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By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:24:48 +0000

@Tyson, Your right it can be very bothersome (who uses the word bothersome!). The problems seem to stem from the some of the rules being very broken as i created the system a couple of years ago before i managed to buy any source books and really had no idea what i was doing, (Australia doesn’t really have RPG suppliers so i get all my stuff from amazon now.) Anyway over the years i’ve implented change upon change to the point the system is a mix match of my original creation and 4e. I’m currently building a newer system that is nothing like the old one and during this time playing my friends campaign. I should be able to ignore my inner backseat DM to a point though, but some in game decisions that have been made are hard not to speak up over.

That was really long winded, sorry. lol.

Scott

By: Tyson J. Hayes

Tyson J. Hayes — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:53:00 +0000

The Backseat GM article is really making the rounds. Not much I can really add to the conversation that hasn’t already been stated at ChattyDM and NewbieDM.com.

@GroovyTaxi Did your DM continue running later or did he just stop the campaign altogether? This personally would probably bother me, and would likely have just asked you to stop.

@Scott, Best of luck not interfering with a game that uses your own home rules, that would bother the paint out of me! I’d suggest mentioning to the DM outside of the game and ask if you can help him brush up or ask if there is anyway you can help him during the game. He may be open to the suggestions!

By: GroovyTaxi

GroovyTaxi — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:34:42 +0000

I’m a compulsive backseat DM, except I find the mistakes in-character and exploit them. The DM was so tired once that he just rage quitted the game because my character had found a flaw in the clergy of Pelor that he hadn’t noticed. It’s always a bit frustrating to see your DM end a game end just because you thought outside the box. Some people however take backseat DMing very well. I recently started playing with another DM and we just share tips and rule knowledge as we play. That way I don’t feel like a rule lawyer and we both get to learn new things about the game.