Timeline for How do I handle players that don't care for the rules I put in place as the DM and question everything I do?
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| Mar 11, 2021 at 12:03 | comment | added | WakiNadiVellir | @TaylorPaquette D&D 5e by default does not have "facing rules", so a creature in combat can't have its back towards someone. There are optional rules (in DMG I think) but I've never used them, and as a new DM you probably shouldn't start with them either. Anyway, the only rolls are what the cantrip says (attack roll against AC for some, target making a saving throw for others). | |
| Mar 11, 2021 at 6:59 | comment | added | Taylor Paquette | I'm realizing that's the problem. I followed the lead of another player that dmed within our group. He didn't have the actual rules on hand and made a lot of stuff up as he went. To the point that when I tried to introduce actual dnd official rules to the game they said they didn't like them. I'm realizing now this is where to problem originated and i'll need to sit us all down and go over the basics or step away from dming because honestly it was fun at first but now its to the point where I'm ready to jump off a bridge., | |
| Mar 11, 2021 at 6:56 | comment | added | MikeQ | @TaylorPaquette D&D has published rules. If your players expect the published rules, but you play by different rules, then there will be conflict (the bad kind). You and your players must agree to some set of rules, otherwise you will end up playing different games and arguing about it. | |
| Mar 11, 2021 at 6:44 | history | edited | Purple Monkey | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 11, 2021 at 6:43 | comment | added | Taylor Paquette | So if the player is facing with his back to the enemy(this has happened) and says I want to cast a spell, But the cantrip doesn't say to aim he should hit the target? Although he isn't even looking at it? | |
| Mar 11, 2021 at 6:41 | comment | added | Jon Aristotle | @TaylorPaquette if it doesn't say that you need to aim the spell, why do you assume it should? | |
| Mar 11, 2021 at 6:41 | comment | added | WakiNadiVellir | @TaylorPaquette Cantrips which require a roll say so. "Make a spell attack..." or "Target must roll a ... saving throw". | |
| Mar 11, 2021 at 6:39 | comment | added | Taylor Paquette | The thing is also the other 4 player saw no problem with it. They actually agree it was the right move. This one player just likes to prove he is right and that everything should go the way he expects. | |
| Mar 11, 2021 at 6:36 | comment | added | Taylor Paquette | Well here's the thing. I own and have read through both the Players Manual and the Dm's Handbook and nowhere in either does it say that a cantrip can hit a target without having to roll to actually aim(which is what I make them roll for). I know the rules just as much as them. If not more | |
| Mar 11, 2021 at 6:33 | history | answered | Purple Monkey | CC BY-SA 4.0 |