Things I May No Longer Do While Playing VI: This Isn't A Checklist, We Swear!

[masterjoda99]

*I don't care if its rules legal, you are not allowed to become a godlike mage through excessive alternate effects.

I am curious about the build you made to do this one.

[Lord Raziere]

I am curious about the build you made to do this one.

well maybe not godlike but....

Spoiler: Spellcasting power

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Spellcasting:
Fireball
Damage, Ranged, Area (Burst), 10 Alternate Effects, 40 points, rank 10
AE:
1. Concealment, 20 points, rank 10
2. Healing, Resurrection, 30 points, rank 10
3. Morph, 20 points, rank 4
4. Remote Sensing (Sight, Hearing), 30 points, rank 10
5. Illusion (Sight, Hearing), 30 points, rank 10
6. Move Object, Damaging, 30 points, rank 10
7. Nullify (Magical), 10 points, rank 10
8. Teleport, Accurate, 30 points, rank 10
9. Movement (Dimension Travel), 6 points, rank 3
10. Summon (Undine), Active, 30 points, rank 10

....come on, this is pretty flexible for 40 points.

[Socksy]

* Can't have a sparkledog as an animal companion
** Doubly so if the party has access to any spell with "Prismatic", "Glitter" or "Color" in its name

[Sith_Happens]

well maybe not godlike but....

Spoiler: Spellcasting power

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Spellcasting:
Fireball
Damage, Ranged, Area (Burst), 10 Alternate Effects, 40 points, rank 10
AE:
1. Concealment, 20 points, rank 10
2. Healing, Resurrection, 30 points, rank 10
3. Morph, 20 points, rank 4
4. Remote Sensing (Sight, Hearing), 30 points, rank 10
5. Illusion (Sight, Hearing), 30 points, rank 10
6. Move Object, Damaging, 30 points, rank 10
7. Nullify (Magical), 10 points, rank 10
8. Teleport, Accurate, 30 points, rank 10
9. Movement (Dimension Travel), 6 points, rank 3
10. Summon (Undine), Active, 30 points, rank 10

....come on, this is pretty flexible for 40 points.

The gist of it is, the "Magic" sample power pretty much gives you free license to cram the entire D&D spell list into the same array.

[Lord Raziere]

The gist of it is, the "Magic" sample power pretty much gives you free license to cram the entire D&D spell list into the same array.

and thats me being kind. for 70 points, you can have 21 50-point powers to throw around whenever you feel like. and still have points left over to become Immortal, craft an amulet (Protection, Removable) to protect you and become the best liar, dodger and inventor ever. and even after that, you STILL have points left over to spend.

[Spore]

Is it bad that I didn't get these until you explained them and I'm doing A-level Maths?

*The occasional quote from Monty Python/Blackadder etc. will liven up the roleplaying experience. Turning the entire session into this is frowned upon.
**This is doubly true for both Life of Bryan and Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Baldrick: I have a cunning plan to save the king.
Edmund Blackadder: Ha! Well forgive me if a don't do a cartwheel of joy; your family's history in the department of cunning planning is about as impressive as Stumpy O'Leg McNolegs' personal best in the Market Harborough marathon.

I would adore nay LOVE YOU FOR IT!

[Mrc.]

Baldrick: I have a cunning plan to save the king.
Edmund Blackadder: Ha! Well forgive me if a don't do a cartwheel of joy; your family's history in the department of cunning planning is about as impressive as Stumpy O'Leg McNolegs' personal best in the Market Harborough marathon.

I would adore nay LOVE YOU FOR IT!

But would it be as cunning as a fox that just got appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University?

[Prince Raven]

But would it be as cunning as a fox that just got appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University?

No, it's as cunning as that fox who has moved on and is now working for the U.N. at the High Commission of International Cunning Planning.

[unseenmage]

* No longer allowed to research computing via spell interactions.
** Neither IC nor OOC.
*** Especially not with psionic power interactions.
**** Combining the two to "program" local reality as my next character idea is definitely off the table.

[DigoDragon]

* No longer allowed to point out that the GM's campaign world is a rip off of [Name of Anime].
** The GM is no longer allowed to google anime he's been accused of stealing from and actually steal ideas from it.
*** Even if the anime in question works well for a pirate campaign...
**** Banned from creating a fighting style that utilizes 3 swords. Tome of Battle is not to be abused that way.
***** Not allowed to create a "Were-Hulking-Hurler". Double no-go on using a reindeer template on top of that.
****** Speedos do not count as armor. Also, no longer allowed to play a cyborg that runs on soda. :c

[Ionbound]

*******My unarmed swordsage is not a chivalrous pervert.

********I do not have a bo-staff that can control the weather.

*********Even if I do, it's certainly not made by a slingshot-wielding artificer.

[Socksy]

* A random encounter in a polar environment must be picked from the Monster Manuals.
** It must certainly not be picked from my geometry notes, or be describable using a length followed by an angle.
*** No, not even on Mechanus.

[illyahr]

* A random encounter in a polar environment must be picked from the Monster Manuals.
** It must certainly not be picked from my geometry notes, or be describable using a length followed by an angle.
*** No, not even on Mechanus.

