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stevebat Since: Nov, 2009
#526: Oct 26th 2011 at 3:00:45 PM

  • Shooting boosted fireballs into every portal I run into is a no-no.
  • Bigby's hand is not a pimp hand and shall not be used for such.
    • Shortened: No bitchslapping a dragon.
  • A magic staff is not a bored gnome mage attached to a stick
  • No point blank fireballs. Ever. Just don't do it.

Apocalypse: Dirge Of Swans.
Krautman WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT from Hiding from the man, man Since: Jan, 2010
WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT
#527: Oct 27th 2011 at 5:21:27 AM

  • Baleful Polymorph is a privilege, not a right.
    • Not allowed to turn the Big Bad into an amoeba.
    • Not allowed to turn him into a kitten.
    • Not allowed to turn the Hydra into a baby snake, then keep it as a pet.
    • Not allowed to turn the Dracolich into a baby dolphin.
    • Not allowed to turn the Druid's wolf animal companion into a Dire Wolf puppy, then use magic to age it up to normal.

...and that's terrible.
Krautman WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT from Hiding from the man, man Since: Jan, 2010
WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT
#528: Oct 31st 2011 at 9:35:12 AM

I am not allowed to use a Wish spell to erase the Big Bad from history.

...and that's terrible.
Exelixi Lesbarian from Alchemist's workshop Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Lesbarian
#529: Oct 31st 2011 at 9:37:29 AM

I am not allowed to make a Magic card's typeline read Legendary Snow Artifact Creature Enchantment Land Planeswalker - Forest Tezzeret.

Mura: -flips the bird to veterinary science with one hand and Euclidean geometry with the other-
LolipodDistortion HIP HOP HIPSTER from Austin, Texas Since: Aug, 2010
HIP HOP HIPSTER
#530: Oct 31st 2011 at 5:13:44 PM

Exelixi: How would you even begin doing that?

Underneath the bridge The tarp has sprung a leak And the animals I've trapped have all become my pets
Exelixi Lesbarian from Alchemist's workshop Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Lesbarian
#531: Oct 31st 2011 at 5:27:13 PM

Take Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas.

Planeswalker- Tezzeret.

Now use Liquimetal coating and his own -1 ability.

Artifact Creature Planeswalker- Tezzeret

Now play Enchanted Evening. Now Rimefeather Owl, and use its ability on him, giving him the Snow type.

Snow Artifact Creature Enchantment Planeswalker- Tezzeret

Now, Runed Stalactite, equip it to him. Now Life and Limb.

Snow Artifact Enchantment Creature Planeswalker- Forest Tezzeret.

Leyline of Singularity.

Boom.

Mura: -flips the bird to veterinary science with one hand and Euclidean geometry with the other-
Azreal341 Since: Jan, 2011
Krautman WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT from Hiding from the man, man Since: Jan, 2010
WHAT HAS SCIENCE WROUGHT
#533: Nov 1st 2011 at 10:02:12 AM

I want to use the Leadership feat in 3.5 to gather followers, make them all barbarians, and name them after MST 3 K's names for Blast Hardcheese.

...and that's terrible.
#534: Nov 1st 2011 at 10:10:29 AM

Not allowed to use a low-level Frostbite spell to deep-freeze the party's Pixie.

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Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#535: Nov 1st 2011 at 10:17:02 AM

  • Not allowed to make the party rogue redundant with my familiar.
  • Not allowed to point out that "I got class features more powerful then your entire class".

Pentigan Fwomph from The Underverse Since: Apr, 2010
Fwomph
#536: Nov 1st 2011 at 12:36:37 PM

The following elementals do not exist: Whip, Beta radiation, Carbon, Leather, Surprise. As such, I am not allowed to summon them.

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Exelixi Lesbarian from Alchemist's workshop Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Lesbarian
#537: Nov 1st 2011 at 3:23:54 PM

Bigby's Grasping hand is banned from the following uses:

  • Molestation of persons or statues
  • Pimp-slapping a tyrannosaurus
  • Jazz hands
  • Long-distance Wizard high-fives
  • Long-distance Wizard secret handshakes
  • Writing a really, really big book using a spear as a quill.

