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MarkVonLewis Since: Jun, 2010
#801: Feb 27th 2012 at 10:37:15 PM

Aren't clerics the healing class, though?

Hydronix I'm an Irene! from TV Tropes Since: Apr, 2010
I'm an Irene!
#802: Feb 27th 2012 at 10:43:39 PM

That's their main goal, yes. But they're also great attackers, defenders, and all around good in all areas.

They're nothing special, though. Healers(the actual class) is better. Paladins are more useful in battle outside of some healing, and get better weapons.

They're a neat class, but are kind of low weight overall. Just popular because they're great support.

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CountDorku Official Tesladyne Employee TM from toiling in the Space Mines Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Official Tesladyne Employee TM
#803: Feb 27th 2012 at 11:48:57 PM

[up] You sure about that?

You are dazzled by my array of very legal documents.
Hydronix I'm an Irene! from TV Tropes Since: Apr, 2010
I'm an Irene!
#804: Feb 28th 2012 at 12:20:47 AM

[up] That's why it's banned, but that has nothing to do with me since I don't go out of my way to play broken stuff anyway.

I don't power game.

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Krautman WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT from Hiding from the man, man Since: Jan, 2010
WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT
#805: Feb 28th 2012 at 7:57:53 AM

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...and that's terrible.
Exelixi Lesbarian from Alchemist's workshop Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Lesbarian
#806: Feb 29th 2012 at 8:41:44 AM

Battle-Clerics ate fun as hell. What, you thought you were going to hurt the guy swinging a mace at you? Hah!

On that note, while playing a Cleric, not allowed to torture people or monsters within inches of their lives only to heal them and do it again.

On an unrelated subject, not allowed to play an expy of Karn from Magic The Gathering, Esoecially if it becomes nigh-unkillable.

Mura: -flips the bird to veterinary science with one hand and Euclidean geometry with the other-
Azreal341 Since: Jan, 2011
#807: Feb 29th 2012 at 5:56:20 PM

  • I may not build a mini-castle onto a cart and then Animate it so my party can drive around in a tank.
  • I will not hurt my DM's mind by asking how a Klein Bottle Of Holding would work.

  • Me: "Bags Of Holding are bigger on the inside than the outside right?"
  • DM: "Yeah?"
  • Me: "So how would a Klein Bottle of holding work?"
  • DM: "..."
  • Me: "'Cause a Klein Bottle only HAS an inside so-"
  • DM: "Gahgrk!"

Exelixi Lesbarian from Alchemist's workshop Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Lesbarian
#808: Feb 29th 2012 at 6:04:17 PM

In Legend, I may not combine Legendary abilities to install a ley line (and related permanent spell) onto my flying city.

Mura: -flips the bird to veterinary science with one hand and Euclidean geometry with the other-
darnpenguin Yakka Foob Mog from one friend to another Since: Jan, 2001
Yakka Foob Mog
#809: Mar 1st 2012 at 5:52:15 AM

  • When the girl sitting next to me gets grabbed by a frog monster's tongue, I will not make dirty jokes.
    • Especially when her brother is right across the table.
    • Making dirty jokes about him will not diffuse the tension.

(Actually, she made the hentai joke first and he only had a problem with any of it after the last part, so it's more like "If everyone's laughing, I should not stretch out the joke until they're not.")

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Xiphoniii Cheeky son of a.... from Florida Since: Aug, 2009
Cheeky son of a....
#810: Mar 1st 2012 at 6:01:28 AM

  • I am no longer allowed to set my own hands on fire as a monk in order to Falcon Punch an ice elemental.
  • That causes me to take damage.
    • Due to...you know, having hands ON FIRE.

:smug:
darnpenguin Yakka Foob Mog from one friend to another Since: Jan, 2001
Yakka Foob Mog
#811: Mar 1st 2012 at 8:13:12 AM

  • Even if "mental lemon-lentil elementals" existed, they wouldn't be summoned by saying their name three times.

