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drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
Street Writing Man
#476: Oct 10th 2011 at 8:10:51 PM

[up]Okay, 2 out of two residents here agree...that second one was pretty cool.

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#477: Oct 11th 2011 at 1:00:33 PM

Wouldn't that turn into "YOU ARE NOT MY FATHER!!!!!" followed by a Lawful Evil Big Bad into a Chaotic Evil Rebellious Child? Ask yourself whats worse...

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Canidaemon I found porn! Since: Aug, 2010
I found porn!
#478: Oct 12th 2011 at 7:09:59 AM

Well, if the LE Big Bad was like an anti-paladin, he'd suffer loss of class abilities and all that.

Screw the consequences! There are an unlimited amount of retorts from having had sex with his mom and being his stepfather! It's totally worth it.

WOOF!
darnpenguin Yakka Foob Mog from one friend to another Since: Jan, 2001
Yakka Foob Mog
#479: Oct 12th 2011 at 5:49:28 PM

My bard's Inspire Courage song is not titled 'Gnolly Diver,' 'The Ghast in Line' or 'Rainbow in the Underdark.'

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Azreal341 Since: Jan, 2011
#480: Oct 12th 2011 at 5:54:03 PM

I am not to RP a crazy cat lady and spend all my free points on an army of cats. Even if they CAN kill anything up to 5th level.

Krautman WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT from Hiding from the man, man Since: Jan, 2010
WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT
#481: Oct 12th 2011 at 6:08:53 PM

My Dwarf Inquisitor can't go around shouting "HERESY!" every time he sees someone talking to an outsider or abberation in Planescape.

...and that's terrible.
darnpenguin Yakka Foob Mog from one friend to another Since: Jan, 2001
Yakka Foob Mog
#482: Oct 12th 2011 at 6:28:13 PM

Isn't everything an outsider in Planescape? Chances are, in 99% of situations the dimension you're in is not the dimension you're from.

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Krautman WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT from Hiding from the man, man Since: Jan, 2010
WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT
#483: Oct 12th 2011 at 6:53:49 PM

That's why he can't do that.

...and that's terrible.
GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#484: Oct 12th 2011 at 7:20:59 PM

Now I want to play a character with an excessive number of pets.

Krautman WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT from Hiding from the man, man Since: Jan, 2010
WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT
#485: Oct 12th 2011 at 7:37:04 PM

Take a druid, there's a character option somewhere that allows you to get HD of animals equal to your Druid Level instead of an animal companion.

...and that's terrible.
stevebat Since: Nov, 2009
#486: Oct 13th 2011 at 12:04:22 PM

[up]isn't that the one that led to the 1d4 bears meme?

Apocalypse: Dirge Of Swans.
drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
Street Writing Man
#487: Oct 14th 2011 at 7:51:21 PM

One that actually came up this last session at Mage...

  • Apparently, volunteering to be the "filling" in a human sandwich just to make sure everyone "gets enough" is not a viable reason to activate the Charity virtue.

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Behold my legal acumen!
#488: Oct 16th 2011 at 12:07:12 AM

  • There is a limit on the number of plans that can reasonably have the step "hurl a sack of fiendish weasels through the door".
  • My Rousing Speech can't be ripped wholesale from a Weird Al song.
    • That goes double for Dare to be Stupid.

edited 16th Oct '11 12:12:58 AM by CountDorku

Eyclonus Since: Jan, 2001
#489: Oct 16th 2011 at 4:11:06 AM

  • I may not play a bard that kicks challenge rating to the curb, the team Gurren way.
  • I may not play a bard that kicks the LA +2 paladin to the curb, the team Gurren way.
  • My Kobold may only take levels Commoner.
  • My Kobold commoner is banned outright.
  • Requiring some kind of divination spell to see the target is not a balancing flaw for an archer if the flaw is caused by being on the other side of the province.

darnpenguin Yakka Foob Mog from one friend to another Since: Jan, 2001
Yakka Foob Mog
#490: Oct 16th 2011 at 6:48:37 AM

  • My Warforged gestalt's classes are not modular.
  • I cannot build a spherical cage out of vorpal swords and run around in it like a hamster ball.
    • Especially if those swords are double-edged.
  • I am not allowed to keep the dead dark lord's armor to turn it into a marionette and issue orders through it.