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
#538: Nov 1st 2011 at 4:19:39 PM

  • I am never again allowed to play in a setting where "rail gun" and "golem" can be used in the same sentence.

Add me on Skype: Al Cook (darnpenguin)
Xiphoniii Cheeky son of a.... from Florida Since: Aug, 2009
Cheeky son of a....
#539: Nov 1st 2011 at 4:22:28 PM

...shadowrun.

:smug:
darnpenguin Yakka Foob Mog from one friend to another Since: Jan, 2001
Yakka Foob Mog
#540: Nov 1st 2011 at 4:26:13 PM

Yeah, that's pretty much what I had in mind when I wrote that. One of the reasons I'm terrified to try that game, actually. :P

Add me on Skype: Al Cook (darnpenguin)
Xiphoniii Cheeky son of a.... from Florida Since: Aug, 2009
Cheeky son of a....
#541: Nov 1st 2011 at 5:53:02 PM

I really want to try it...for precisely that reason.

:smug:
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!
#542: Nov 1st 2011 at 9:38:04 PM

All I really know about Shadowrun is that the typical plan to achieve some minor goal such as extracting a drink from a vending machine goes goes

  • Step 1: get the team together
  • Step 2: pull out rocket launcher

Muramasan13 Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Not war
#543: Nov 2nd 2011 at 9:56:24 AM

  • Not allowed to orbital-drop the Fighter into combat.
    • Even if he can soak the damage.
  • Not allowed to take "land shark" as a paladin mount.
  • Not allowed to create antimatter using Transmutation spells, even if the rules don't forbid it.
  • Not allowed to recreate Neon Genesis Evangelion using Charm Monster and Colossal Plate Mail.

edited 2nd Nov '11 9:58:01 AM by Muramasan13

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Azreal341 Since: Jan, 2011
#544: Nov 2nd 2011 at 2:58:56 PM

  • Not allowed to use actual Engineering knowledge unless I have ranks in it.
  • I am no longer allowed to use an incantation if I can't spell it.
  • I may not hire minions to be my throne bearers.
  • I will not pickpocket EVERYONE we come across. That's excessive.

Pentigan Fwomph from The Underverse Since: Apr, 2010
Fwomph
#545: Nov 2nd 2011 at 4:08:29 PM

When someone in the group says we "have the element of surprise", I will not say that breaches the above rule on elementals I am not allowed to summon.

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Exelixi Lesbarian from Alchemist's workshop Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Lesbarian
#546: Nov 2nd 2011 at 4:40:37 PM

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Not allowed to call the Wild Hunt to deal with the Big Bad's army, no matter how poetic it is.

No matter what I roll on any sort of social or Knowledge check, my character is not to say "I know a guy. . . " and proceed to obliterate half the plot and a decent portion of the world-building.

edited 2nd Nov '11 4:41:45 PM by Exelixi

Mura: -flips the bird to veterinary science with one hand and Euclidean geometry with the other-
Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#547: Nov 3rd 2011 at 12:57:48 AM

  • No longer allowed to point out that "I got spells more powerful then your entire class". (Polymorph self, fighter not amused)

Xiphoniii Cheeky son of a.... from Florida Since: Aug, 2009
Cheeky son of a....
#548: Nov 3rd 2011 at 6:41:59 AM

No longer allowed to taunt the warlord as my 4e bard systematically makes him redundant, by taking at level 1 feats and spells that allow me to do exactly his job on the team, but better, and with more options.

:smug:
#549: Nov 3rd 2011 at 8:07:29 AM

Have I mentioned "Not allowed to take the adventure's central macguffin, get separated from the rest of the party, and then get Worldjumped to a completely random universe with no reliable way to get back?"

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Xiphoniii Cheeky son of a.... from Florida Since: Aug, 2009
Cheeky son of a....
#550: Nov 3rd 2011 at 8:08:23 AM

On a related note to the above...not allowed to do this so much that he changes his mind and becomes a Paladin.

:smug:

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