History FanFic / ThatGuyDestroysPsionics

-> ">2 Full [[Fanfic/OldManHenderson Hendersons]]: Near mythic levels. Unrepresentable by number in this or any scale. The action undertaken has undergone all steps above, except possibly the last one. Either way, the game somehow refuses to go away and die. Maybe the GM initiated The Scratch, but the game remains in some form, screwing with the players. Only one person, to our knowledge, managed to actually '''do it'''."

* MarySue: OP calls the Wilder 'the typical "fiery tempered" Mary Sue' InUniverse.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The GM told Elsimore's wizard character to "Minmax or GTFO." The GM got exactly what he wanted; a character so game-breakingly powerful that he broke the BBEG three times in a row, even with various restrictions placed on him. Elsimore also took merciless advantage of several of the GM's house rules in the process.

** The narrator fully admits that he's a toxic player in his own right, even calling himself the 4chan term for a jerkass in the story's title (though he still seems decent compared to most of the rest of his party).

* RealityBreakingParadox: Elsimore destroyed psionics by going to the Plane of Force, which is the source of Psionic powers, and casting a permanent gate to the place where the Negative Energy Plane and the Quasielemental Plane of Void met.

* AmbiguousSyntax: The title isn't meant to be read as in "Look out for Elsimore, that guy destroys Psionics." Rather, "That Guy" is the 4chan term for a {{Jerkass}} that nobody likes to be around. The title is meant to be read like a newspaper headline, such as "Jerkass destroys Psionics."

The game did not go well. The players were quickly at each other's throats (well, the Wilder was at Elsimore's throat, and the Monk and Psion defended her), and when the BigBad showed up, Elsimore chose an... unorthodox way to defeat him, which resulted in psionics being utterly destroyed at their source. When the DM gave the BigBad his powers back, Elsimore retreated to his private demiplane, and re-depowers the BigBad by adding the 'non-psionic' trait to it (this isn't in the regular game rules, but the DM had houseruled in ways for psionics to be affected like magic). The DM put the kibosh on that, so Elsimore used an "anti-psionics field" to disable his powers again and had mining constructs in his demiplane swarm the BigBad to kill him again.

-> ">2 Full Hendersons: Near mythic levels. Unrepresentable by number in this or any scale. The action undertaken has undergone all steps above, except possibly the last one. Either way, the game somehow refuses to go away and die. Maybe the GM initiated The Scratch, but the game remains in some form, screwing with the players. Only one person, to our knowledge, managed to actually '''do it'''."

Perhaps the only tale of OffTheRails greater than ''Fanfic/OldManHenderson'' and ''Roleplay/TheBalladOfEdgardo''. This story focuses on an epic-level ''Pathfinder'' group. The plot of their story was that magic had been falling out of use as more people developed psionic powers, and the rest was basically [[JustForFun/XMeetsY D&D meets]] ''[[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men]]''. The narrator played as an elf wizard called Elsimore, and the others were a monk/psionic fist/soul fist, a Wilder, a Magus, and a regular Psion.

* OurElvesAreBetter: Elsimore and the Wilder were elves, with Elsimore being a surface elf and the Wilder being a Drow.

* RamblingOldManMonologue: Elsimore is a ''very'' old man even by elf standards, and as such rambles endlessly about the GoodOldDays when magic was commonplace. When the Wilder gets annoyed and starts talking over him to get him to shut up, he uses a Message cantrip to continue rambling directly into her ear while he walks away out of earshot of her. Even though Message is normally two-way, the narrator successfully argued that the Wilder wouldn't know how to use it to talk back since barely anyone in the setting knows anything about magic.

** 1. Use [[TimeStandsStill Scroll of Timestop.]] Teleport to Plane of Force, source of all psionic powers. Open a permanent gate to the negative energy plane, essentially creating a [[RealityBreakingParadox massive black hole]] that destroys the plane from which the BBEG draws his power, leaving him defenseless. Cast level-draining spells on the BBEG til he dies.
** 2. Use another Scroll of Timestop. Teleport to custom demiplane, [[BatmanGambit knowing the BBEG will follow.]] When BBEG arrives, use control of apply the restriction "non-psionic" to the entire demiplane, leaving BBEG without his powers again. Cast level-draining spells on the BBEG til he dies.
** 3. Cast anti-psionic field and dimensional anchor on BBEG. Have army of fire elemental constructs (who get stat bonuses for being in this demiplane) dogpile BBEG and whale on him non-stop until he dies.

