Gaming!

[solaria2k]

Originally posted by Aragorns_mate


the vid i found tho, the people on there are very sad! \"lightening bolt!\" ??? ??? ???

couldnt stop laughing for ages

im surprised they werent using dice lol

- gez

Yeah, our LARP is based in medieval times - better costumes/armor than you see there, and we threw in magic.
Of course, we dont just say \'lightning bolt\' when we cast spells. We have to remember verbals for each one, the higher level the spell, the longer the verbal. (As it should be) Mages arent allowed to move thier feet during casting, or the spell becomes null and void, so many times, trying to reel off a powerful spell is more trouble than your life is worth.
So either mages get great running legs, or they team up with a group of warriors and lob spells from behind the front line.

 

[praetorian0_1]

lolI think that psycho-Ricky(my assailant from my above story) would have fit in perfect with his attempting to murderize everyone, xcept he\'d bring a real blade.

In fact back in the day my own father decreed he was never to step foot in our home again (which was funny \'cause my Dad usually let us work out our own garbage- psycho was actually scared of him, he was after all an x-pro boxer).
His brothers said they couldn\'t play with him anymore \'cause he\'d try and sucker punch them after games win,loose or draw. He was the worst player ability-wise or temperment wise I have ever met. Though there have been some strange ducks I have met that play RPG\'s.

 

[Drake Farstrider]

I have a player in my D&D game that gets pissed off whenever het gets hit in combat, he will shot me this look of, you are just trying to off my character. Then when he gets hit multiple times during combat he will cry out \"well I\'m dead\" regardles of how many hit points he has. He is also a power gaming munkin. I like the guy but at times it does get a little annoying.

 

[praetorian0_1]

I have played with power gamers that are so far gone they don\'t even know they are powerhousing anymore. You would think it would get boring. When you are that densely packed, it probly doesn\'t occur to them.lol
Man I gotta quit saying \"Well I\'m dead\" all the timelol People at work are starting to look at me strange.

You guys ever play that Haunted ship D&D module. Well, it has pistols in there that are cursed so it makes you put away your spells and other gear in lew of using these things. I had a player start using them (after many subtle warnings) insisted I was trying to spoil the entire \"fantasy\" feel and ruined the whole game. (not my friend- he belonged to another guy\'s posse). First time he ever played. The others tried to explain (we are adult aged at this time) what the problem was and that he picked them up in the first place, and HE insisted they were his- but, he flew off in a huff never to play again. Good riddance. How do I find these loosers

Then there was the guy who thought he was his Shadowrun character (street samurai into hacking). His real name was Len and he worked on a loading docklol

 

[vincegamer]

Originally posted by Aragorns_mate
like medievil re enactment thats class!! whats more fun that smacking hell out of a friend in suits of armour!

I\'m in the Society for Creative Anachronism.
We are medieval reenactors - but we don\'t actually reenact anything, as say Civil War reenactors do. No one plays real people. There is no role-playing. You dress up in costumes that are well researched and try cooking medieval foods, doing medieval crafts, singing medieval songs and of course recreating tournaments. We use real armor if we can afford it and a reasonable substitute if we can\'t. The swords and other weapons are rattan and occasionally bones do break, but injuries are rare and safety is uppermost.
If you are interested, you are in the Kingdom of Drachenwald (all of Europe really) and I\'m sure there are chapters near you. PM me if you need more info.

Closest thing I ever did to a LARP was when we played \"Aliens\" in college.
A friend had a bunch of laser-tag guns and only 3 sensors.
There was a 3-story building on campus that was open 24 hours so we\'d go in around midnight and turn off all the lights but the stair well emergency lights.
Those with guns were marines and 2 without were aliens. Each marine drew a card defining whether they got a pistol, rifle, were medic or the one \"traitor\" card.
You had to shoot the aliens 3 times to kill them and they just had to touch you to kill a marine.
The marines would go into one room and lie down in the dark listening to the opening music from Aliens and when it was over they\'d get up and head into the building seeking the prize.
The prize was a bandanna in a box that the aliens hid while the marines were lying down. Trouble is the aliens also had a second box in which they put the 3rd sensor (face-hugger). Find that and marine is now another alien.

Best time was when we voted a guy to be our commander and he turned out to be the traitor. My squad had all the heavy weapons and we went upstairs. Second, less-well-armed, team with medics went downstairs. My squad hears screaming and runs downstairs to find the entire second squad dead.