I see wut u did there

[sengmeng]

* I'm still allowed to make all the disguise checks I want, even to impersonate the opposite gender and get an abysmally low result. I'm not allowed to illustrate what my character looks like after shaving his legs with a sword and stuffing apples down his shirt and bring said illustration to the next session.

[Lord Raziere]

*******My unarmed swordsage is not a chivalrous pervert.

********I do not have a bo-staff that can control the weather.

*********Even if I do, it's certainly not made by a slingshot-wielding artificer.

********** I cannot constantly refer to the human pinball as "One Hit" "Mook" or any number of other insults or derogatory nicknames.

*********** I may not root for the sand-wielding mastermind BBEG over the actual protagonist.

************ Nor I may attempt to kill the idiot who is made of rubber. repeatedly.

************* Improbability drives, accursed swords or dreams of the rubber idiot are NOT the cause of everything.

************** I may not attempt to kill the rubber idiot to try and end the madness.

*************** Then immediately request we face an insane lightning BBEG after he is dead.

[Mrc.]

*Building an improbability drive will cause the DM to cry themselves to sleep at night.
**This applies to any time/reality warping device.
***Making the DM cry is not the new objective of the group.

*Must not chastise other players for not paying full attention/League of Legend's-ing at the table.
**Doubly so if I then spend two hours screaming abuse at Inkscape.
***Especially because I'm getting sort of good at it.

*The answer to every problem is not 'Correct application of explosives'.
**Nor is it 'Correct application of fire'.
***Attempting to use 'Correct application of this thread' will result in polyhedrals thrown at my face.

[GrayGriffin]

* No longer allowed to make up ridiculous ship names for the various potential relationships between our characters.
** No longer allowed to then see if any other fandoms already use those ship names, and then imagine our characters cosplaying as their corresponding ships.
*** Especially not allowed to draw art of said cosplay!

[Socksy]

* Not allowed to be reminded of the babe more than once per session.

[Mrc.]

* Not allowed to be reminded of the babe more than once per session.

NOT THIS AGAIN! Seriously though, that was a good moment.

[DarkestKnight]

As a player

* I may no longer talk in a Irish accent, even if it is for my dwarven grappler.
** Irish and Scottish accents should be easier to tell apart.
*** No longer allowed to use the phrase "Deedly-Dee Potatoes" as the Irish language
****No longer allowed to have an accent

* my dwarven grappler is not allowed to try to one up the wizard
** My dwarf is not allowed to succeed in one upping the wizard
*** he is also not allowed to team up with the wizard to become the same size of the adult red dragon we are fighting.
**** While the dragon did fail it's con save three times to get out of the sleeper hold, I am not allowed to re-describe the encounter for fear of horrible sexual innuendo.

As a GM
* I should stop harassing the party by bringing up their failures
** Especially if it is only the fourth session
*** Especially if a significant portion of their troubles has come from them routinely forgetting to introduce themselves and asking for names.

[Wookieetank]

*Building an improbability drive will cause the DM to cry themselves to sleep at night.
**This applies to any time/reality warping device.
***Making the DM cry is not the new objective of the group.

**b: This includes making a Tardis
*** Doesn't matter if its just a flying balloon
**** If the DM is pestered too much on the topic of time machines, not to be surprised when the BBEG and his inner council each end up with one of their own, and we end up playing Chrono Trigger.

[GPuzzle]

**b: This includes making a Tardis
*** Doesn't matter if its just a flying balloon
**** If the DM is pestered too much on the topic of time machines, not to be surprised when the BBEG and his inner council each end up with one of their own, and we end up playing Chrono Trigger.

*****Nope, Morlocks don't exist.
******I cannot decide to "accidentaly" step on a buttefly.
*******This room isn't bigger on the inside.

[Lord Raziere]

* I may no longer trick a Sidereal into revealing the Great Prophecy
** using nothing but in character logic
*** on accident
**** when my character doesn't even know about it.
***** I am no longer allowed to have any more dealings with thaumaturges.

[Socksy]

* My character's war cry is not "I kill what I eat and I eat what I kill!"

[Ksheep]

Tried playing Realms of Arkania (the DOS version, not the remake) after picking it up in a bundle. Interesting DOS-era RPG, based on a "paper-and-pencil" game, although I was having some issues figuring out how to do anything at first. Anyway, I managed to pick up the following nuggets of wisdom from half an hour of playing.

* After renting a room in the inn for 99 days, I shouldn't be surprised when I then proceed to fall into a coma for those 99 days
** I also shouldn't be surprised when it sits there showing the sun crawl across the sky, with each day taking about 5 seconds to pass
*** Nor should I be surprised when I only gain 1 life point from this three-month slumber
**** Especially considering I really hadn't gotten hurt, other than from a small bar brawl earlier in the day (or rather, year)

[SiuiS]

* Comonner zombies do not have 12 square speed.

** Nor are they, in fact, necessarily commoner than other zombies.


* My Wilder is using Surging Euphoria, not "going Super Psion".

Your signatures make me happy~

[DigoDragon]

* The GM is no longer allowed to have Carrier Pigeons with Delayed Blast Fireball.

[Socksy]

@SiuiS: I was waiting for someone to notice that! It used to say "I'm going to do the thing", but then I actually did the thing :D

[SiuiS]

oooh~

What is the thing? :O

[Socksy]

I built, and am currently playing, a Pikachu in 3.5e