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Doryna Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#812: Mar 1st 2012 at 10:37:27 PM

[up] There's a Magic: The Gathering card to be made there. Something along the lines of "if you can say the name of this card without stumbling, it goes into play."

Exelixi Lesbarian from Alchemist's workshop Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Lesbarian
#813: Mar 3rd 2012 at 10:06:47 AM

"You may cast this creature without paying its mana cost if you can correctly pronounce its name. "

Mura: -flips the bird to veterinary science with one hand and Euclidean geometry with the other-
MasterInferno It's Like Arguing on the Internet from Tomb of Malevolence Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
It's Like Arguing on the Internet
#814: Mar 3rd 2012 at 10:21:47 AM

1. My ranger cannot have "elf" as favored enemy.

2. Elves do not have "Form of Madness" and I do not have to avert my eyes or make a saving throw when one is nearby.

3. Jumping rope with a defeated foe's intestines is not "in character" for a Lawful Neutral Knight Templar character.

4. Telling me to stop team-killing is not "just a suggestion".

5. I cannot determine the value of a gem by eating it.

Somehow you know that the time is right.
CountDorku Official Tesladyne Employee TM from toiling in the Space Mines Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Official Tesladyne Employee TM
#815: Mar 3rd 2012 at 11:12:41 AM

One that I'm definitely going to be banned from as soon as I can get a group:

Not allowed to paint the warforged paladin blue and refer to him as a "Super Smiting Robot".

You are dazzled by my array of very legal documents.
Muramasan13 Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Not war
#816: Mar 4th 2012 at 5:42:26 PM

If it involves momentum, no longer allowed to do it.

This was implemented after I invented the "flying guillotine kick" based on my GURPS character's astronomical jumping abilities. Logically, if he can leap most of a mile in one second...

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MasterInferno It's Like Arguing on the Internet from Tomb of Malevolence Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
It's Like Arguing on the Internet
#817: Mar 4th 2012 at 6:14:29 PM

"Pornographer" is not a prestige class in any rule book, and even if it is, not allowed to play it.

Somehow you know that the time is right.
AckSed Pat. St. of Archive Binge from Pure Imagination Since: Jan, 2001
Pat. St. of Archive Binge
#819: Mar 5th 2012 at 5:23:49 AM

  • I shouldn't suddenly give the minions crossbows when I panic and make the bandit leader attack the party.
    • Especially when the party tank is out for this session.
      • Targeting the AOE casters first is rubbing salt into the wounds.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
Krautman WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT from Hiding from the man, man Since: Jan, 2010
WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT
#820: Mar 5th 2012 at 6:04:12 AM

@Dorku:

I think Mega Man is more of a Warlock. Or some kind of caster who learns new spells by defeating other wizards.

...and that's terrible.
Azreal341 Since: Jan, 2011
#821: Mar 7th 2012 at 12:42:59 PM

My Warforged shall not utter the words "I'm a super fighting robot and I'm here to super fight!" when asked what he's doing in the castle.

MasterInferno It's Like Arguing on the Internet from Tomb of Malevolence Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
It's Like Arguing on the Internet
#822: Mar 7th 2012 at 1:25:48 PM

"Being Chaotic Neutral" does not equate to "being allowed to use leetspeak".

Somehow you know that the time is right.
Azreal341 Since: Jan, 2011
#823: Mar 7th 2012 at 1:32:43 PM

...Unless you're playing a D&D/Shadowrun hybrid.

Krautman WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT from Hiding from the man, man Since: Jan, 2010
WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT
#824: Mar 7th 2012 at 3:21:22 PM

Monkeys do not get +2 on thrown weapon rolls with their own poop.

...and that's terrible.
MasterInferno It's Like Arguing on the Internet from Tomb of Malevolence Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
It's Like Arguing on the Internet
#825: Mar 7th 2012 at 3:25:52 PM

D&D is not Nethack, I am not a tourist, and I do not have a credit card.

Somehow you know that the time is right.

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