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.:techieAgnostic:. fauxUmlaut, Did I tell you about the time I dm'ed for my friends group with people who were expecting it to be like Wow-through-Skype?
.:SoItBegins:. Oh?
.:Crasher:. Ammutseba: wait, so to get this straight, you're protected from enviromental hazards, will checks, and shit like that? nothing like damage?
<Crasher> techieAgnostic: how did that go
.:fauxUmlaut:. I'm going to take a guess and say
.:fauxUmlaut:. it went badly
.:techieAgnostic:. Ok so the setup was Me DMing, one of my best friends who actually understands and properly roleplayed, and 4 people who wanted WoW essentially
.:Crasher:. kek
.:SoItBegins:. ho boy
.:techieAgnostic:. We were doing Pathfinder beginner box but with mostly full rules
.:DMwithoutPCs:. hmm?
.:Ammutseba:. Crasher: I don't know. It should actually be total immunity, but a single aspect of apparent invincibility.
.:Ammutseba:. shouldn't*
.:techieAgnostic:. One player googled the sword I gave him to see what it did
.:Ammutseba:. And?
.:techieAgnostic:. Another tried to use that one cantrip spell thats basically a show off to do literally everything
.:fauxUmlaut:. oh gosh
.:SoItBegins:. What do you mean
.:SoItBegins:. ?
.:techieAgnostic:. All 4 people got pissy when I wouldnt tell them exact values for things
<Crasher> Ammutseba: i'm guessing techieAgnostic basically made up items and shit
.:SoItBegins:. It creates an illusion?
.:Crasher:. SoItBegins: they played it like WoW
.:techieAgnostic:. It was a Sword that was part of the adventure
.:Crasher:. oh whoops nvm misread that
<Crasher> techieAgnostic: (i can't believe he googled it)
.:techieAgnostic:. If you used it on a dragon it glowed and shit and youd figure out when you hit with it that it dealt a fuckload of damage to dragons
.:techieAgnostic:. But before that it looked like a worse sword
.:Crasher:. god damn
.:fauxUmlaut:. yeah, I'm assuming you're talking about like, trying to use prestidigitation as a spell that does damage or something, right?
.:techieAgnostic:. So with the values thing
.:techieAgnostic:. Yeah that was the spell
.:techieAgnostic:. Trying to set enemies on fire and things
.:SoItBegins:. omg
.:techieAgnostic:. With the values bit
.:SoItBegins:. "It's my Hero Power."
.:bleughmacaroni:. o:
.:techieAgnostic:. I prefer to not say "You deal X damage to the thing"
.:techieAgnostic:. So I was just describing what theyd be seeing
.:techieAgnostic:. They didnt like that cos they couldnt pretend to have high DPS
.:techieAgnostic:. And finally they got pissy enough to not come back to the next session after I deviated from the written adventure
.:techieAgnostic:. The cave has a Dragon in it
.:techieAgnostic:. And also a big-ass spider
.:+brobot:. big ass-spider
.:fauxUmlaut:. y'see, if I was the GM, I'd have just said there's a very rare magical item that lets you see a health bar floating above your enemies' heads, but y'all don't have it, so tough shit
.:Barbaloot:. lol
<Crasher> techieAgnostic: (oh god why)
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.:Barbaloot:. I need to get back into D&D
.:techieAgnostic:. I thought itd be interesting to make the spider fire immune seeing as it lives by a dragon
.:Barbaloot:. haven't played in like 10 years
.:Crasher:. well that makes sense
.:fauxUmlaut:. (or other roleplaying games)
.:techieAgnostic:. Especially since the mage was the kind of person to try and smart-ass every fight
.:+brobot:. smart ass-every
.:techieAgnostic:. They got to it
.:Barbaloot:. yeah, I hear good things about Pathfinder
.:techieAgnostic:. Tried to set it on fire
.:techieAgnostic:. Successfully set it on fire
.:SoItBegins:. wait what?
.:techieAgnostic:. And now had to face a very angry spider with fire hands and what not
.:SoItBegins:. Ahhhh.
.:Barbaloot:. That reminds me of this one RPG I played
.:Barbaloot:. can't remember what it was
.:fauxUmlaut:. oh, hah, that's fun
.:Barbaloot:. but basically, I used a fire spell on it
.:Barbaloot:. it absorbed it and regained health
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.:techieAgnostic:. Yeah, so it almost one hit the guy they had "tanking" cos they werent expecting it
.:Barbaloot:. then got lit on fire and proceeded to regain health over time
.:techieAgnostic:. They JUST managed to kill it
.:techieAgnostic:. And my mate was going on about how cool an encounter it was after the session in the skype call
.:techieAgnostic:. Then I hear
.:techieAgnostic:. "Hosd the fuck up Shaun you peice of shit s-top cheating"
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.:Crasher:. (i have no words)
.:techieAgnostic:. And Im just thinking what the fuck Im the DM I can do what I want
.:SoItBegins:. There it is.
.:jakob:. h,,?
.:SoItBegins:. Did you tell them that?
.:jakob:. ufh
.:faux|mob:. I saw that coming
.:SoItBegins:. (The story of how four WoW players played DnD.)
.:Crasher:. jakob: hey
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.:techieAgnostic:. And he fgoes on to tell me how he downloaded the DM guide for the beginner box and how the spider they have in there isnt fire immune and that Im not allowed to do that
.:jakob:. any mention of DM pings me
.:jakob:. this worked a lot better when no one played D&D on here
.:SoItBegins:. hahaha metagamiiiiing!
