Bran Towerfall wrote:
I have a 5th level ranger who has put off getting an animal companion until he finds an allosaurus. We are currently playing RORL in varasia and I can find no plausible way there are dinosaurs roaming in the wild. After much complaining, I told him he could go to Magnimar and look for exotic pets in the trade markets/ black markets. After spending a solid week gametime, while all the other pcs where sleeping at the table, he found a T-rex and a stegasarus. (30% chance to find after rolling over 10 dinosaurs and t-rex and allosaurus twice) He is still not happy and doesn't want to use his Boon companion feat on anything but an allosaurus. Now he is going to leave the party to find he one true love while the other pcs start skinsaw!! How do other GMs run animal companions and the ritual of getting one? He says i'm being unreasonable by not just giving him what he wants. I just don't see how he can walk out into the woods for an hour and come back with a dinosaur. If he went into a desert, he wouldn't find a polar bear. Any advice on how to get past this without setting a tone with the rest of the group that whining and eye-rolling leads the gm to give you anything you want. he's our former gm, that's what makes this crazy....
This is the same guy that went off on a boat to Dinoland, yes? You mentioned he's the former GM and it really sounds like he doesn't like not having the power. He's not interested in being a team player, he's throwing tantrums and breaking immersion. I suggest not giving into what amounts to him holding his breath to get what he wants. Unless there's an out-of-game reason to keep him (his house, his booze, what-have-you), I'd suggest getting rid of him. You have several other players who want you to continue doing some killer GMing, don't let a single player bully people around.
