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serious d&d DM question, how do I tell a player that they are acting more like a co-DM/DM than a player and its not working for the campaign. (Explanation under cut) Any advice would be appreciated.

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So I am currently running a dnd campaign and one player refuses to share their character backstory with me or anything else that they want to incorporate into the story, which prevents me from adding it to the story like they want. So when it comes up in a session they interrupt me to take the story-telling reins for themself, effectively stopping me and the other players from continuing with establishing plot together. And its annoying me (And other players) a lot because I know nothing of their plans and in the past when I've told them that certain things couldn't work because of plot I've already established, they have gotten angry at me.

Most recently they have been setting up something (A trap or monster? I'm honestly not quite sure) within a house they are staying at in game (They have told me nothing of this prior and interrupted me during game to explain what would happen) and they expect me to go along with it when I have expressed that when they interrupt me and try and bring the players on their own side plot is not a cooperative playing style. This player has also attempted to leave the party several times already which everyone has expressed displeasure over.

I don't know how to approach the topic with them gently (I'm not very good with tone) and am not sure how they would react if I told them flat out. I feel a little out of options, advice is welcome.

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my players when the orphans have spiders crawling out of their mouths

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hosting my first dnd session as a DM in a week lets gooo 💪💪

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hii scam pls pls pls tell me about ur campaign. I’m starting my own soon and I would love to hear about what’s up with yours

HI HI !!!! okay so this is probably going to be pretty long and also disclaimer !! idc much about many dnd rules so if any of this 'shouldn't be possible' in a dnd campaign then too bad i am my own god :)

now to the good stuff :D

ALRIGHT. so i started with them in prison bc i wanted there to be a reason they would find the world in the state they did when they got out (time skip stuff yk). So basically the prison was a 1 week in there = 10 years in the real world world (they were in there for 3 weeks)

so once they got out everything was basically dying. the world is dying. there are these monsters that the townsfolk are terrified of (The Shadows) and they get tasked by the king to figure out why this is happening and how they can stop it (basic dnd stuff lol)

so they run into these Shadows, which they get a simple explain for sort of why everyone is afraid of it and this is where some of the knowledge the party knows diverges. as not everyone in the party knows the same things.

so my campaign is Very reliant on gods (i didn't make them up my own, just some of the dnd 5e gods lol) and basically these 5 gods (All chaotic evil or neutral) took over the world during these 30 years and grew to power. the shadows (and many other monsters/bad things) are effects of them and their powers (Illusions causing people to be paranoid, spiders, raging diseases, more betrayal and tricks, thieving)

so basically one of my players is working with the gods (like is an acolyte for them type thing. has been supporting them before they went to the prison) so they know much more about the gods and their effects than everybody else (they can roll perception to see if an npc or interaction is connected to a god also)

another player was basically being used by the king bc they have visions and now they know a lot of stuff about the gods because of their knowledge in the kings court. (they have been allowed to leave the area for the adventure by the king but they are severely traumatized anyways sooo)

and many of the other players have lost family members or other things (jobs, land, etc) because of this. so they all want to stop the gods, and they don't know that their friend in the party plans on stopping them before they can prevent the gods from their full take over.

this basically sums up a lot of lore that i've shared with players so far. but each player has a bond to a certain god in a way (whether or not they necessarily know that) and im introducing them into the different gods effects and monsters slowly (aka they fought spiders recently, then learned more about the spider god. then i introduced the illusions and that god. etc, etc)

anyways yes so their journey is to find a way to stop the gods while they actively have a spy in their midst and the world is progressively getting worse :)

feel free to ask questions or anything !! (open to anyone please <33)

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FIRST DND SESSION OF THE YEAR !??

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first sorta half dnd session of the year today lol <3

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i love having a lore drop dnd sessions sm <33