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*I may not give my character the flaw 'believes he is always right.'
**Or 'believes he is smarter than everyone else.'
*** 'Incapable of talking to woman unless drunk' is right out.
**** 'Impulsive pervert' is just weird.
***** I am to stop basing character flaws off of big bang theory.
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*If I base a character off of the Harry Dresden novels, it may not be the giant necromantic monster.
**Or the plant monster.
***Or the wolf monster.
****In fact, for now on, I must roleplay humanoids only.
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* I am not to base characters off of Edgar Allen Poe's writings
** Or Steven King
*** If I need to pull out a Lovecraft novel to explain what something looks like, I am to gracefully retire into using nothing but gnomes.
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Jay R
* I may not base a character on Captain Jack Sparrow.
* I may not base a character on Edward Scissorhands.
* I may not base a character on Barnabus Collins.
* I may not base a character on the Mad Hatter.
* I may not base a character on Sweeney Todd.
** I may never watch a Johnny Depp movie again.
Ao, Hunter S. Thompson is all right, then? :smallbiggrin:
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Jay R
* I may not base a character on Captain Jack Sparrow.
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did this once, it was hilarious. I played him as a dread pirate (with some cocktail of classes to start with), I was put into decisions pertaining a pirate's refugee island and defending that against the armada of a thrane (In Eberron) and needless to say it was a great success! At some point I was like:
"Where is the enemies admiral! I want to slice and dice him up too (like I had just done)!"
at wich my DM says: "you remeber that exploding ship? Well his hat is jsut now floating right beside your boat..."
me: "Soooo... No slicing and dicing?"
DM: "nope."
me: "Aw shucks!"
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* I may not build a druid where a single class feature I have will invalidate two party members at once.
** Especially if I have to gimp my feats to avoid doing so.
*** Even if it is far too easy.
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Acanous
Please elaborate.
I know of one acronym I use often in futuristic RPG's, C.A.T.S. (Command and Tactical Support, a unit designation) and a C.A.T.S. M.E.O.W. is just too good to pass up.
It is a poor acronym, I'll admit, but it was Mechanized Energy-sufficient Man-operated Weapons platform. More or less M.E.O.W.
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sorry, but no. It is MESMOWP... dropping half your words in an acronym is very bad form...
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* Cannot base Call of Cthulhu adventure on any manga written by Juni Itou.
** This also includes World Of Darkness adventures
*** And Toon.
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planswalker
sorry, but no. It is MESMOWP... dropping half your words in an acronym is very bad form...
But reasonably common anyway. There is no clear rule that they are always exact initialisms.
"Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation": LASER or LABSEOR?
"Radio detection and ranging": RADAR or RDAR?
"Completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart": CAPTCHA or CAPTTTTCAHA?
"Special executive for counter-intelligence, terrorism, revenge, and extortion": SPECTRE or SEFCITRAE?
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*Even though I'm playing Nobilis, I may not play an acronym
**Or a present participle, should I feel inclined
***Especially not if I'm the Power of Grammar and Syntax
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Originally Posted by
Jay R
But reasonably common anyway. There is no clear rule that they are always exact initialisms.
"Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation": LASER or LABSEOR?
"Radio detection and ranging": RADAR or RDAR?
"Completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart": CAPTCHA or CAPTTTTCAHA?
"Special executive for counter-intelligence, terrorism, revenge, and extortion": SPECTRE or SEFCITRAE?
Exactly my thought-process, and besides, it was for a joke character, so I didn't really mind that the acronym sucked.
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*I am to stop making characters with lisps
*I am to stop making characters with horrible but no penalty deformities.
*I am to stop making characters with emotional problems.
*A character with daddy issues, two noses, and a lisp will be permanently killed.
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Originally Posted by
Jay R
But reasonably common anyway. There is no clear rule that they are always exact initialisms.
"Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation": LASER or LABSEOR?
"Radio detection and ranging": RADAR or RDAR?
"Completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart": CAPTCHA or CAPTTTTCAHA?
"Special executive for counter-intelligence, terrorism, revenge, and extortion": SPECTRE or SEFCITRAE?
* I must refrain from creating a campaign centered around killing the morons who came up with the above acronyms...