* OffTheRails: The page quote lauds this story as having done this extensively. Elsimore's player applied the dead zone on the plane of force after rolling to gain the know-how with the full intention of nullifying all psionic powers. The first time won the battle only a few hours into the adventure. The DM didn't want it to end that way, and so rewinded back to before it happened and made a new rule to keep the BBEG's powers intact. Again, Elsimore exploited various rules to depower him again, and the third time he made a demiplane that first negated psionics and then applied an anti-psionics field when that decision was stopped. No matter what happened, the plot was a goner.

* GetOut: After three straight instances where Elsimore killed the BBEG by using exploits in the rules and powers he'd obtained, the GM just said "you're out" and kicked Elsimore out of the game.

* GetOut: After three straight instances where Elsimore killed the BBEG by using the GM's own logic against him, the GM just said "you're out" and kicked him out of the game.

* {{Jerkass}}: The Wilder, The Date Rape Psion, and to a lesser extent Nancy No-Chin and GM.

Perhaps the only tale of OffTheRails greater than ''Fanfic/OldManHenderson''. This story focuses on an epic-level ''Pathfinder'' group. The plot of their story was that magic had been falling out of use as more people developed psionic powers, and the rest was basically [[JustForFun/XMeetsY D&D meets]] ''[[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men]]''. The narrator played as an elf wizard called Elsimore, and the others were a monk/psionic fist/soul fist, a Wilder, a Magus, and a regular Psion.

* TooMuchInformation: Bad enough the Date Rape Psion is doing. . . well, pretty much exactly that to any NPC that catches his eye, but he insists on describing his (apparently) horrible and non-consensual activities to the entire party, seemingly for no other reason than to indulge his own personal fetishes. [[TakeOurWordForIt The narrator spares us repeating the specifics.

* TooMuchInformation: Bad enough the Date Rape Psion is doing. . . well, pretty much exactly that to any NPC that catches his eye, but he insists on describing his (apparently) horrible and non-consensual activities to the entire party, seemingly for no other reason than to indulge his own personal fetishes.

* BatmanGambit: After his first time killing the BBEG is retconned out of existence, Elsimore teleports to his own demiplane, knowing full well that the Big Bad is going to follow him there. When he does so, Elsimore applies the "nonpsionic" trait to the demiplane, depowering the BBEG and leaving him a defenseless commoner ''again''.

* BatmanGambit: After his first time killing the BBEG is retconned out of existence, Elsinore teleports to his own demiplane, knowing full well that the Big Bad is going to follow him there. When he does so, Elsinore applies the "nonpsionic" trait to the demiplane, depowering the BBEG and leaving him a defenseless commoner ''again''.

* DeathByAThousandCuts: Elsinore's player knows that he's never going to be able to defeat the Big Bad in a straight fight...but he ''can'' DePower him in a way that removes all of his defensive and offensive abilities, leaving him a defenseless commoner while Elsinore just casts low-level spells on him until he dies. Three times in a row.

* DePower: How Elsinore kills the BigBad, three times in a row, in three different ways. His strategies are:

* OutGambitted: Three times in a row, Elsinore tricks the BBEG into a situation where he can be depowered and killed. Eventually the GM straight-up throws Elsinore's player out of his house because he realizes that [[OffTheRails he literally cannot progress the campaign with Elsinore in the party.]]

* XanatosSpeedChess: Elsinore is almost hilariously good at this. BBEG attacking him after all the other players have fled? Teleport to plane of force, open permanent gateway to plane of void, creating a RealityBreakingParadox that destroys all psionic abilities, leaving BBEG defenseless. Elsinore wins. Time rewinds to resurrect the BBEG? Elsinore teleports to custom demiplane, luring BBEG into a trap, then applies "nonpsionic" restriction, leaving BBEG defenseless. Elsinore wins. BBEG ignores effect of "nonpsionic" restriction? Elsinore casts anti-psionic field on him, then freezes him in place, then uses army of fire elemental constructs to beat him to death. [[MagnificentBastard Elsinore wins.]]

* XanatosSpeedChess: