Tell Us Your Worst GM Story - 02/15/08 01:06 AM
I don't think any of my players are on the forum yet, so I'm probably safe asking for "worst GM" stories. Tell us about the GMs who were so awful that they made you want to see how much damage a sharpened pencil really would do.
I've been lucky to not have any really awful GMs, and the worst of the ones I've had have been at conventions. I can only imagine having a bad GM that I had to play with regularly!
One GM at a convention lured players in with the promise of a particular setting, and then violated just about every expectation players had. It'd be like asking players to create characters for a courtroom drama, and then having the courtroom invaded by aliens at the start of the trial. As long as you knew in advance you were going to be playing an alien invasion scenario, that'd be cool. But bait and switch isn't cool.
The worst thing is, I don't even think the GM understood what he was doing.
So what are your worst GM stories?
I've been lucky to not have any really awful GMs, and the worst of the ones I've had have been at conventions. I can only imagine having a bad GM that I had to play with regularly!
One GM at a convention lured players in with the promise of a particular setting, and then violated just about every expectation players had. It'd be like asking players to create characters for a courtroom drama, and then having the courtroom invaded by aliens at the start of the trial. As long as you knew in advance you were going to be playing an alien invasion scenario, that'd be cool. But bait and switch isn't cool.
The worst thing is, I don't even think the GM understood what he was doing.
So what are your worst GM stories?