** Especially those who skip at least 2 letters in a row to make it
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Originally Posted by
Bearpunch
It is a poor acronym, I'll admit, but it was Mechanized Energy-sufficient Man-operated Weapons platform. More or less M.E.O.W.
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Originally Posted by
planswalker
sorry, but no. It is MESMOWP... dropping half your words in an acronym is very bad form...
Mechanized Enhancement and Operations Weapon (pretty sure it's okay to drop an "and").
Mechanized Extreme Operations Weapon.
Man-Enhancing Operations Weapon.
Man-Enhancing Omnipurpose Weapon.
Take your pick.:cool:
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Man enhancing and weapon should never be in the same sentence.
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Originally Posted by
newBlazingAngel
Man enhancing and weapon should never be in the same sentence.
"It can kill a man within 3 miles and has no known defenses."
"Fascinating, how does it work?"
"It drains all the blood from the brain, causing severe damage due to lack of oxygen and eventual death."
"And how does it drain the blood?"
"You really don't want to know."
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*I am not to use this to 'make an example of' my players.
**I am not to describe the effects of this weapon.
***If I make a miniature over six inches of somebody being effected by this machine, the players have to crucify me.
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* I may not be upset when something I write is construed in a fashion such as the above. I posted it in this thread at my own risk.
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* I am not allowed to confide my darkest secrets in a seven-year-old and expect them to keep it a secret.
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*I may not put profession(economics) on my sheet and put ranks in it (neither craft or perform)
*I may not make use of my insights into the world economy irl to wreck the economy in game and get filthy rich (say getting wbl at 3 times the speed)
**I may nog teach anything in in any DnD campaign
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planswalker
* I am not allowed to confide my darkest secrets in a seven-year-old and expect them to keep it a secret.
** If I confide my darkest secrets in the DM instead, I deserve whatever happens next.
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Socratov
*I may not put profession(economics) on my sheet and put ranks in it (neither craft or perform)
*I may not make use of my insights into the world economy irl to wreck the economy in game and get filthy rich (say getting wbl at 3 times the speed)
**I may nog teach anything in in any DnD campaign
But... Pointing out the flaws in the economy of a world where vast quantities of treasure are buried deep below the ground and then brought back without the markets of precious metals collapsing is the best part!
***Knowledge (Economics), while a reasonable sounding and believable skill, will never confer any bonuses upon your character.
****Nor will Knowledge (Physics), Knowledge (Chemistry), Knowledge (Climatology) or Knowledge (Biology).
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*I will not drop my fellow players into big pits filled with angry tortoises.
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Elemental
****Nor will Knowledge (Physics), Knowledge (Chemistry), Knowledge (Climatology) or Knowledge (Biology).
***** If I employ Knowledge (Physics) or Knowledge (Chemistry) out of character, I will be beaten with a text book of the offending subject.
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Emperordaniel
*I will not drop my fellow players into big pits filled with angry tortoises.
**I WILL explain this in funny D&D stories.
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*If I try to summon Candlejack, I am no
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* May not use a combination of feats and quirks of item creation to make an item for only 22.5% of the normal cost.
** May not argue that several of the discounts stack, actually knocking the total cost to 17.5% of the normal cost.
*** May not fudge the math and insist that you're actually making the item for 5% of the normal cost.
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*I may not play an inanimate object
**Just because certain previously inanimate objects can be animated does not mean I should play one.
***If I can reanimate broken animated object I am not to play an undead animated object.
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As a player:
*I may not have access to the maximize spell feat
**I may not have access to the empower spell feat
***I may not have access to any metamagic feats
****I may not have any metamagic rods, either
As a DM:
*The pyroclastic dragon may not use heighten breath
**Said pyroclastic dragon may not heighten it's destruction breath to a DC such as that the breath will take several years to recharge
***I may not use the Dracinomicom
*I also may not use Heroes of Horror
**Or any issues of dragon magazine
***I may only use the core 3 rulebooks
****I may not use the players handbook or DMG
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lol, wow, your players need to learn to not get so attached to their characters.
* I may not, as a mid-20's college male, set my campain in a world I homebrew in extensive detail based on a popular female-targeted tv series I am a rabid fan of in order to try to attract girls to my group.
