Your DM Team

[Avvy]

My DM team are all volunteers, as am I. We sometimes log on as PCs as well as NPCs. This means we want to play.

I don't mind answering questions when I'm on my PC. Heck, if there's a real emergency I'll switch to DM side to deal with it. However, asking me to switch DMside just to provide the effects for a teleport or some other pointless unneeded thing will make me very cranky.

DMs sometimes ask if anyone needs anything. Please don't answer with stupid/smart ass replies. It's not appreciated. Being told "a level" "a gold token" and other such things is annoying and distracts us from serious replies.

[BALLS OF STEEL]

Oh I already punish people for this. Dont let me overhear you, folks!

[Avvy]

I feel this needs a slight bump as it's becoming a bit of an issue again.

Making jokey, or in some cases admittedly 'jerky' requests isn't funny when the DMs are trying to help people, maybe you find it amusing, but when I see them, it actually makes me tend to want to hit the 'kill' button or just spawn something very large and very angry on your head.

If I ask "Does anyone need anything?" I actually mean that. I don't mean "what do you want?" A gold token is not a needed thing. Enough experience is not a needed thing. A ham sandwich is not a needed thing in relation to the game we're playing. Asking for an item instead of looking for it is not a needed thing.

Responding with a question related to the game is totally valid. Responding with "um, I'm kinda stuck on placeable x" is a valid thing. "I just killed y but didn't get any XP for it" is a valid thing (though I'll ask for a screenshot obviously.)

The DM team does a lot of work to keep this module going, from dealing with player issues, to building areas, to fixing broken gear and running events. We don't need joking stupidity on top of all that.

So please, if we ask if anyone needs something, and you don't need something, either say nothing at all to us, or shoot a tell saying that nothing is needed. Don't ask me to wipe your backside for you when you go to the bathroom, cause I will start using sandpaper laced with chili powder.

Thanks in advance
Avvy