Post by Redopz on Mar 21, 2016 19:19:36 GMT
So I recently got together with an online group playing 5e once a week. This is my third ever campaign, and the first as a DM.
My issue is this. The group decided to do Hoard of the Dragon Queen, which I'm enjoying so far (and I believe they are too). However, I have one player who is very obviously reading through the HotDQ book every week, preparing for the upcoming session. It's getting to the point where he is always pushing the group along the correct path, avoiding bad situations, and, worst of all in my opinion, intentionally letting other PCs go first when he knows there's a trap.
Since this is my first time as a DM, I'm not comfortable making large changes to the adventure. I'm already finding it difficult to keep track of all the moving pieces. I've started changing a few of the individual traps and encounters to catch him off guard, and throwing valuables where he expects only pain. However, since I had never used roll20 before, he created the room and I'm sure he joins as a GM sometimes (I've seen some of his dice rolls in the chat).
Does anybody have any tips on dealing with this player? Should I confront him, try to completely change the campaign, or just let him keep doing his thing? Because I don't know him well I'm afraid if I piss him off he'll delete the roll20 room, destroying everything I've made and the players character sheets.
My issue is this. The group decided to do Hoard of the Dragon Queen, which I'm enjoying so far (and I believe they are too). However, I have one player who is very obviously reading through the HotDQ book every week, preparing for the upcoming session. It's getting to the point where he is always pushing the group along the correct path, avoiding bad situations, and, worst of all in my opinion, intentionally letting other PCs go first when he knows there's a trap.
Since this is my first time as a DM, I'm not comfortable making large changes to the adventure. I'm already finding it difficult to keep track of all the moving pieces. I've started changing a few of the individual traps and encounters to catch him off guard, and throwing valuables where he expects only pain. However, since I had never used roll20 before, he created the room and I'm sure he joins as a GM sometimes (I've seen some of his dice rolls in the chat).
Does anybody have any tips on dealing with this player? Should I confront him, try to completely change the campaign, or just let him keep doing his thing? Because I don't know him well I'm afraid if I piss him off he'll delete the roll20 room, destroying everything I've made and the players character sheets.
Hope it hel;ps, and hopefully you get the issue solved. (This is IF the polite appeal does not work...)