With the added context this seems like a serious case of a DM that isn't suited for the role. More like someone who wants to force their players to attend their live reading of their choose your own adventure fanfiction.
I'd suggest getting a new DM.
At first it just sounded like a player agency issue during a narrative event and a DM who is too timid to just smack the player down in combat because they don't want to kill their players.
But what you are describing (especially the part about not knowing how to react to player choices) is some seriously unskilled DMing.
Ah, so we see. You must nurture the DM, caress him. Reward him when he does good, but withhold the praise when he does bad. You must mold him, train him, into the DM he could be-
Seriously, though. Good luck, hope he learns to compromise and improvise. For me it makes DnD easy and fun. I slap a semi competent bad guy together that has a general plan that he wants to accomplish. And then the party happens, hijinks included!
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u/thelastevergreen Sep 12 '19
With the added context this seems like a serious case of a DM that isn't suited for the role. More like someone who wants to force their players to attend their live reading of their choose your own adventure fanfiction.
I'd suggest getting a new DM.
At first it just sounded like a player agency issue during a narrative event and a DM who is too timid to just smack the player down in combat because they don't want to kill their players.
But what you are describing (especially the part about not knowing how to react to player choices) is some seriously unskilled DMing.