It's a sad truth - about pretty much any human activity, not just D&D - that not all random groups ( in fact not many ) are compatible. Those groups being Family doesn't change that fact ( although it might change the probability of the group being compatible ).
Your daughter sounds like a "mad scientist" type player who might be happiest with a more wacky and chaotic "fun-house dungeon" style campaign. Other Players sound like they're into a more serious style.
Have you considered either splitting the group, or splitting the campaign? If you're running two stories, and two sets of Characters - one Campaign being more serious drama and one being more madcap and chaotic, then no one has to adapt their play style, and no ones' play style spoils other peoples' fun.
You might even have all the Players in both Campaigns. If you're playing with mature adults, then people are more likely to accommodate a game which isn't their preferred style, knowing that next time they get to play something they prefer - so they'll humor everyone else right now.
In short, don't try and change anyone's style - just make spaces in your game(s) for everyone's styles - even if those spaces are completely disconnected narratives, or even if they have different Players.
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Your daughter is not allowed to ruin everyone else's fun. If she likes doing OMG-so-random stuff and the rest of the table does not like it, she is going to have to adapt or stop playing. You don't want to stomp on her fun, but she can't be allowed to stomp on everyone else's fun.
For example, I do not like playing with people who do the OMG-so-random stuff. It is just not fun for me. I would probably just leave the group though, rather than ask you to make her do this. If more than one of your players feels the same way, you will be left with no group. This is a fact of RPGs -- no D&D is better than bad D&D. And to me, omg-so-random D&D is bad D&D.
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WOTC lies. We know that WOTC lies. WOTC knows that we know that WOTC lies. We know that WOTC knows that we know that WOTC lies. And still they lie.
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sorry I asked a question.
What's the ages of everyone involved? Is this an adult daughter or a kid?
It's a sad truth - about pretty much any human activity, not just D&D - that not all random groups ( in fact not many ) are compatible. Those groups being Family doesn't change that fact ( although it might change the probability of the group being compatible ).
Your daughter sounds like a "mad scientist" type player who might be happiest with a more wacky and chaotic "fun-house dungeon" style campaign. Other Players sound like they're into a more serious style.
Have you considered either splitting the group, or splitting the campaign? If you're running two stories, and two sets of Characters - one Campaign being more serious drama and one being more madcap and chaotic, then no one has to adapt their play style, and no ones' play style spoils other peoples' fun.
You might even have all the Players in both Campaigns. If you're playing with mature adults, then people are more likely to accommodate a game which isn't their preferred style, knowing that next time they get to play something they prefer - so they'll humor everyone else right now.
In short, don't try and change anyone's style - just make spaces in your game(s) for everyone's styles - even if those spaces are completely disconnected narratives, or even if they have different Players.
My DM Philosophy, as summed up by other people: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rN5w4-azTq3Kbn0Yvk9nfqQhwQ1R5by1/view
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sorry I asked for IDEAS not judgement. Moving on.
You need to have an OOC conversation.
Your daughter is not allowed to ruin everyone else's fun. If she likes doing OMG-so-random stuff and the rest of the table does not like it, she is going to have to adapt or stop playing. You don't want to stomp on her fun, but she can't be allowed to stomp on everyone else's fun.
For example, I do not like playing with people who do the OMG-so-random stuff. It is just not fun for me. I would probably just leave the group though, rather than ask you to make her do this. If more than one of your players feels the same way, you will be left with no group. This is a fact of RPGs -- no D&D is better than bad D&D. And to me, omg-so-random D&D is bad D&D.
WOTC lies. We know that WOTC lies. WOTC knows that we know that WOTC lies. We know that WOTC knows that we know that WOTC lies. And still they lie.
Because of the above (a paraphrase from Orwell) I no longer post to the forums -- PM me if you need help or anything.
Please close this thread. I’m done here.
Hoo-boy.