Things I May No Longer Do While Playing VII: No, Not Even Then

[illyahr]

I believe there's actually a racial variant that supports this, actually. Grey Kender or something, ones who were afflicted by a magical depression curse and now are tolerable if sad.

They are called Afflicted Kender. The magical fear effect of a Great Wyrm Green combined with the despair of Kenderhome being razed to the ground spun a large group of surviving kender into permanent depression. Tasslehoff Burrfoot almost became one, but shook it off with some help from friends.

[Sartharina]

*My Post-Apocalyptic Raider cannot be a Nudist Amish Gnoll Paladin.

[DigoDragon]

* No longer allowed to write a letter to the princess explaining how taking a cannonball to the head leads to a greater understanding in friendships.
** Also no longer allowed to take cannonballs to the head.

[GPuzzle]

Goddamnit, couldn't see it was you, Digo.

*My sniper doesn't come from New Zealand and was raised on Australia by a couple based on Eustace and Muriel.
**Nor is New Zealand similar to Atlantis.

[vasharanpaladin]

They are called Afflicted Kender. The magical fear effect of a Great Wyrm Green combined with the despair of Kenderhome being razed to the ground spun a large group of surviving kender into permanent depression. Tasslehoff Burrfoot almost became one, but shook it off with some help from friends.

*When speaking of "afflicted" kender, airquotes are always necessary.
**The little devils are lying, of course. Kender will be killed on sight. No exceptions.
***So will gnomes.

[Rater202]

* No longer allowed to write a letter to the princess explaining how taking a cannonball to the head leads to a greater understanding in friendships.
** Also no longer allowed to take cannonballs to the head.

***Not aloud to joke about being injured.
****If you do so anyway, you will be curtly informed about this lack of humor.
*****It's not hypocritical when the character correcting you has previously joked about bleeding out while bing charried by your PC.

*Not allowed to rip off the Monkey Island series for adventure Ideas.
**If I do, I should at least change the names.
***Changing "Le Chuck" to "Le Buck" does not count as changing the name.

[Sartharina]

*May not end a campaign by having a sphinx de-age the party and take them to Disney World.

[DigoDragon]

Goddamnit, couldn't see it was you, Digo.

Was it the new avatar?

*Not allowed to rip off the Monkey Island series for adventure Ideas.

** Banned from using the idea of killing off the party so that they can commit insurance fraud.

*May not end a campaign by having a sphinx de-age the party and take them to Disney World.

That sounds like fun to me. :)

[toapat]

*Mindrape's verbal component is not Bwaaa......

[Rater202]

** Banned from using the idea of killing off the party so that they can commit insurance fraud.

***Not allowed to have the former BBEG fake a heel face turn in order to kill the PCs.

[GPuzzle]

Was it the new avatar?

Yup, it was. Caught me offguard.

[Bryconium]

* The barbarian is not allowed to use the wizard as a thrown weapon.
** Even if it is her idea.
*** If the wizard is used as a thrown weapon, the barbarian is not allowed to scream "Magic Missile!"

From the same campaign
* Having the Illumian be the only source of light is frowned upon.

[GrayGriffin]

* Just because my character is the daughter of Princess Celestia doesn't mean everyone else has to write her friendship reports.
** Especially since this is a Pokemon game.

(Don't worry, I cleared it with the others, since it's more of a "free battle" than a serious RP, so weird backgrounds are more acceptable.)

[Rater202]

* Just because my character is the daughter of Princess Celestia doesn't mean everyone else has to write her friendship reports.
** Especially since this is a Pokemon game.

(Don't worry, I cleared it with the others, since it's more of a "free battle" than a serious RP, so weird backgrounds are more acceptable.)

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[GrayGriffin]

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Hey, the friendship letter thing was someone else's joke. And that's not even the weirdest part.

Spoiler: Further weirdness

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She's from an alternate universe to the main game actually has three biological parents. (magic!) One is Celestia; one of them is an alternate-universe version of my character from a previous game, who is a follower of Terrakion (who actually still exists in her home universe which is a fusion of the Pokemon and MLP worlds); and she has one dad. The story of how they got together actually started with an OOC joke that somehow ended up serious.