** Doing so in order to give myself and my heterosexual male friends and I a chance to write our own self-insert fanfiction is sad and pathetic, but allowable.
*** Not keeping the above rated pg-13 or nicer is banned, however.
**** Doing point 2 in a group that's already gender-mixed may be acceptable, provided I'm not just doing it in order to impress my crush.
***** Better yet, pretend this post doesn't exist. I am not allowed to base my campaigns on any tv show. Just to be safe.
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Originally Posted by
planswalker
lol, wow, your players need to learn to not get so attached to their characters.
* I may not, as a mid-20's college male, set my campain in a world I homebrew in extensive detail based on a popular female-targeted tv series I am a rabid fan of in order to try to attract girls to my group.
** Doing so in order to give myself and my heterosexual male friends and I a chance to write our own self-insert fanfiction is sad and pathetic, but allowable.
*** Not keeping the above rated pg-13 or nicer is banned, however.
**** Doing point 2 in a group that's already gender-mixed may be acceptable, provided I'm not just doing it in order to impress my crush.
***** Better yet, pretend this post doesn't exist. I am not allowed to base my campaigns on any tv show. Just to be safe.
****** The above goes double when said female-targed TV series is aimed at pre-teens and young teens…
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*I may not write an RPG where the only available weapons are fireworks.
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newBlazingAngel
*I may not write an RPG where the only available weapons are fireworks.
** I am required to write an RPG where the only available weapon is fireworks.
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***In this hypothetical word, most builders would have the common sense to build non-flamable houses.
****I have to logically explain how exactly a sparkler is a dagger substitute.
*****If I create hellfire sparklers I am not to be surprised when my players invent this: http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...armofbees2.jpg
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planswalker
sorry, but no. It is MESMOWP...
Well, my cats often say "mesmowp"...
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Originally Posted by
Jay R
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Originally Posted by
planswalker
dropping half your words in an acronym is very bad form...
But reasonably common anyway. There is no clear rule that they are always exact initialisms.
"Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation": LASER or LABSEOR?
"Radio detection and ranging": RADAR or RDAR?
"Completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart": CAPTCHA or CAPTTTTCAHA?
"Special executive for counter-intelligence, terrorism, revenge, and extortion": SPECTRE or SEFCITRAE?
The problem with this is that (1) it's okay to drop the little words, like "and" or "by", and (2) it's also okay to use multiple letters from one word if your acronym would be unpronounceable.
So LASER, RaDAR, and SPECTRE actually follow the rules, since "counter-intelligence" is one word. CAPTTTCHA, however, does have a problem.
* I may not derail threads with technicalities.
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Originally Posted by
Flame of Anor
Well, my cats often say "mesmowp"...
The problem with this is that (1) it's okay to drop the little words, like "and" or "by", and (2) it's also okay to use multiple letters from one word if your acronym would be unpronounceable.
So LASER, RaDAR, and SPECTRE actually follow the rules, since "counter-intelligence" is one word. CAPTTTCHA, however, does have a problem.
* I may not derail threads with technicalities.
If you are counting the compound word "Counter-intelligence" as one word, then you should also count the compound words from the original MEOW as single words as well. You can't have it both ways.
** I MAY NOT derail threads with technicalities.
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* No matter how Ironic it is, the party - after going chaotic stupid in the last town - may not run into a party of higher leveled characters murdering everything for fun...
** No justification exists for a chotic stupid paladin that will prevent its fall
*** not even that
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*If I am running a star wars D&D campaign I am required to have seen at least half the movies.
**If the characters encounter 'Bubba Feet' I have to pay for the pizza.
***If I point out how incompetent Bubba Feet os at his job, I have to pay for all the drinks.
****If the plot is centralized around JarJar binks I am required to chip in to everybody's mortgages.
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*Unless it involves killing him. Horribly.
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*If my characters do brutally murder the entire gungan population, I am not to then introduce darths and droids to them.
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Ksheep
If you are counting the compound word "Counter-intelligence" as one word, then you should also count the compound words from the original MEOW as single words as well. You can't have it both ways.
** I MAY NOT derail threads with technicalities.
Technically I never made a judgment on the validity of MEOW.
*** I must whack myself in the head.
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* Modern science has no bearing on fantasy roleplaying.
