Voros
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Okay so this question comes out of the current campaign of D&D I'm in. It started off mediocre, got a bit better when we switched from 2e to 5e but now has taken a dive.
The DM runs sessions as a endless series of colourless combat, no real attempt is made to make NPCs engaging or even interesting.
I'm not sure if he's stripping out all the rping, puzzles and traps out of the adventure he is running or if it is just poorly constructed (I'm thinking the former).
A lot of 'go here and clear out this building for the villagers' missions, and we're up to levels 8-10! Sometimes sessions screech to a halt as we shop for equipment (sometimes taking up most of the session!) or a rule has to be looked up.
The DM is a pretty sensitive type and we lost of few players so far because he was rude to one player and I think just bored the others.
Everyone in the group a friends or related by marriage, my wife and I are bored out of our minds but we're not sure what we can do as players to make the game more engaging and fun.
I broached playing CoC or something else but didn't get a bite.
So two questions, one practical: what would you do in this situation?
The other more theoretical, is it possible for players to make a GM-led game like D&D fun even with a less-than-great DM?
The DM runs sessions as a endless series of colourless combat, no real attempt is made to make NPCs engaging or even interesting.
I'm not sure if he's stripping out all the rping, puzzles and traps out of the adventure he is running or if it is just poorly constructed (I'm thinking the former).
A lot of 'go here and clear out this building for the villagers' missions, and we're up to levels 8-10! Sometimes sessions screech to a halt as we shop for equipment (sometimes taking up most of the session!) or a rule has to be looked up.
The DM is a pretty sensitive type and we lost of few players so far because he was rude to one player and I think just bored the others.
Everyone in the group a friends or related by marriage, my wife and I are bored out of our minds but we're not sure what we can do as players to make the game more engaging and fun.
I broached playing CoC or something else but didn't get a bite.
So two questions, one practical: what would you do in this situation?
The other more theoretical, is it possible for players to make a GM-led game like D&D fun even with a less-than-great DM?