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I have nothing on this one. Except I did it once when I was starting as GM but the story is not even interesting lol
We once had a drunken night for a day's game. At no point were we ever sober enough for us not to roll to do actions.
It was the day our giant gained the name Mr. M.C. Hammersworth.
Our Knome also found out how far he can be punted by hammer for using names in poor taste
It was the day our giant gained the name Mr. M.C. Hammersworth.
Our Knome also found out how far he can be punted by hammer for using names in poor taste
The kicker is that I'll ask a specific question about what I want to find out about and he'll make me roll the check. Well one time I actually asked if it mattered what I rolled, since I had a pretty high bonus to the check, and he let slip that he was just randomly picking stuff from the book or coming up with something off the top of his head and giving it to me. Thus it didn't matter what I rolled as I'd be getting the same information regardless.
Granted, his star wars games tend to be more sandbox than most and I'm fine with him buying himself some time. It's just finding that out took the wind out of my sails a tad bit. Then again, he has told me several times he doesn't like doing skill checks, so I probably should have seen this coming a mile away.
To diplomancer:
That sucks. It really doesn't take that much to come up with something and vary it by how high you roll. Else why even have skills? It sounds like your DM would be happier in a FATE-like system than d20.
That sucks. It really doesn't take that much to come up with something and vary it by how high you roll. Else why even have skills? It sounds like your DM would be happier in a FATE-like system than d20.
Now, that may seem strange, but the little thing I didn't know about this pre-generated pathfinder societies map I was playing (which was for levels 1-7) was that I couldn't harm anything. As dumb as it sounds, I and my animal companion couldn't actually hurt anything because of everything's damage reduction, which was apparently all 6 or something.
Seeing as I wanted to play a support character, I didn't even have any spells that could harm anything and Entangle was useless, cause there wasn't any vegetation.
... sadly enough, my druid might have been beaten to unconsciousness and what not, but without a doubt, my raptor took the most damage of all, and it won't be easy to heal him, now that he knows just how weak he is. I hope he lives long enough so I can fix his pride.
Ugh, I hate some of those pre-gen modules that a GM plays completely straight.
@Digo, He "forgot" to tell us about a half dozen things that we should have known to fight some of the enemies (including the boss), the term 'playing straight' is not in his vocabulary.
My group was exploring a castle that had flooded during a recent war. We had the obligatory bunch of critters to pummel but the real challenge came from the doors, which had become swollen and stuck. Can't pick a stuck door, so we had to break them down. Our rolls to do so were terrible, and in one case we crit failed and managed to bounce the axe back into the barbarian that was trying to hack through. Eventually our gm just let us continue without all the door nonsense, but my party to this day still hates doors more than any monster
I once ran a Pulp 1930s adventure archaeology campaign where the party sought out an artifact in the Amazon. After a long boat ride, they landed in Brazil.
The party goes to a bar, and the medic asks the bartender for directions. Just asking for directions shouldn't require any roll, but I asked him to roll streetwise.
He crit-failed. So I ruled that the medic was still feeling quite seasick from the voyage, and vomited on the bartender.
The bartender punched the medic in the face.
Another party member drew his gun and SHOT the bartender.
NPC bar patrons grab improvised weapons and knives to avenge the barman.
In the ensuing fight, everyone in the bar except for the party died.
Don't roll for asking directions, folks!
The party goes to a bar, and the medic asks the bartender for directions. Just asking for directions shouldn't require any roll, but I asked him to roll streetwise.
He crit-failed. So I ruled that the medic was still feeling quite seasick from the voyage, and vomited on the bartender.
The bartender punched the medic in the face.
Another party member drew his gun and SHOT the bartender.
NPC bar patrons grab improvised weapons and knives to avenge the barman.
In the ensuing fight, everyone in the bar except for the party died.
Don't roll for asking directions, folks!
Yeah, riling up player paranoia always makes for a good time. The best part is when only one or two people notice, and the players shush one another.
Well I've known them to require rolls just to up paranoia. In fact, some games and premade quests instruct you to do it.
I definitely like to roll just for making my players feel on edge. >:D
I had a GM ask me to make a charisma/Speech check to order a drink at the bar. I failed it and the bar tender refused to serve me. Even though I had money and haven't started any problems.
I had a GM make me roll to run straight - although I even didn't care -.-
I was escaping from some pursuers, and my only criterium of direction was "away from them". I didn't care about the whereto, but he made me roll anyway.
Well, actually he did this, because he didn't exactly know where to go with this himself...
