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Post by fatmop on Mar 5, 2007 6:51:57 GMT -8
Hehehe. I've only played one game with this DM, but he uses the GURPS rule set and decided to set this campaign in modern times - so we don't get classed into "wanderer" or whatever. I played a flaming CIA agent who got to die by plummeting from a helicopter over Boston after being hit by a fireball from an evil half-fairy dude.
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Post by Pylat on Mar 5, 2007 7:00:45 GMT -8
DM: The room is filled with Silver Items, knives, swords and axes. Remember, THERE ARE REPORTS OF LUPINES (Werewolves) IN THE AREA.
Others: Any Gold?
DM: No.
Others: Lets go then.
Me: (My character is unconscious from being attacked by a werewolf yet they won't heal him up) *Slaps head*
DM: You get attacked by a werewolf, your weapons are useless.
Others: Thats unfair, you never gave us a chance to prepare!
Dm and Me: *slaps head*
And another.
The Setting: The final battle for the campaign, the big boss (A fiendish Gorgon) has appeared and turned half the party to stone in the surprise round. We are all reeling from the initial onslaught, my half orc barbarian steps up to attack first.
Me: I hit it with my axe and put 9 points into power attack (The most I can) *Rolls* I got a twenty *Rolls again* Does a 28 to hit confirm a critical?
DM: Yes
Me: *Rolls more dice* Woot! After all modifiers thats 100 damage, roll a save against massive damage.
DM: *Rolls a one*............
Me: So it's dead?
DM: ..............
Me: Well?
DM: ............... F*** you and your Barbarian, I spent half an hour making that monster and it dies to one attack
Me: I loot it.
DM: ................. F*** you.
Me: How much Xp do I get?
DM: *leaves the table in disgust*
Me: Oh wait, I forgot my axe is +2 now, I do 103 damage!
DM: .................
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Post by fatmop on Mar 5, 2007 7:45:25 GMT -8
Bahahaha! Yeah, I don't think the GURPS system allows for that normally, but I guess if you rolled a critical success with a massive-damage weapon or something..
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Post by TakaOkami on Mar 5, 2007 9:06:48 GMT -8
Hah! That reminds me of a story that one of my friend's told me about his barbarian.
Now this barbarian had a little flaw. His INT score was a measly 3. Therefore, he was as dumb as a rock. His name happened to take this point home. Toast. His name was Toast. I'm not kidding.
Anyway, there was this psionic caster who cast illusion spells on everyone. Well, everyone was cowering in fear from these illusions except for Toast. He charged the caster and downed him in one attack. When the other players asked the DM why Toast wasn't affected, he replied, "His brain didn't realize that an illusion spell was going on."
Toast didn't survive for too terribly long, however. He managed to get this knife that allows its user to return 3 seconds to the past. The DM ruled that because of his low INT score, he wouldn't think to use it before 2 seconds had passed. Now, he fell into a trap. A spike pit to be precise. The depth of the pit was about a 3 second fall. Toast got caught in a perpetual use of the knife, always returning to just when he began his fall.
Ah, good memories of barbarians. *is reminded of a illiterate barbarian chasing around wizards with explosive runes*
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Post by fatmop on Mar 5, 2007 11:14:47 GMT -8
So you need to read Order of the Stick if you don't already..
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Post by Admin on Mar 6, 2007 16:03:28 GMT -8
I DM'ed for twenty years. I have no end of stories regarding the stupidity of people. But that DM that got pissed? He's a bad DM. It ain't about his stinking monsters. It's about making the players have fun. Clearly he didn't take into account that your barbarian was too tough and forgot to hit him with whim of a passing god.
"Oh.. he's tough." Remarks the God Oogabooga. "Look at all that stuff he's got." "Hmm." Pondered the Goddess Ironicallitastic. "I wonder how he'd do naked?" "Let's find out." Oogabooga laughed and caused a swarm of hundreds of insane invisible stalkers to swarm the mighty Barbarian and strip him naked. His sword leaps merrily away in the air. "I'll put twenty gold on the Monster." "Gold?" Ironicallitastic chuckled. "Okay.. gold it is I guess. I say he'll win."
Player 1: What the ...?
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Post by Pylat on Mar 6, 2007 21:00:21 GMT -8
Believe me, we were all having a good laugh and the DM's actions were for show. That Barbarian was freakin legendary with what he did. No matter how hard the DM tried he wouldn't die, including being shot by over 30 arrows the size of ballista rounds. A 3 year long Campaign and my Barbarian was the only person that didn't die.
I'm good at finding uber broken stuff and then working it for all I can, drove my DM's insane.
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Post by Admin on Mar 7, 2007 12:21:59 GMT -8
Ah. Okay. The way it looks on paper is that he was in a huff. hehe.
I'm a cheap bastage when it comes to gear. You gotta work for it and it's not going to be uber. I was never a fan of super duper gear. Conan just grabbed whatever the hell he could find at the time. He didn't care. That's the way I ran my games. Make fighting Dragons a whole lot more dangerous. LOL.
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Post by fatmop on Mar 7, 2007 23:33:06 GMT -8
*Calls MacGuyver*
MacGuyver, we have to fight a dragon. Can you help us? -Ok, what do I have to work with? A rubber band, a plastic bottle, and a paper clip.
5 seconds later...
*The dragon is standing over MacGuyver's charred corpse*
Uhhhh... Maybe you should have given him your sword.
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Post by Admin on Mar 8, 2007 3:18:34 GMT -8
*Calls MacGuyver* MacGuyver, we have to fight a dragon. Can you help us? -Ok, what do I have to work with? A rubber band, a plastic bottle, and a paper clip. 5 seconds later...*The dragon is standing over MacGuyver's charred corpse* Uhhhh... Maybe you should have given him your sword. He's MacGuyver. He would not only defeat the dragon but tame it as well and fashion a rudimentary saddle out of twigs, the rubber band again, the plastic bottle, and that paperclip of course. Then he and the Dragon would turn the tables on the bad guys with chocolate, yak milk, dragon droppings, some twine the bad guys dropped, and of course the plastic bottle salvaged from the makeshift saddle now that he no longer needs it. When the police arrive the ignore the fact there is a dragon and arrest the bad guys the Dragon is sitting on. MacGuyver would then find a fabulous Dragon Zoo with acres of fresh sheep to eat. Have you ever watched the show? Hehe. Give MacGuyver a sword and he'll fashion a guided missle out of it with some lawn clippings, a bucket of KFC, and some elmers glue. Oh.. and he'll use his handy dandy swiss army knife several times in impossibly unlikely situations.
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Post by Last Order on Mar 8, 2007 3:33:51 GMT -8
lolz! jack bauer would turn up and kick both their asses though.. them and theor ninja posse
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Post by Pylat on Mar 8, 2007 4:57:42 GMT -8
I think in one episode Macguyver stopped the country from sinking using a Doberman and an Electric heater. Or maybe it was just some really bad Acid trip I went on
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Post by fatmop on Mar 8, 2007 9:23:35 GMT -8
That sounds a little more like shrooms.
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