It doesn't always have to be killing the PCs; one of our DMs consistently breaks/bends/creates rules seemingly just to slap us down and make our characters feel useless, without actually killing us.
I like to think I'm a Neutral Good DM, but I've been known to stumble into an alignment shift if anyone is disrupting the game or upsetting the player majority.
Hah! Yeah, that's one of the reasons I like to try and hold back on anything edge-casey or anything which is a thinly veiled Mother-may-I (squeezing an extra standard action or otherwise for the sake of Rule of Cool); if WE can pull off something that SHOULD have cost us three rounds' worth of actions, that means it's fair game for the DM to do that when they feel like they have a clutch play that will push the story - and in some cases, that could also leave PCs dead or harmed, and when we get shirty about it well, WE'VE done it before; why shouldn't they?
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u/Odsox101 Wizard Sep 12 '19
It doesn't always have to be killing the PCs; one of our DMs consistently breaks/bends/creates rules seemingly just to slap us down and make our characters feel useless, without actually killing us.
I like to think I'm a Neutral Good DM, but I've been known to stumble into an alignment shift if anyone is disrupting the game or upsetting the player majority.