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May I ask what is the proper etiquette on asking your GM questions during a gaming session?
As a newish player, I sometimes have a question regarding rules or how to play my character and will ask before we start or during a break. However, recently I didn't understand my faction mission and during a pause in play I consulted the GM at the table as privately as I could. I was brief and did my best not to interrupt the flow of the session.
Was this an appropriate way to handle the situation? Does anyone use notes to communicate with the GM in game?
Thanks!
Sounds fine to me. I used to use notes, but TBH I found it more distracting than just stopping the game for a second to have questions asked.
Depends on the GM though.
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That sounds like a good way to approach it, mccorn75. Some groups prefer notes, others would just have you raise your hand and let the GM know you have a quick question (some tables may chuckle at you for the hand-raise, others may prefer it; it is seemingly random in my experience).
So long as it's not a constant barrage of interruptions, no reasonable table should get after you for the occasional direct question.
The wrong way, of course, can be seen demonstrated in the film "Wayne's World", where-in Garth recounts grabbing his lawyer by the neck and yelling "I'm not goin' to jail for you, or anybody!" That's the wrong approach. Most things short of that will work if done infrequently enough, though.
Sounds like you did fine. Generally you should respect. DM authority and try not disrupt the game too much, and it sounds like you did both. More importantly, is your DMs preference for handling these situations and you will have to figure that out. I will interrupt during combat if its something i want to try that round and it can be answered in one sentence. My group's unwritten rule is that the DM can make a call on the fly, and we won't research it until combat is over.
Do it like in real life?
First check your books.
Next, if someone's talking, wait until the one's done.
And check if you really need to know right now how the appraise skill works while you're in the midst of combat.
Do it like in real life?
First check your books.
Next, if someone's talking, wait until the one's done.
And check if you really need to know right now how the appraise skill works while you're in the midst of combat.
Doesn't everybody appraise enemy belongings during combat with x-ray goggles? How else am I supposed to know which meat bags I can't afford to let escape? ;)
@ mccorn, sounds like you did fine. I wouldn't pass notes unless the DM is running an intrigue-y kind of campaign where players are expected to keep secrets from each other.
As a GM, my personal preference is for someone to say, "Hey GM, I have a question about <this topic> when you get a chance."
The only time it's really helpful if someone raises their hand is if I'm already dealing with other players or lots of people are talking. Otherwise I prefer for players just to interject that they have a question.
Can't say I've ever had someone pass me a note regarding rules questions (or anything else for that matter), and I'd probably find that more distracting that just coming out and saying you have a question. Why? Well some of us have difficulty reading at the same time as paying attention to conversation. ;)