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I may not ask for a quiet corner in the Temple of Pelor to cast Desecrate to boost my Animate Dead spell. They will be upset with me, even though we're ostensibly on the same side.
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Menteith
I may not ask for a quiet corner in the Temple of Pelor to cast Desecrate to boost my Animate Dead spell. They will be upset with me, even though we're ostensibly on the same side.
** In Aldhaven, their only problem with that would be that you're a rogue necromancer and didn't pay them their cut first.
*** I am not allowed to present my players with concise evidence why Pelor, in every instance that doesn't explicitly state him to be good show him as a jerkass at best, ultimate evil at worst.
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planswalker
** In Aldhaven, their only problem with that would be that you're a rogue necromancer and didn't pay them their cut first.
*** I am not allowed to present my players with concise evidence why Pelor, in every instance that doesn't explicitly state him to be good show him as a jerkass at best, ultimate evil at worst.
May I present Pelor, the Burning Hate?
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*I may not create a character with flaw "pervert" and "racist simply to create drama.
"She's amazing...but she's an elf...but her jugs are amazing...but she's a black elf...BUT BOOBIES!
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Originally Posted by
Menteith
Menteith, I love you.
Marry me?
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*If I am to fake a party member's death in front of their enemies, I must first acquire their consent.
**This does, in fact, require me to inform them of my plan.
***Especially when the plan is to hold them underwater until they stop kicking.
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Menteith
We should have known...
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As a DM:
*If you call for an unnecessary spot check to heighten tensions, you can expect that a natural 20 will be rolled.
**Thou shalt have a good poker face when the PCs interpret the subsequent "You don't see anything" as "Egads, something invisible, kill it with all your high level spells."
***Be consistent. Thus, you can now expect your PCs to cast Glitterdust on a torch to make a gout of flame at least once per session.
(Yay for the most recent gaming session!)
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Balmas
As a DM:
*If you call for an unnecessary spot check to heighten tensions, you can expect that a natural 20 will be rolled.
**Thou shalt have a good poker face when the PCs interpret the subsequent "You don't see anything" as "Egads, something invisible, kill it with all your high level spells."
***Be consistent. Thus, you can now expect your PCs to cast Glitterdust on a torch to make a gout of flame at least once per session.
(Yay for the most recent gaming session!)
Ah, the number of times such things have happened to my poor DM'ing self...
****If we roll opposed rolls for Spot and Hide, and I roll a 2 while the player rolls a 20 and the player still fails, I am legally allowed to be shot.
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Techwarrior
Ah, the number of times such things have happened to my poor DM'ing self...
****If we roll opposed rolls for Spot and Hide, and I roll a 2 while the player rolls a 20 and the player still fails, I am legally allowed to be shot.
* If the player is in the Aldhaven docks district at night, their subsequent death to knives in the dark is 100% justified.
@V We did warn everyone in Aldhaven to stay out of the Docks at night. If you ever read the obituaries post, we point out explicitly those who died in the docks... at night...
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Similarly, if I am told, "stay out of (insert place here)" and the first thing I do is go there, I will be rolling a new character. Preferably with a higher Wisdom score.
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*In Star Wars games, I am not to confuse my party members by creating a Sith with more ethics than their Jedi.
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Lord_Gareth
*In Star Wars games, I am not to confuse my party members by creating a Sith with more ethics than their Jedi.
** The sith thats has been hunting the party may not be doing so out of concern for the people and to stop these super-powered marauders before they destroy a planet. it's just wierd*
* gotta love the fact that the difference bwteen light/dark side is the emotions/attitudes they draw power from, not what they do with it... :smallwink:
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*If my characters first action is to attempt to find a brothel, I am to expect it to be below my characters standards and above his price range.
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newBlazingAngel
*If my characters first action is to attempt to find a brothel, I am to expect it to be below my characters standards and above his price range.
** Unless the DM is feeling very, very cruel - whereas the brothel is cheap, high class, filled with lovely men and ladies of all species and specifications...which will all turn out to be level draining succubi.
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Oh God...I'm glad my DM didn't come up with that.
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If my character's main motivation is to find the people who massacred his village, his first action upon finding those people should not be to congratulate them heartily and sincerely.