<Crasher> techieAgnostic: HE CHEATED THOUGH
.:techieAgnostic:. And thats the story of why I never play any game with that lot now
.:Crasher:. HOW IS HE TELLING THE DM THAT HE'S CHEATING WHEN HE CHEATED
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.:techieAgnostic:. No this guy wasnt the metagaming guy
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.:Crasher:. ah
.:techieAgnostic:. This is the guy who looked up a build online to have the most damage
.:techieAgnostic:. Didnt read how spells worked when I reminded him too
.:Barbaloot:. You know what's fun
.:Crasher:. this is so surreal
.:Barbaloot:. Metagaming with a useless character
.:Barbaloot:. Like take a stupid idea and make it work as best as you can
.:SoItBegins:. Use Delibird!
.:techieAgnostic:. And never cast a single spell other than prestiditation
<Crasher> techieAgnostic: you should of just made up your own adventure, and then seen how much shit you would of gotten for "not following the rules"
.:Barbaloot:. My brother once played a Rogue/Cleric
.:SoItBegins:. Was it a rouge roge?
.:SoItBegins:. *rogue
.:techieAgnostic:. If there was a second session I had a heap of deviations planned
.:Barbaloot:. Where one of the churches of his diety was being corrupt
.:techieAgnostic:. They failed to kill the baby dragon before it flew away
.:techieAgnostic:. So next dragon encounter was gonna be the mama
.:faux|mob:. I feel like this is what d&d is built for though
.:techieAgnostic:. Choose a member at random
.:techieAgnostic:. Fly up
.:Barbaloot:. Was it a white dragon?
.:techieAgnostic:. Rip them in half
.:techieAgnostic:. And now they have to spend all their hoarded loot to ressurect
.:techieAgnostic:. Cos of the one guy selling the scroll
.:techieAgnostic:. And paying someone to cast it cos the mage sure as hell ccant
.:Crasher:. kek
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.:techieAgnostic:. Also Im sorry for pinging you a billion times DM :P
.:jakob:. np
.:techieAgnostic:. Oh and heres the kicker
.:techieAgnostic:. The only reason they played was cos they saw DnD mentioned on one Big Bang Theory episode and wanted to be more nerdy
.:Crasher:. (why)
.:Barbaloot:. But that makes no sense
.:Ammutseba:. Hi, DM
.:Barbaloot:. D&D is for cool kids
.:faux2|mob:. fuuuck
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.:jakob:. hey ammutseba
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.:Crasher:. i'm not sure to be mad or sad
.:faux|mob:. sad
.:faux|mob:. very sad
.:techieAgnostic:. faux I could make you sadder by telling you the mages character description :P
<Crasher> techieAgnostic: (oh no)
.:faux|mob:. oh nooo
.:faux|mob:. OH NOOOOOOO
<Crasher> techieAgnostic: my morbid curiosity has gotten the better of me
.:Crasher:. please tell us
.:techieAgnostic:. I dont have the character sheets still, but it was along the lines of "He's a human from (Whatever the main town in SaO was called) whos a dark mage. He has a red robe that covers his face and is real mysterious"
.:techieAgnostic:. I asked him what his face looks like
.:SoItBegins:. XD
.:Crasher:. why
.:techieAgnostic:. "No-one knows"
.:Crasher:. "not even him?"
.:Crasher:. please tell me you said that
.:SoItBegins:. "Is he blind?"
.:techieAgnostic:. I still have the picture I drew in paint after hearing that hold on
.:Crasher:. "was he born with the mask?"
.:SoItBegins:. he's a NINJA MAGE!
.:faux|mob:. "has he ever looked at a mirror?"
.:Crasher:. "what about his parents? do they know?"
.:faux|mob:. "does he sleep in the mask?"
.:techieAgnostic:. http://imgur.com/mpdfLjF
.:+brobot:. Title: Imgur (at imgur.com)
.:techieAgnostic:. He also wanted a cape
.:Crasher:. oh god
.:faux|mob:. capes are cool
.:Crasher:. faux|mob: but on a mage?
.:SoItBegins:. He is a knight… er, MAGE OF THE CAPE
.:faux|mob:. yeah capes are cool, I stand by my statement
.:techieAgnostic:. Crasher, Why would he skip out on equipment? On all those stats?
.:Crasher:. b-but
.:Crasher:. do capes even /give/ you stats?
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.:techieAgnostic:. Well obviously why would they have things you can wear that dont give you stats?
.:Crasher:. i...
.:Crasher:. (i don't know how you put up with them but you have done a service to us all)
.:techieAgnostic:. In case you cant tell
.:techieAgnostic:. I absolutely cant stand the mage
.:faux|mob:. I find it hard to be that angry because d&d is kind of a game that is all about hitting shit the hardest
.:faux|mob:. but yeah
.:faux|mob:. shitty players anyways
.:techieAgnostic:. I mean you could at least pretend to treat it like a game where the story isnt skippable
.:Crasher:. faux|mob: it wasn't d&d, it was pathfinder iirc
.:Crasher:. which, to be fair, is basically not!D&D
.:faux|mob:. yeah
.:Crasher:. but still, D&D still has it's fair share of puzzles and figuring out what to do
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.:Crasher:. it's not on-rails all the time, and players generally have a choice to do whatever they want, and to approach problems
.:@sirpercival:. alreiufhlsiudhfjvaer
.:Crasher:. (unlike WoW where you are funneled on a path)
.:Crasher:. sirpercival: hey
.:Ammutseba:. Hey sirp!