UngeheuerLich
Legend
Not what I said, not what I meant. Just what you think.Then its just the DM playing with himself. Which I seem to get is the preference from a lot of old school DM's. You have to do what they want, how they want it. You have to guess what they are thinking with regards to traps and how they think a trap should be disarmed, never mind that neither of you know squat about traps in real life. You have to convince them, not the NPC.
That is your take from what I wrote. I am sorry that your feelings were hurt by a bad DM.You don't play the game, you play the DM. It's very ego centric and pandering.