>friend wants to run a 5e campaign with me and some of his friends
>three other players
>one is a likely autistic asshole that literally all of GMs friends refuse to hang out with because he's such a socially retarded shithead (Player A)
>other player is a coworker who is riding the line of being That Guy (Player B)
>last player is...a friend he'll have play over Skype
>Been making a LG elf wizard good guy, fights evil, that kind of shit
>Player A plans on playing a CE ranger "but not stupid evil, it's just so I can justify doing whatever I wan"
>Player B, CN cleric, essentially the same excuse
>Tell GM (who is also a good friend) I am no longer interested
>Literally begging me not to drop the game, gets legitimately mad at me when I refuse to suffer through this with him (he acknowledges it's going to be bad during his argument)
>Tell player B face to face I don't want to deal with his type of playstyle in the nicest terms - not even insulting, being forthright
>is a friend of mine, but he also gets mad as fuck
Did I fumble this? Should I have given it a chance?
>>49006052
No.
Go with your gut. DM here and playing with people who just wanna be dicks is no fun.
Think of playing as collaborative screenwriting. Do you wanna screen write with those guys? If no, then GTFO.
>D&D
Bail!
>>49006124
That's exactly how I see roleplaying, actually, and it's why I ditched
>>49006160
I mean, yeah, to a degree - diehard WFRp player here, but 5e looks all right
>>49006052
>Did I fumble this? Should I have given it a chance?
You did good anon. You saw through their bullshit, and you didn't take it.
Through upfront honesty to yourself and others, you have saved yourself a lot of time and frustration.
You did the right thing.
If you guys are friends then find something else you all enjoy doing together.
why is Baumer your picture
>>49009913
Because I been running the module for a group and it was on my desktop
Speaking of, is Ashes of Middenheim any good?
>>49006052
You made the right choice.
>>49011634
>Speaking of, is Ashes of Middenheim any good?
Never ran it, myself. My former DM reads a lot of the core and popular fan supplements, so I don't run them.
>>49011634
>>49012357
2E is better than 1E and 3E by a mile. You won't be wrong in running it.
>>49014042
I know nothing of 1E, but when they came out with the shitty board game for 3, my group forsook FFG