphed dragon appears as this 'dead' NPC character to most of the party. The party takes this event (except for my friend who is currently not with the party & is the exception) at face value -walks the polymorphed black dragon directly into there own base without so much as a question, where it then wrecks havoc on the unsuspecting defenders once it reveals itself. The whole party was surprised, with the exception of my friend, who ranted for 10 minutes about the obvious situation (out of character) and condemned everyone for not paying attention (jokingly of course, no one 'really' takes the game that serious). I simply asked him "now do you understand?" and the argument between us was settled from then on out.
Who I find most appealing out of the entire party is actually the Military Police Officer. The fact is he plays his character exactly how he does his job. He is a Warrior, blunt, takes orders without question & never complains, and is good at destroying anything that he is required to attack -with gusto. The fact that he is the most transparent character leads him to be the most trusted out of the party. Meanwhile everyone else has a scheme & there own agenda, and yet due to his bluntness they think he has the most to hide. I find it most amusing
They laughed at the impossibility of the situation. I left them 3 sessions ago with jaws on the floor and having them all at the edge of there seat. They were aghast, stupefied, amazed, and generally afraid at the events that suddenly transpired before them. As a result my friend then complained that I wasn't being obvious about things, he says, I was not explaining very well and that what I think is 'obvious' pointing out situations that the party needs to understand are simply not being conveyed properly by me. Then I ran a test during the game to prove my point that this was in fact not true -that I have gone on to point out situations long in advance and multiple times and yet no one has paid any attention. Get this...
The party is currently fighting a Polymorphic Black Dragon that can transform into anyone it has come into prior contact with. The party knows of this black dragon & its powers & has a 100% accurate means of tracking & detecting it. The party, and the Black Dragon, both know a particular NPC character that had died 3 weeks prior half a continent away. The Party assumed this character had died (he got blown up) and assumed the worst when it happened. The Black Dragon had no idea this character was dead though. Foreshadowing events even, the Polymorphed dragon appears as this 'dead' NPC character to most of the party. The party takes this event (except for my friend who is currently not with the party & is the exception) at face value -walks the polymorphed black dragon directly into there own base without so much as a question, where it then wrecks havoc on the unsuspecting defenders once it reveals itself. The whole party was surprised, with the exception of my friend, who ranted for 10 minutes about the obvious situation (out of character) and condemned everyone for not paying attention (jokingly of course, no one 'really' takes the game that serious). I simply asked him "now do you understand?" and the argument between us was settled from then on out.
Who I find most appealing out of the entire party is actually the Military Police Officer. The fact is he plays his character exactly how he does his job. He is a Warrior, blunt, takes orders without question & never complains, and is good at destroying anything that he is required to attack -with gusto. The fact that he is the most transparent character leads him to be the most trusted out of the party. Meanwhile everyone else has a scheme & there own agenda, and yet due to his bluntness they think he has the most to hide. I find it most amusing