RE: [DL] what would you do?

["Yuri" <yuriz@twcny.rr.com>]

* Hey All,
 
*   Here's the situation:  There are three players and the gm.  One of
our
* players a close friend of the gm, and has never played a rpg before.
He
* and the gm worked out a deal where he doesn't have to learn the system
or
* read the books.  Basically he says "I want to do "X", and the gm tries
to
* do that.  This character is a MS/Huckster/Mental Mage that is the
* illegtimate son of Hellstromme.  The other player is a mutual friend
of
* mine and the gm, but always plays his characters very secretive.  

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Okay, it sounds like your Munchkin Marshal is really twinking out. If
that is your normal style, and you're having fun... more power to you...
but it sounds like you're not.

Sounds like the players are jerks (I was going to write something a
little less than PG). They also sound like Munchkins. I've been in some
games where Players went after players... and personalities conflicted.
But not to the degree that you are describing.

* Then it really starts.  Most of my characters are some sort of
gunslinger.
* I don't think I've had a character with a shootin' score of D10 or
less.
* Suddenly my TN is higher than the character shooting from the same
spot.
* At first I thought he just made a mistake and let it go.  But stuff
like
* that keeps happening and I'm getting tired of it.  

Now it sounds like your GM doesn't like you. Now, admittedly it could be
that you have some cursed things, but changing the rules against you is
one of the cardinal sins a GM can make.

* Then the straw that
* broke my camels back happened.  The short of it was my character was
* asleep and awoke in a very sexual situation with two NPCs of the same
sex.
* Everyone but me thought it was just a gutbuster.  Later I thought I
should
* have just gotten up and said "You are all sick" and left.  But for
some
* unknown reason I stayed.  

Unless you're dealing with a mature group, sex and RPGs don't mix. Even
still, you should have a watch word (something like Albatross) that
won't come up, and says that the Roleplaying is getting too intense and
too uncomfortable. In the Vampire game I ran, we did that... and it
really helped out.

* The last session I was at, which was the Heart
* of Darkness series of modules, where Stone and Grimme have at it.
After
* that session the gm makes the comment while pointing at every one BUT
me
* that "you were inportant to the Reckoners, and you and you". I was
afraid * it would go downhill for my character
* after that and I left for good before he was killed.

See above comments about your GM

*   Oh did I mention that when the MS came back to "present" day after
the
* HOE adventure that mutual friend got merge future and present versions
of
* his character and get a MAJOR power boost?  Imagine the "man with no
name"
* with the hammer of Thor.  Continous fear level of 3 to 4 around him.
When
* I created my 3rd character I had to pass 4 fear checks with this
* character?  After the sexual encounter and trying to save my party
* member's life and not even getting a thank you, I had enough.  We had
* "cancelled" the next session, but everybody but me just "showed up"
and
* they all went out to eat and our gm proceeded to give out my
character's
* "mysterious past" to everyone BUT me.  Also, after I made the comment
that
* "thor" was too powerful for begininng characters, I was told basically
* "no, he isn't".  But after giving out my character's secrets, they
* proceeded to roll up new characters and move the game night.  Guess it
was
* a good thing I left, because NOBODY told me that game nig!
* ht was changed.
*   So, Ok, I've gone on too long and probably sound like I'm whinning
way
* too much.  What do you think?  Should I have left?  Should I have left
a
* lot earlier?  Or should have stuck it out?  I was miserable.  I asked
all
* the game members (and the gm!) if anything was wrong or if I had
offended
* them.  If so, I apologized.  "No, everything is fine" is all they had
to
* say.  So, what do any/all of you think?  I apologize for the long
email, I
* needed to get this off my chest.  Plus, I would like to hear some
* impartial opinions.
* Thank You,
* Peter, Snake and Ash.

My recommendation is to get the Hell Out of Dodge. Or at least the Game
group. Find another group and play with them instead. This group of
troglodytes isn't worth your time. Gaming is supposed to be enjoyable. I
have left game groups (and lost some friends) for less. You may lose
these guys as friends... but if you are spending 4-8 hours a week doing
something you don't enjoy... what's the freakin' point? Especially for
gaming.

Yuri