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KyleJacobs from DC - Southern efficiency, Northern charm Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#826: Mar 7th 2012 at 9:39:49 PM

I am no longer allowed to have a GMPC. I am completely OK with this.

EviIPaladin Some Guy Or Something from Middle-Of-Nowhere, NS Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: Noddin' my head like yeah
Some Guy Or Something
#827: Mar 7th 2012 at 9:52:21 PM

  • I am no longer allowed to talk smack in character, as it will result in me rolling nothing but single-digits.
    • ...Unless I am covering for another player, in which case, I should. As I will get the most obnoxious nat 20s in existence.

"Evii is right though" -Saturn "I didn't know you were a bitch Evii." -Lior Val
darnpenguin Yakka Foob Mog from one friend to another Since: Jan, 2001
Yakka Foob Mog
#828: Mar 8th 2012 at 7:32:13 AM

[up] It's a universal law of probability. One of my first games was a Fallout-themed game my friend ran for me. I was sneaking behind a guy when he whipped around.

  • Target: "Do we have a thief?"
  • Me: No, you have an assassin. -swings at him, my poorly executed punch bouncing harmlessly off his cheek. I get rifle whipped for my efforts-

edited 12th Mar '12 10:54:35 PM by darnpenguin

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Pentigan Fwomph from The Underverse Since: Apr, 2010
Fwomph
#829: Mar 8th 2012 at 1:58:18 PM

My wizard may no longer...

  • Be Swedish
  • Have Fabricate
  • Be spelt with two "z"s
  • Have a transformation sequence

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
darnpenguin Yakka Foob Mog from one friend to another Since: Jan, 2001
Yakka Foob Mog
#830: Mar 8th 2012 at 3:28:28 PM

  • My monk is not to leap foot first into impossible odds. Not that it matters, since he's dead as a consequence.
  • My half-orc does not have to become as dangerous to his allies as his enemies as he levels up.

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Exelixi Lesbarian from Alchemist's workshop Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Lesbarian
#831: Mar 8th 2012 at 3:32:57 PM

Not allowed to play a giant Earth elemental Lich.

Not allowed to make a character with absolutely zero defence abilities because I know the party is going to have a healer, no matter how obscenely fast he can kill someone.

edited 8th Mar '12 4:42:37 PM by Exelixi

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
#832: Mar 8th 2012 at 8:06:53 PM

  • My cat does not know how to play D&D and does not need a character sheet.
  • Things my cat does in the room where we're playing are not the things my familiar is doing in the game.

Somehow you know that the time is right.
Krautman WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT from Hiding from the man, man Since: Jan, 2010
WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT
#833: Mar 9th 2012 at 5:58:56 AM

  • Not allowed to blow up a space station and kill Darth Vader in the Star Wars game.
  • Even if it is explicitly an alternate universe to the movies.

...and that's terrible.
Kayeka from Amsterdam (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#834: Mar 9th 2012 at 9:03:01 AM

Even though the DM encourages us to act out as much as we can, I am not ever, ever, ever, ever allowed to sing again. That's indeed four ever. The punishment is death by blunt instrument.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#835: Mar 9th 2012 at 10:12:23 AM

[up]This applies to another player but its similar. Under no circumstances are Ork Footbooter VS Rogue Trader rap battles ever permitted again.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
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
#836: Mar 9th 2012 at 11:08:50 AM

There is no ability for bards called "Summon Wenches".

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
#837: Mar 9th 2012 at 11:13:14 AM

There is no ability for artificers called Summon Wrenches.

You are dazzled by my array of very legal documents.
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
#838: Mar 9th 2012 at 1:12:51 PM

"Being really cool" does not negate any of the requirements for a prestige class.

Somehow you know that the time is right.
Pentigan Fwomph from The Underverse Since: Apr, 2010
Fwomph
#839: Mar 9th 2012 at 2:15:00 PM

Elves do not have "Gender Ambiguity" as a racial power.

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
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
#840: Mar 9th 2012 at 2:36:42 PM

No matter what race and/or class I am, I cannot take ranks in "projectile vomiting".

Somehow you know that the time is right.
Exelixi Lesbarian from Alchemist's workshop Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Lesbarian
#841: Mar 9th 2012 at 2:37:42 PM

The low Elf reproduction rate is not caused by a high rate of castrato singers, eunuchs, or lesbians.

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
#842: Mar 9th 2012 at 3:04:24 PM

  • "The Godpuncher" is not an acceptable nickname for my character, regardless of how accurate it is*.
  • "I swear by all the old gods (and most of the new ones)" is not an acceptable Catchphrase.
  • My Detect Evil spell is not "malfunctioning" when it doesn't work on my party.

Somehow you know that the time is right.
Pentigan Fwomph from The Underverse Since: Apr, 2010
Fwomph
#843: Mar 9th 2012 at 6:24:40 PM

  • There is no such thing as a "medieval IKEA".

    • Even if it did, it wouldn't sell flatpack catapults.

  • Not allowed to make my own "medieval IKEA" using the Fabricate spell.

    • Even if I was, I cannot sell flatpack catapults.

      • Know what, just ban anything related to catapults with my character.

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
CrazyLogic from USA Since: Sep, 2009
#844: Mar 10th 2012 at 10:12:09 PM

  • My character can talk to the ship and shuttle, but not her gun.
    • What machines actually talk back is up to the GM when my character first talks at it
  • No, my character does not need to do a barrel role, ignore the other players who insist you need to.

edited 10th Mar '12 10:12:23 PM by CrazyLogic

If what I say doesn't make sense, please refer to my name. Dyslexics of the world, UNTIE! http://orkinet.lefora.com/
Muramasan13 Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Not war
#845: Mar 11th 2012 at 3:01:30 PM

Not allowed to base anything remotely in real-world physics ever again, especially if it involves building a god-killing thaumaturgical device.

Sphere of Annihilation ain't got nothin' on an actual black hole launcher.

Smile for me!
UseYourDelusion Since: Feb, 2011
#846: Mar 11th 2012 at 7:36:00 PM

Marvel RPG:

  • When playing Iron Man, I am not allowed to make passes at Captain America. Or vice versa.
  • On second thought, I am not allowed to play Iron Man or Captain America.
  • Same goes to Deadpool.
  • Even though the evidence in the comic books points to the contrary, there is no super-secret Wolverine-cloning facility, so I should stop trying to persuade the party to ditch the current quest and go destroy it.
  • There is no evil cosmic entity known as "Quesada" or any variations thereof, especially not in a campaign that deals mainly with Spider-Man.

edited 11th Mar '12 7:40:49 PM by UseYourDelusion

Doryna Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#847: Mar 12th 2012 at 12:46:47 AM

  • In Vampire: Dark Ages, not allowed to turn the Book of Nod into a block of cheese.
    • Not even if the cheese is Gruyere.

darnpenguin Yakka Foob Mog from one friend to another Since: Jan, 2001
Yakka Foob Mog
#848: Mar 12th 2012 at 7:43:00 PM

  • I am no longer allowed to "cool off" by creating a jar that lets heat in, but not out.
    • I am definitely not allowed to "conveniently forget about it" until it gets hot enough to start emitting gamma radiation.
    • Labeling the jar "do not eat" and sticking it in the student lounge refrigerator is right out.

edited 12th Mar '12 8:59:12 PM by darnpenguin

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GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#849: Mar 12th 2012 at 9:15:46 PM

Your avatar makes it look like Calvin is looking at these lists and getting ideas.

KyleJacobs from DC - Southern efficiency, Northern charm Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron

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