 

[sniffles]

Originally posted by Equus
Have a friend of mine that gets a little worked up. I mean, I suppose I do as well, if I get too competitive or whatever, but I don\'t think a single gaming session goes by where he doesn\'t start complaining about how he \"wasn\'t effective at all that combat\" or \"didn\'t have anything he could do\" or whatever. Blows my mind how he can\'t think of things to do during combats when he has a freaking epic level wizard, but whatever.

OMG that sounds familiar! There\'s a player in our groups who says those things constantly too, but the thing is, it\'s not true!

Take for example a session a couple of weeks ago. We\'re fighting the avatar of a god, and this guy\'s PC is standing toe-to-toe and doing some pretty hefty damage. Yet the player keeps moaning about how everybody else had something more important/useful to do!

Some people are just never satisfied.

 

[Valander]

Originally posted by Drake Farstrider
I have a player in my D&D game that gets pissed off whenever het gets hit in combat, he will shot me this look of, you are just trying to off my character. Then when he gets hit multiple times during combat he will cry out \"well I\'m dead\" regardles of how many hit points he has. He is also a power gaming munkin. I like the guy but at times it does get a little annoying.

If I didn\'t know better, I\'d say you were playing with my friend Zarth. Only he doesn\'t play D&D, so I know it\'s not him. He does the same crap, though, and he\'s even worse when he takes a round at GMing. For some reason, he seems to think that being GM is a competitive sport between GM and the players, and does his damnedest to make life miserable for the rest of us.

Enough so, actually, that after the last gaming session I had with him on Sunday, I don\'t think I\'ll be playing for a while.

 

[Equus]

Originally posted by sniffles
OMG that sounds familiar! There\'s a player in our groups who says those things constantly too, but the thing is, it\'s not true!

Take for example a session a couple of weeks ago. We\'re fighting the avatar of a god, and this guy\'s PC is standing toe-to-toe and doing some pretty hefty damage. Yet the player keeps moaning about how everybody else had something more important/useful to do!

Some people are just never satisfied.

No joke...like he needs the epic level spell named \"Open the Heavens and Shower Glory on Me!\" or something. Last session, he bitched and moaned about not being able to do anything because his spells weren\'t affecting a demon god or whatever it was, and he never even though about casting buff spells on anyone. Way to go team! Maybe I should switch characters with him and let him play the psychotic wood elf weaponmaster or something for a while.

@ Valander - I know what you mean. The above-mentioned friend of mine sometimes just takes the fun out of the game. I mean, it\'s no fun really to sit around and watch your friend get all worked up. It\'s a game...G-A-M-E!

 

[Duende]

Originally posted by sniffles
Yet the player keeps moaning about how everybody else had something more important/useful to do!

Some people are just never satisfied.

Then there are those who are trouble from the get-go. One of my friends, Mike (of the 3 or 4 \"Mike\"s that played in our group) delayed our game from actually starting for about 20 minutes by being contrary. Here\'s a sample of his behavior:

DM (who is getting all characters set up at their starting points): \"Ok, Mike, your guy\'s in a bar....\"

Mike: \"Why would I be in a bar? I\'m a ranger.\"

DM: \"You were thirsty?\"

Mike: (rolls eyes, sighs) But I\'m a RANGER, I wouldn\'t be in a filthy BAR.\"

DM: \"OK, fine, you\'re fishing....\"

Mike:\"Why do I have to be fishing? What if I don\'t want to fish?\"

DM: \"Well, what would you like to be doing?\"

Mike: \"You\'re the DM...\"


Gaahh! The whole \"why would I be fishing\" debacle went on for nearly a half an hour before about everyone in our group was yelling, \"Just be fishing, DAMN IT!\". Needless to say, but even the \"good aligned\" characters were plotting a quick death for this ranger. And he had the gall to be surprised and indignent when it happened! Duh!!

There truly is no pleasing some people. (so kill them quick!) lol

 

[praetorian0_1]

Yup, kill them quick, and watch your sixlol

Believe it or not, I did have some great gaming sessions. We probably spent more time laughing in our best sessions than playing sometimes- mostly at ourselves. There was one classic time where the DM sucked us into thinking this (evil) hot babe was innocent after nearly killing us all, when she said,\"... I was charmed.\" We took it hook line and sinker and later showed her our backs again:duh: Hurt us good too, by just playing the hormone cardlol