D&D Demotivators Episode VIII: [Demotivating Intensifies]

[Mrc.]

How many is "a lot?" Because if I remember right from my brief time playing Monster Hunter Tri, the less demanding armor sets take about a dozen kills to finish. Each.

It depends. Plot wise you only have to kill about three but tbh if you're playing Skyrim for plot you picked the wrong game. As random encounters go they add a touch of danger the first few times, but you will end up killing lots to get access to the different words of shouts. If you make full use of fast travel, it is entirely possible to encounter none at all but on my main playthrough I think I'm on something like eighty dragons killed, judging by the amount of dragon bones I have in a chest in Whiterun. This is playing casually with no dragon hunting, because if you want to do that, you will easily treble that number. Of course, given that I play an unpatched version it does give the nice feature of dragon corpses randomly dropping from the sky but I didn't think it fit to count them.

[LongVin]

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Where is this from?

[Time Blossom]

...No! I already have a campaign! I can't make a new one this soon!

Steelport is pretty much a ready-made Chancel. And 3rd ed calls Domain-0 Nobles Saints. I'm just sayin'.

Also, this one's been waiting to be made ever since those liches pictures earlier.
I regret nothing.

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(Kinda want to play a Pathfinder witch at some point, really. They seem pretty cool.)

[Manly Man]

Gawd, Tim Curry's singing voice.

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[Ksheep]

Here's one I found on Reddit. I'll try to make some original ones soon, once I find some decent pics and can think of witty things to add to them.

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Something tells me that last part usually only comes in to play when the DM decides to track rations.

[Swaoeaeieu]

So i have been lurking this thread for a long long time now, and finally saw a poster i wanted to share with you all. It's not mine, just found it on imgur.

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removed because i find potty-mouth funny but the boards don't like it

Edit: Had to remove the picture, forgot it contained no-no words. Sorry for the disturbance folks, carry on with the awsome posters.

[BWR]

Generally this forum likes neither excrement nor female dogs.

[Doorhandle]

How many is "a lot?" Because if I remember right from my brief time playing Monster Hunter Tri, the less demanding armor sets take about a dozen kills to finish. Each.

Fair I guess. Although with skyrim, theres the 15 named dragons, most of which you have to kill to progress, 10 at specific points around the game world, plus a theoretically-infinite number of them due to random dragon attacks.

...Although now I want to know which dragons would win in a fight. Skyrim dragons have glass jaws, sure, but they also have freaky magic bullcrap and possibly a high flight ceiling on their side...

Edit: Had to remove the picture, forgot it contained no-no words. Sorry for the disturbance folks, carry on with the awsome posters.

Just go into an image program and put black bars over the innapropriate areas.

Where is this from?

Right here.



EDIT: TAX CRACKDOWN!

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[Time Blossom]

I would tend to side with the Skyrim dragons, by virtue of being sapient. Monster Hunter dragons (or wyverns in general) always seemed kinda like wild animals to me. Mind you, I've only played MHFU, so there's that.

In any case, Skyrim wishes it had Monster Hunter's armor system. Or I do, anyway. Heck, I wish every game had Monster Hunter's armor system.

And speaking of a poster:

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[Doorhandle]

In any case, Skyrim wishes it had Monster Hunter's armor system. Or I do, anyway. Heck, I wish every game had Monster Hunter's armor system.

Agreed. It's why I like Toriko: 90% of the point of fighting monsters in that world is so you can eat them. I need to start watching that anime again...

[byaku rai]

How many is "a lot?" Because if I remember right from my brief time playing Monster Hunter Tri, the less demanding armor sets take about a dozen kills to finish. Each.

It's possible to get through all but the main and DLC quests of Skyrim without fighting even a single dragon. You just have to not follow the main quest beyond Whiterun, and there aren't even any random encounter dragons to worry about from then on. On the opposite end of things, following the main quest unlocks random dragon encounters, which happen about once per half hour and have about a 75% chance of going after you (the other 25%, they just fly away or aggro a random goat/mudcrab/wolf with hilarious results). With fast travel and a bit of know-how, it's possible to farm dragons nonstop by going to Word Walls in a cycle, killing the resident dragon, and repeating; thanks to fast travel taking in-game time, by the time you've cleared them all the first one has respawned. That said, a normal Dragonborn who goes from level 1 to about level 40 or so without deliberately taking one extreme or the other in dragon hunting probably won't end up fighting more than about 50 dragons over the course of his career, and likely quite a few less.

