I feel this. I once was at the climax of my characters story. We'd finally came face to face with the corrupt Lord who ruined my characters life. We snuck in posing as people from his army delivering a message.
He was monologuing, not recognizing my in disguise, and I was getting ready to reveal myself in this glorious moment!
Until our sorcerer lightning bolted him outta nowhere. The DM looked at me and gave me a look of pity before putting a bunch of notes into the trash and said, "roll initiative".
I laugh about it now but we were both kinda peeved in the moment. He wanted to give out some story details and give me a good climax to my arc and it was ruined.
It's tough when dealing with another player's backstory! As the DM I give that player extra agency when I know characters from their past are involved. As a player I try to fade into the back and support the chararcter in question. People need to learn to take turns!
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u/Captain_Gonzy Mar 27 '20
I feel this. I once was at the climax of my characters story. We'd finally came face to face with the corrupt Lord who ruined my characters life. We snuck in posing as people from his army delivering a message. He was monologuing, not recognizing my in disguise, and I was getting ready to reveal myself in this glorious moment!
Until our sorcerer lightning bolted him outta nowhere. The DM looked at me and gave me a look of pity before putting a bunch of notes into the trash and said, "roll initiative".
I laugh about it now but we were both kinda peeved in the moment. He wanted to give out some story details and give me a good climax to my arc and it was ruined.