I was escaping from some pursuers, and my only criterium of direction was "away from them". I didn't care about the whereto, but he made me roll anyway.
Well, actually he did this, because he didn't exactly know where to go with this himself...
At one point an enemy threw an entire bag of wisdom draining poison powder at me and the party rogue. I was a monk/fighter hybrid, but I didn't manage to make my saves until like 6 wisdom, so we were pretty fucked up. The DM ruled that we were suffering from hallucinations, and I ended up making like ten will saves to "attempt to disbelieve" the hallucinations. It worked for a while, but then the corridor was a mile long and things went downhill from there.
Later we woke up in a hole that turned out to be in the middle of a Murlock cave.
I still have no idea how we got there, but I sure as hell climbed out(after all, in PF halflings get +2 climb)
Later we woke up in a hole that turned out to be in the middle of a Murlock cave.
I still have no idea how we got there, but I sure as hell climbed out(after all, in PF halflings get +2 climb)
Understood; we won't make you pay the poll tax this time.
From a game a friend was in.
They were chasing a villain through the streets and one of the PCs was pursuing from the rooftops. Eventually they jumped off and the GM kept making them roll to cover distance.
Y'know, while falling.
That thing that tends to happen at a constant rate.
They were chasing a villain through the streets and one of the PCs was pursuing from the rooftops. Eventually they jumped off and the GM kept making them roll to cover distance.
Y'know, while falling.
That thing that tends to happen at a constant rate.
Besides... maybe they were bouncing off umbrellas and rooftops in classical cartoon style that tested their agility/speed?
Every so often , particularly with new players our DM will add a few things to a bunch of Skill checks. I think the last time he just pointed to the players one at a time and asked them to roll some skill that's never used.
I got demolitions.
I got demolitions.
Hmm. Gaming the players just a bit here? "Nope. You're right, TOTALLY no need for a DUNGEONEERING skill check here, NUH UH."
The sad thing was, it really did turn out to be nothing. Stupid enchanted mouse with high stealth...
Yeah, I felt the sarcastic teasing assurance through the screen.
Well, once my party was walking along a sewer river and the rogue went to kick a rat. The DM made her roll to hit, and she rolled a natural 1. The DM declared that she missed the rat, overbalanced, and fell into the water. Cue a five-minute-long fiasco trying to pull her out (our dice were not with us that day)
(I guess this has become my thing on Saturday)
Appleoosa's most wanted
3 things I liked about this episode
1. Another episode that has callbacks and continuity to previous episodes
2. Braeburn enough said
3. Sweetie useing magic
Another good episode and a total 360 from last weeks episode
Some solid world building
3. Nice to see she's using it at all, but it felt a bit superfluous. (Why bother stealth grabbing given what the next part of the plan was?)
Backup that's why. And also I think they came up with the idea realized they didn't need to but they didn't want to abandon it.
Speaking of rolling ...
Remember The Name has incredible syncopation. Fort Minor manages to stick to the beat like classic rap while throwing in backphrasing and solid riffs like modern hip-hop except without sounding lazy.
Remember The Name has incredible syncopation. Fort Minor manages to stick to the beat like classic rap while throwing in backphrasing and solid riffs like modern hip-hop except without sounding lazy.
Gosh darn it Twilight! You're making the DM act suspicious! This is most likely gonna come bite you in the but later on!
It was literally a 50/50 chance. I failed, and I got myself arrested for accidentally implying that I was pimping for my fiance.
It was a masterful execution of horrible misunderstandings. Wifey did the paperwork after she learned what happened. My paladin never heard the end of it.
I would argue that unnecessary rolling is the cause for half the terrible disasters that befall our party... Like that one time an unececessary roll over lost marbles led to a misunderstanding resulted in wanton violence, unintentional spontaneous pony combustion, fleeing from authorities, and eventual incarceration and permanent incapacitation.
Hello. Long-time viewer, first-time poster.
So my group was spelunking in an abandoned supply depot. There weren't supposed to be a lot of creatures, but plenty of little traps everywhere, so I often had the PCs roll a lot, just to mess with them. Big mistake. The rogue became so paranoid, that he refused to touch anything, including doorknobs, and the game slowed to a crawl as they strove to find new ways, both more subtle and more direct, of progressing through every single untested room.
So my group was spelunking in an abandoned supply depot. There weren't supposed to be a lot of creatures, but plenty of little traps everywhere, so I often had the PCs roll a lot, just to mess with them. Big mistake. The rogue became so paranoid, that he refused to touch anything, including doorknobs, and the game slowed to a crawl as they strove to find new ways, both more subtle and more direct, of progressing through every single untested room.