As for meaner, I haven't played Monster Hunter but the top-tier dragons are nuts. Dirt standard dragons sometimes lose fights with other random encounters, though, so take that with a grain of salt.

[Mrc.]

The best moment in Skyrim is when you see a dragon get pulled down by swarms of mudcrabs. The number of times these supposedly ferocious predators fall prey to the most mundane threats is hilarious.

[NikitaDarkstar]

The best moment in Skyrim is when you see a dragon get pulled down by swarms of mudcrabs. The number of times these supposedly ferocious predators fall prey to the most mundane threats is hilarious.

Actually I find it more hilarious to watch them fight mammoths myself. Mudcrabs are just terrifying creatures dammit! :p (I may have Morrowind flashbacks...)

[Time Blossom]

Oof, don't get me started on Morrowind flashbacks. 'Cliff Racers' is a trigger phrase, amirite?

And speaking of triggers, a poster:

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[Marnath]

Oof, don't get me started on Morrowind flashbacks. 'Cliff Racers' is a trigger phrase, amirite?

Not since the coming of Saint Jiub. By the time of Oblivion he has hunted them to extinction. (Jiub is the bald dude with the gnarly scar from the beginning of the game.)

[Mono Vertigo]

Usually, I'm posting demotivators, but ones unrelated to D&D.
This time, I'm posting a funny thing related to D&D... but it's not a demotivator! (It's a comic I found on another forum.)

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It's so adorable, I want a pet Rust Monster now.

[Amaril]

Usually, I'm posting demotivators, but ones unrelated to D&D.
This time, I'm posting a funny thing related to D&D... but it's not a demotivator! (It's a comic I found on another forum.)

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It's so adorable, I want a pet Rust Monster now.

You know, it just occurred to me that a rust monster would be an awesome animal companion for a druid. They're not supposed to use metal anyway, and it would let them make short work of any enemies who do.

[GPuzzle]

That's it, my next BBEG is a Druid with a pet Rust Monster.

[NikitaDarkstar]

Oof, don't get me started on Morrowind flashbacks. 'Cliff Racers' is a trigger phrase, amirite?

And speaking of triggers, a poster:

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... Yep. I'm out.

*wanders of to see if it's rules-legal to have a drud with a rust monster companion... cause yes!*

[Amaril]

Actually, it turns out they're aberrations rather than animals like I thought, so that'd be a no-no. Although now I'm tempted to make them normal animals in one of my settings just to be able to do that

[Arkhosia]

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I'm deeply worried if no one has made this joke before

[Amaril]

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I'm deeply worried if no one has made this joke before

...

*Dashes off to make a ranger PRC with maneuver gear*

[ThirdEmperor]

I believe grappling hook launchers can be found in the Arms and Equipment guide, and powered spools for superdurable line in Savage Species. From there, tack on a Bottle of Endless Air for guidance, two Gauntlets of Infinite Blades, find a tolerant DM and have at it!

[Time Blossom]

... Yep. I'm out.

*wanders of to see if it's rules-legal to have a drud with a rust monster companion... cause yes!*

My work is done here.
Also agreed! And I did find a homebrew feat called Druid of the Strange which allows aberration companions (including rust monsters). Not strictly rules-legal, but seems balanced enough?

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I'm deeply worried if no one has made this joke before

...Somebody run this game? Please?
(On which note: Academy City looks very cool; I still haven't seen the first series, but Railgun was a lot of fun. I'd have to give my available time some consideration before considering signing up, but yeah. )

And in keeping with my thus-far perfect record, a poster:

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Sauce: http://www.zerochan.net/Advent+Cirno
Dunno where they got it originally!
But the source fiction is pretty groovy. :3

[Arkhosia]

Is that... a Sgt. frog badge?

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[Time Blossom]

Yep! Also her main sword is a watermelon. :D

Also, not strictly roleplaying-related, but close enough I think:

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Seriously, Kroot but no Tau in Rogue Trader: Into the Storm?
You're killing me, Smalls.

[Vizzerdrix]

... Yep. I'm out.

*wanders of to see if it's rules-legal to have a drud with a rust monster companion... cause yes!*

I've been trying to pull this off for years. Start a topic about it in the 3.5 forums and I'll be happy to post what I've found so far.

[Forrestfire]

If you give it something like the Celestial or Fiendish template, it should qualify for Leadership, at least.

[Lord_Gareth]

So, challenge time: turn this comic panel into an RPG poster.

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Comic is Gencrawl Gaiden, by the by.

[alanek2002]

Challenge met!

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