Answer by Raphael for Player has little faith in DM, unhappy with in-game...
The first two scenarios are examples of lacking immersion ("things just happen") resp. suspense of disbelief (the GM is not perfect). You can help your player by showing her that she resp. her...
View ArticleAnswer by Peter for Player has little faith in DM, unhappy with in-game...
I agree completely with the analysis by CrystalBlue, but I offer another solution. A group of people playing pen and paper is usually a group of friends, or at least people that are somewhat friendly...
View ArticleAnswer by Zibbobz for Player has little faith in DM, unhappy with in-game...
It sounds like this is an autonomy problem. You have four bullet points, but really the latter three are all part of one larger point:Character knowledge not matching setting knowledge.You say that the...
View ArticleAnswer by Steve Jessop for Player has little faith in DM, unhappy with...
This sounds like a control/comfort thing. The two examples you've given are:(1) she doesn't want to feel like she has heretofore been unaware of an entire city. Maybe some time in the past she'd have...
View ArticleAnswer by Joshua Aslan Smith for Player has little faith in DM, unhappy with...
You have a disconnect between expectationsTo me the issue is not that the player is purposefully going against your and it probably isn't a real world problem being vented in your game, but simply that...
View ArticleAnswer by CrystalBlue for Player has little faith in DM, unhappy with in-game...
I have a lot of experience with players that act that way. I've had a player like that, at one time or another, so often that it sounds like you're describing my old games.The one thing I will mention...
View ArticleAnswer by nvoigt for Player has little faith in DM, unhappy with in-game...
Sometimes we have to spend about an hour talking her into going along.Stop feeding her. If her character does not want to go along? Well, then the character does not. That's her decision. There is no...
View ArticlePlayer has little faith in DM, unhappy with in-game events, acts stubborn,...
I am currently playing in a small group, 3 players, 1 DM. All rogues (I recommend this btw!). Normally I am one of the players, but the DM wanted a break and so I offered to do a side quest of about...
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