Oh god, unnecessary rolls. I've got one for this.
It was a good year ago, and we were playing 4th Edition. There were only 3 players that day, counting me and not counting the DM. We were trapped in a cave in, and needed to cross a pit. It was maybe 40, 50 feet long, and about as deep. We were level 2, by the way.
I had a climbers kit because I thought it might come in handy. I had the idea to hammer the Pitons into the wall next to the pit, to make it safer to cross the tiny inch wide ledge that was there. This was a mistake.
We had to roll to hammer in each individual piton, the roll determining how well it worked and a bad one breaking them. Then we rolled each time to not fall from hammering. Then we had to make a check to move forward to hammer in the next one. Overall, a good hour was wasted getting past, and all but three of the pitons I had were gone. I just wanted the +2 to getting across from my climbers kit, not that.
Of course, immediately after that were some random stalactites coming out of another pit acting as platforms, and we needed to jump across. These also required individual checks. This pit was 150 feet deep, and instantly lethal to everyone at the level 2 we were at. I rolled a 1 my first jump, and used a teleport power to get to safety, as I had mentioned was my plan if I fell. I was informed I should be grateful he allowed it. I was frustrated at this.
It took literally over a hundred rolls to make it past all that, And several hours. That was the whole session. Rolling to get past 2 pits that had a length of not more than 100 feet between them. Only reason nobody died was because I had that climbers kit. Two checks to get past each pit would have been much better.
It was a good year ago, and we were playing 4th Edition. There were only 3 players that day, counting me and not counting the DM. We were trapped in a cave in, and needed to cross a pit. It was maybe 40, 50 feet long, and about as deep. We were level 2, by the way.
I had a climbers kit because I thought it might come in handy. I had the idea to hammer the Pitons into the wall next to the pit, to make it safer to cross the tiny inch wide ledge that was there. This was a mistake.
We had to roll to hammer in each individual piton, the roll determining how well it worked and a bad one breaking them. Then we rolled each time to not fall from hammering. Then we had to make a check to move forward to hammer in the next one. Overall, a good hour was wasted getting past, and all but three of the pitons I had were gone. I just wanted the +2 to getting across from my climbers kit, not that.
Of course, immediately after that were some random stalactites coming out of another pit acting as platforms, and we needed to jump across. These also required individual checks. This pit was 150 feet deep, and instantly lethal to everyone at the level 2 we were at. I rolled a 1 my first jump, and used a teleport power to get to safety, as I had mentioned was my plan if I fell. I was informed I should be grateful he allowed it. I was frustrated at this.
It took literally over a hundred rolls to make it past all that, And several hours. That was the whole session. Rolling to get past 2 pits that had a length of not more than 100 feet between them. Only reason nobody died was because I had that climbers kit. Two checks to get past each pit would have been much better.
It was a racial ability that let me teleport, since I was playing a Shardmind. Also was playing a psionic class, and I don't know if they have spell failure chance at all. Spell failure isn't much of a thing in 4e anyway, I think. I've never seen it used at least.
It was the only spell like thing used, so it would've only come up the once.
It was the only spell like thing used, so it would've only come up the once.
He was being nice because you didn't fall for a whole round. There's a reason featherfall is cast as a reaction...
Although 150 feet is almost a three second fall, so you should have time to cast a standard action if you fell because of a move action.
Although 150 feet is almost a three second fall, so you should have time to cast a standard action if you fell because of a move action.
Oh... Oh man... No, that's bad DMing.
We had a dozen or so rolls ourselves too passing through the area, however once one of the guys asked for clarification.
"Oh, the wholes have mooore or less a 6' path between them. If you walk carefully, you'll definitely not falling into a hole."
And this is/was a first campaign DM.
We had a dozen or so rolls ourselves too passing through the area, however once one of the guys asked for clarification.
"Oh, the wholes have mooore or less a 6' path between them. If you walk carefully, you'll definitely not falling into a hole."
And this is/was a first campaign DM.
Fluttershy and Rarity in a dungeon? Sounds more like a fungeon. :3
Playing New World of Darkness.
"Roll to break the car window. Roll to find the lock on the other side of the door. Roll to see if you cut yourself on the broken glass."
"Roll to break the car window. Roll to find the lock on the other side of the door. Roll to see if you cut yourself on the broken glass."
Oh my gosh, Fallout is Dragons is back! Maybe. I might have forgotten how long it takes to edit one of these things and it's not done yet. If not, it'll be here tomorrow for sure.