Topic: Overheard at my gaming table... (Read 5733 times)

Demosthenes · « **on:** August 16, 2004, 02:56:46 PM »

This happened on Saturday.

My brother-in-law Chad was playing his HackMaster character, by the name of Endegar. Endegar is a cleric of the god of light.

My cousin Trav was playing a triple class Fighter/Magic-User/Thief, named Valador.

They had just walked into an abandoned keep rumored to be the lair of a colony of ghouls.

Valador: (hands Endegar a torch) Here. Light this.

Endegar: (casts light spell on it, causing the torch to glow brightly in a 20' radius)

Valador:

Uhhhhh.... that's not really what I meant.

reimero · « **Reply #1 on:** August 16, 2004, 02:57:57 PM »

That's a good one!!

Min · « **Reply #2 on:** August 16, 2004, 03:01:42 PM »

If I got it I'd probably think you were MAKING IT ALL UP!!!

TerrorDronze · « **Reply #3 on:** August 16, 2004, 03:06:29 PM »

What's with you and fabrication today, detta? i'd actually believe this one, having been in a group where someone actually repelled down into a pit trap to retrieve the clothes off of a warrior/mage character, and leave the unconcious body to die.

NGL · « **Reply #4 on:** August 17, 2004, 08:34:18 AM »

That's hot.

The_FOO · « **Reply #5 on:** August 17, 2004, 04:38:09 PM »

Quote from: TerrorDronze

What's with you and fabrication today, detta? i'd actually believe this one, having been in a group where someone actually repelled down into a pit trap to retrieve the clothes off of a warrior/mage character, and leave the unconcious body to die.

That's a little bit messed up. Was it a party member in both cases?

ho0ber · « **Reply #6 on:** August 17, 2004, 04:48:44 PM »

one word: hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe... (etc)

TerrorDronze · « **Reply #7 on:** August 19, 2004, 03:02:57 PM »

Quote from: The_FOO

Quote from: TerrorDronze
What's with you and fabrication today, detta? i'd actually believe this one, having been in a group where someone actually repelled down into a pit trap to retrieve the clothes off of a warrior/mage character, and leave the unconcious body to die.

That's a little bit messed up. Was it a party member in both cases?

Funny enough..... it was....

The_FOO · « **Reply #8 on:** August 21, 2004, 08:55:05 AM »

Quote from: TerrorDronze

Funny enough..... it was....

I'm guessing there was a lot of glaring and stony silences going on at the gaming table that night.

TerrorDronze · « **Reply #9 on:** August 25, 2004, 06:25:57 AM »

no,, we all had ADD, and well, it digressed to Pizza and small talk.

Dark Shade · « **Reply #10 on:** August 25, 2004, 01:53:53 PM »

That's teh funnay, I think I'll offer Demo a schplotch of loot for that one. I needed a laugh this morning.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #11 on:** August 25, 2004, 02:49:13 PM »

Quote from: TerrorDronze

no,, we all had ADD, and well, it digressed to Pizza and small talk.

So are you on Ritalin?

The_FOO · « **Reply #12 on:** August 26, 2004, 08:06:19 AM »

Nawh, I just suck on my cell phone battery for a few minutes every day.

Anonymous · « **Reply #13 on:** August 26, 2004, 08:23:25 AM »

Overheard at my gaming table

DM: Alright guys, it's up to you two. The rest of the party has been turned to stone. You need rescue them. There's a guard at the door what do you do?

Joy: Zen will launch a fire ball at that guy the I'll charge him

Zen: Sounds good!

DM: Roll Initiative... OK Joy yoy win the initiative. It's your turn

Joy: I Charge the guy!

DM: Zen it's your turn

Zen: FIREBALL!!!

Demosthenes · « **Reply #14 on:** August 26, 2004, 08:41:01 AM »

I love those. My brother-in-law used to agonize over his magic-user, because he'd always find himself unable to do anything because the brutes in the party were always charging into combat.

Until the day I pointed out that his magic-user (a female Drow of 10th level) was Chaotic Evil and she didn't technically need to give them fair warning as far as her code of ethics went.

The next combat they were in, he blasted the hell out of them. They always checked with her first after that, before charging in.

Moral of the story: it's always good to coordinate your tactics with spellcasters in the party. Doubly so when they don't care about your safety.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #15 on:** August 26, 2004, 12:49:46 PM »

Quote from: TheJudge

Overheard at my gaming table

DM: Alright guys, it's up to you two. The rest of the party has been turned to stone. You need rescue them. There's a guard at the door what do you do?

Joy: Zen will launch a fire ball at that guy the I'll charge him

Zen: Sounds good!

DM: Roll Initiative... OK Joy yoy win the initiative. It's your turn

Joy: I Charge the guy!

DM: Zen it's your turn

Zen: FIREBALL!!!

Wow. You play with Dangermonk?

The_FOO · « **Reply #16 on:** August 26, 2004, 01:35:59 PM »

I find people rarely play Chaotic Evil properly. Maybe it's because most GMs don't allow PCs to choose it and they don't get enough practise?

Crystalmonkey · « **Reply #17 on:** August 27, 2004, 03:06:54 AM »

Funny stuff usually happened when I was playing D&D with friends, but the problem now is finding people to play with, as I moved back to Boston this summer, and all of those friends were when I moved to Hawaii for junior year of high school. Anyone know people in Boston who want to play D&D or EQ: Role Playing, I'm considering converting my brother and his friends into the game, almost like a geek missionary.

reimero · « **Reply #18 on:** August 27, 2004, 09:20:30 AM »

D&D? I hope there's not a d20 logo attached there. You should play a real game. Like Hackmaster.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #19 on:** August 27, 2004, 10:37:43 AM »

"D&D"?

Isn't that that one game that they based on that awful movie from a few years ago?

The_FOO · « **Reply #20 on:** August 27, 2004, 02:23:48 PM »

You guys are mean.

D&D is a perfectly acceptable system to get people interested in RolePlaying with. Not my choice either, but it's still ok.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #21 on:** August 27, 2004, 02:51:38 PM »

You mean AD&D, right?

xolik · « **Reply #22 on:** August 27, 2004, 04:09:49 PM »

Quote from: Demosthenes

You mean AD&D, right?

What's wrong with version 1.0?

The_FOO · « **Reply #23 on:** August 27, 2004, 04:17:43 PM »

Well, AD&D or the original "basic" D&D.

3rd Ed is ok if you've never played anything else. Makes for fun computer games too. Other than that, like I said, pick something else if you can.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #24 on:** August 27, 2004, 04:20:03 PM »

That works too.

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