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Krautman WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT from Hiding from the man, man Since: Jan, 2010
WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT
#491: Oct 16th 2011 at 12:52:10 PM

I'm going to need context on the Weird Al speech, and the banning of a kobold commoner.

...and that's terrible.
randomguy123 Misanthropic Wiccan Nerd Since: Sep, 2010
Misanthropic Wiccan Nerd
#492: Oct 16th 2011 at 12:58:14 PM

Agreed. Context makes everything better, especially in threads like this.

Misanthrope Supreme
CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Behold my legal acumen!
#493: Oct 16th 2011 at 1:03:45 PM

Weird Al speech: As with most of my things, it's stuff I plan on being banned from doing rather than stuff I have actually been banned from, but the idea goes "They think we are stupid to face them. I say...let's dare to be stupid!" and then start quoting the song.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#494: Oct 16th 2011 at 9:35:02 PM

More of a universal rule for the group: Space Marines are forbidden from having the following skills: Concealment, Move Silently, Disguise; except when they are granted by (incredibly risky to use) physic powers.

Addendum: If a player character Dreadnought even attempts to use one of the above skills then they receive a corruption point with no save as the Emperor/Dark Gods themselves are offended by the stupidity and attempted cheese of this act.

edited 16th Oct '11 9:35:28 PM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Krautman WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT from Hiding from the man, man Since: Jan, 2010
WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT
#495: Oct 16th 2011 at 10:33:55 PM

Dreadnought disguise?

Ork Warboss Buzzkut stood atop the stairs, ordering his Boyz about. A message arrived via catapult, the Gretchin strangely surviving the impact. He read the letter on the poor thing's chest before tossing it aside. He fired into the air to draw the Boyz attention.

"Oll roight, boyz, da beakies is comin' dis way! Be on da lookout for da big stompy things!"

"Boss, I fink I see one!"

A massive two-legged chunk of metal walked towards the fortress with a massive chalkboard dangling from its front. On it, in ten-foot letters, there was a message.

I AM A TREE.

The Warboss looked around, confused. One of his Boyz had just seen something. But all he saw was the big tree moving towards them. It seemed to have fire for sap.

Nothing unusual there.

"See da Doks! You've got a problem wif your eyes."

The dreadnought drew closer, taking an eraser and marking off the word "TREE." It replaced it with "GRETCHIN."

The Warboss looked at the massive machine, pointing his Shoota at it.

"Oy, Gretchin! You seen da tree or any beakies?"

"No."

...and that's terrible.
CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Eyclonus Since: Jan, 2001
#497: Oct 17th 2011 at 5:40:17 AM

Krautman: Ever heard of the commoner build: Chicken Apocalypse (there are other names for it)?

I like using Kobolds because my group thinks they're underpowered. They also think Bards suck, although that is partly due to a tosser who played a bard with a charisma of 14.

edited 17th Oct '11 5:47:19 AM by Eyclonus

Azreal341 Since: Jan, 2011
#498: Oct 17th 2011 at 6:09:03 AM

Krautman, next time someone in my group rolls a 1 or a 20 on their Disguise skill they are doing exactly that. 1 and it fails, 20 and it works.

GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
Nomic Exitus Acta Probat from beyond the Void Since: Jan, 2001
Exitus Acta Probat
#500: Oct 19th 2011 at 2:59:55 AM

  • Even if I have Hatered (heretics), I am not allowed to come up with reasons why all my enemies technically count as heretics ("those xenos don't worship the Emperor! Clearly they're heretics!")
  • I'm not allowed to conver an entire nation to the worship of the Emperor, especially if I'm not even a cleric.


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