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Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat All the guys have grown these odd little beards......

Re: What's the most outrageous plot your PCs have ever been subjected to Wait, asfter the last post, I remembered the stupidest campaign I was subjected to. It didn't last beyond the first session, and the GM was forbidden to GM ever again with our group after it. He didn't come back, and I had forgotten about it until now. The GM (Larry) wanted to run a game of Boot Hill. We weren't too sure about it, but thought we would give it a chance for a change of pace. So we rolled up characters, etc. Larry also wanted us to have someone close to us (a DNPC in Hero parlance). Anyway, when the game started, it turns out all our DNPC type characters had been kidnapped. We got word from the kidnapper that we had to go kill some men if we wanted to see our families again. He wanted us to go to Reno, pick a stranger, kill them, wait until we knew they were dead, leave the body where it was without disturbing it, then come back to the small town we started out from. We played this game for a while, until one of the playes was talking with the GM. I don't remember what exactly the conversation was, but I remember the GM said something, and the player's eyes got wide open, and he blurted out "so what we have to do is shoot a man in Reno, just to watch him die?" We all kinda lost it after that.

Re: What's the most outrageous plot your PCs have ever been subjected to We were playing an AD&D game (I think I'm sensing a pattern here). We had ten people in the group, including some people the DM knew that the group didn't, and a couple of guys who couldn't be counted on to show up consistently. At the start of the campaign, we were supposed to be leaving the cave we had all hidden in (for at least a year) to escape a giant war that was consuming the land. (Why would adventurer's hide from a war?) Anyway, apparently in that time none of the group never bothered to even TALK to each other, since we really didn't know anything about each other, and the DM tried to discourage us from finding out things about each other. He apparently wanted us to surprise each other, since we were all playing characters of all different alignments and classes. Anyway, we left the cave (spotting fires still burning from battles that occurred a YEAR before). We tried to travel into town. Now, we had been told that all the high level characters had been killed in the war, so that we were in a great position to rise to prominence in the land. Well, apparently not all the high level characters died, since we ran into SIX in one small town of about 100 people. We didn't get to the town, of course, until we had killed the man herding cattle and stealing the cattle (after the DM berated us for not taking skills like swimming, etc.), since gold really didn't have the value it had used to before the war. We never got much further than two sessions of this, because the DM ducked out of running after one player pointed out all the plot holes to the DM (in as polite a manner as possible).

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "Honey, you don't need to use that. I've got my cell phone right here." NT: What aerobics in Hell would be like.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat She's so happy to see you that she gives you a big hug, and breaks three of your ribs.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Not to sound stupid, but who is Lina Inverse?

Re: The Essential Bad Iron Age The attitude that no one but the main character could solve the problem, that ge was the only one that could solve the problem/save the world/do what needed to be done. No one else was as capable as he. Basically, sociopathic control freaks. Oh, and bodycounts were kept. You were a poser if you didn't have a huge body count of dead agents after a fight. And to show how bad@$$ he was the main character we either 1) completely unharmed (though female supers had strategic tears in their uniforms), or 2) badly cut up, but still was able to do what needed to be done (even though the wounds would have killed an elephant).

Re: Background skills Here's a suggestion: Write up your character with the things you think your character needs to begin the game with. Then make a list of background skills that you weren't able to afford that you think your character should have. Discuss this list with your GM. Then if a situation comes up in the game where one of the background skills should come into play, and you have available experience, you can buy the skill at the level you and the GM agreed on prior to play. You could also buy these skills normally as you accumulate experience. This serves two purposes: 1) You can write up the character you want, even if you can't afford all the background right away; and 2) It gives the GM an idea of your character, so he can plan adventures around your background, or set up situations where these skills can be useful.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat 3.14159, the nerds favorite pie. NT: What Drew Carey and the rest of the "Who's Line Is It?" cast would think of the NGD Scenes from a Hat Thread.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat What's with the running "Sex and Captain Americs" gag that he keeps putting in the book?

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Sorry, thought I was only the second to list. My bad. NT: Show tunes for a musical version of "Silence of the Lambs."

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat France refuses to surrender to you.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Slams or put-downs Well, they are euphamisms........ People who know me know I'm insulting people when I call them "Sparky." As in "okay, sparky, I see your point." Long story. NT: Signs your computer has become artificially intelligent, and doesn't like you.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Napalm in the morning. NT: List a crime and a bad stories to tell the judge as to why you're not guilty of it.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Water!! Now with even more Hydrogen and Oxygen!!!

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Bob's ruling the world? Great, now we're going to have budget expenditures for searching for the Loch Ness monster, bigfoot, and a girl who'll actually go out with Bob.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Rand will realize running around feeling sorry for himself is boring, and will actually start doing something. All the other characters will realize that once Rand starts taking a proactive stance, all their power means nothing, and will finally listen to someone besides their own egos. Oh, wait, these are supposed to be funny...... Rand will go into the final battle wielding the magic sword he captured, only to face a foe in black armor, wielding a sword of red light, who tries to tell Rand that he is really Rand's father.....

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Jeff Goldblum! It's gotta be a great movie. Look at all the blockbusters he's done in the past!

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "Karl? Dick? What do you mean I'm really in charge now?"

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "Did you make sure I was dead, and not simply asleep?"

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "Your grandpa used to play in Frank Sinatra's back up band. At least, until he messed up the hit on Jimmy the Fish."

Re: Has anyone ever done this? I don't see a problem, and it makes sense to get things rolling quick. The only thing I see you need to do is make sure everyone is clear as to what the specific disad does and does not entail.

Re: Are Guns considered killing damage? Actually, it's "Guns don't kill people, bullets do"

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "You cleaned the entire house while I was gone?" "Yes, is something odd about that?" "Well, I was only gone long enough to get he mail from the mailbox."

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Friend: Tell us about when your Elf attacked the killer gazebo again. Hip Dude: Can't. Gotta get ready for my date. Friends (in unison): With a real live girl? How'd you do that?