Bwahahaha, it may be a cheap shot at the grapple rules, but its stil hilarious

So has anyone ever even had this happen? Had a player that didn't want their character to join the party? I can't even understand the mindset of such a thing. DM does know she is in fact not the dungeon master right?

Must be why Luke is so mad.
To be honest, what DM did is not much different from what Luke did, remember he did brute-force the party towards being pirates.

And for that matter, some people just crave the intense challenge that comes from competing with other players, while the life of a character you care about is on the line, i can ensure you it can actualy give a quite decent rush of adrenaline.

Its just another style of playing, thats all.