I'm still not sure how that happened.

[Silus]

With regards to the Rolemaster game I'm currently in.

*Throwing things at players is generally frowned upon.
**Doubly so for throwing things at the DM.
***I may be asked to step away from the table for a bit if I begin slinging objects larger than foam dice at people's heads.

[Rater202]

Hey, the friendship letter thing was someone else's joke. And that's not even the weirdest part.

Spoiler: Further weirdness

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She's from an alternate universe to the main game actually has three biological parents. (magic!) One is Celestia; one of them is an alternate-universe version of my character from a previous game, who is a follower of Terrakion (who actually still exists in her home universe which is a fusion of the Pokemon and MLP worlds); and she has one dad. The story of how they got together actually started with an OOC joke that somehow ended up serious.

I'm still not sure how that happened.

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What?

[GrayGriffin]

* No longer allowed to break the minds of fellow posters in this thread.
** "It was an accident" is not an excuse

[Anonymouswizard]

** Banned from using the idea of killing off the party so that they can commit insurance fraud.

*** I may not kill off the party to frame them for insurance fraud.
**** I may not take the Lich to court for insurance fraud.
***** I cannot turn the final boss into Ace Attorney.
****** Even if my class is lawyer.

[Sartharina]

* Cannot tempt my players into braving the Tomb of Horrors by having Acercerak know everything there is to know in the world.

[Telwar]

* Cannot tempt my players into braving the Tomb of Horrors by having Acercerak know everything there is to know in the world.

** Cannot suggest that Acererak branch out into a line of flaming-skull-logoed barbecue restaurants.

[Prince Raven]

* I may no longer convince my players to keep going for another 20 minutes just because I want to end on a cliffhanger

[Ksheep]

* When giving the players multiple different choices on where to start, I should not make "Fanatical follower of the Cult of Acercerak" sound like a very appealing option
** Especially if they must prove their allegiance by sending them into the Tomb of Horrors to kneel before Acercerak
*** Doubly so if I make it seem nowhere near as bad as it is by having them go through the temple from Legend of the Hidden Temple in order to get to the entrance to the Tomb of Horrors

To be fair, only half of the players wanted to be "Followers of the Lich King" (as I described it to them). The other half wanted to be members of the God-King's Templar, in a desert city built on the backs of slave labor. Oh, and before you ask, yes, both parties are decidedly evil (one is more Lawful Evil, the other Chaotic Evil).

[Sith_Happens]

* There is no such thing as FOOFbending.

[Rater202]

I'm not allowed to threaten forth graders with non-lethal confetti cannons

[Ksheep]

I'm not allowed to threaten forth graders with non-lethal confetti cannons

** I may not accidentally fill the confetti cannons with cake mix

[Braininthejar2]

* Messing up another player's sub-quest by accidentally insulting a werewolf Yakuza boss during a meeting is frowned upon.

** Especially after already getting a broken jaw during the same game session by unwittingly asking a kuei-jin elder yakuza from a competing Court for martial arts lessons.

*** And insulting a potential ally mage in the previous adventure by trying to make sure she'll take good care of a sick npc... wording the letter in a way that ended up questioning her honor as a host.

**** Really, some basic IRL social skills training is called for...

[Mrc.]

*There should be more differentiating the parties goals, ambitions, reputation and methods from that of the BBEG than "effectiveness".
**A party that claims to be good can't prevent the BBEG from causing an apocalypse by causing it themselves before his plan comes into effect.

[DigoDragon]

Yup, it was. Caught me offguard.

I'm chuckling a bit due to what the avatar is. :3

* There is no such thing as FOOFbending.

Oh dear sweet Celestia.
I don't want to be anywhere near that stuff, let alone bend it.

[Socksy]

* There is no such thing as FOOFbending.

Of course not, FOOF isn't an element!
You'd need a fluorine-bender and an oxygen-bender to do that!

* Can't play any sort of fish-folk race.
** Doubly so if they are bards
*** Triply if they are singing bass.