Hey bro, any chance we can get the audio?
...he had what appeared to be a dumbfounded look upon his face. This look, persisted for much longer than I anticipated. In fact, he said, and did little until the end of session...
This doesn't really sound like a lot of yelling and carrying on either. I would probably give up on the audio.
Curious as to his reaction in the next session blackbloodtroll?
Alsobump.
Or perhaps an awakened panda monk?
He is now our guest DM, and is getting his incredibly subtle revenge. He is now requiring all obtained magic items to have a backstory. I am actually behind in character wealth, and this is going to gradually weaken my character.
To confirm, you're saying to even buy things the item needs a backstory?
Next item you buy, you just add a long(5 page+) backstory that is incredibly boring and inane but also sets you up some kind of ally, boon or crazy preparation midway through that you can pull up later when needed just to see the look on his face when it becomes obvious he didn't bother reading it.
Then your next item is crafted, in the words of the NPC you bought it from: "I made it from the corpse of some kind of turtle man that washed up on the shore of the island one day. Was the darnedest thing. He looked so peaceful, like he died in his sleep. Had a big ol' hole in him, though."
You have a rather large quarry of mineable resources on this forum. Need a name? Pick one out of this virtual hat. Need a backstory? Find a 1e DMG or PF GMG or "4th edition" HackMaster GMG - then use the random tables in the back and in the NPC section. 5-10 minutes per item max and you're set.
As suggested above, bury allies , loyal mini-onions and numerous caches of gear in all of that flavor text. Secret resurrection spots, a secluded clone with a gear cache, a loyal cult devoted to your Gawd(ess)... go nuts with it. Zombpocalypse prepared nuts that is. ^__^
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You could get equally cute.
Ahem...
Magical Hat of Disguise:
This uniquely versatile hat came into my possession one warm summer day after a long walk through the woods where I was randomly assailed by an angry looking turtle who yelled incoherently at me with a lisp. After dispatching him, I found only this hat in his possession.
Boots of striding and springing:
This useful pair of speedy boots came into my possession one cold winter night as I was about to hunker down into my warm bedroll near my crackling fire. You can imagine my surprise when an angry figure came catapulting towards me from the darkness. The creature made a prodigious leap over the campfire and landed in front of me, snarling at me with an abundance of slurring speech. As I struck him down with impunity, the firelight highlighted his turtle features. I found only these boots in his possession.
ect... with a smirk.
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Yeah, backstory for everything. If you read earlier posts, you would know the guy is an "actor", and with a slew of NPCS to play, he's eating up.
This sword was forged by the renowned blacksmith, Willem, as a present for his daughter. She got killed in a tragic crocheting accident, so he sold it to me on the cheap.
This set of thieves' tools belonged to Willem the 2nd, who died as he fell through the roof of his father's farmhouse, onto his poor sister, who was crocheting at the time, breaking his neck and impaling her with her own needle.
This bucket of roofing tar belonged to Willem the 3rd, who died when a large bird clawed at his eyes and knocked him from a roof. As he fell, he knocked over his older brother, tearing a hole in the roof, causing his brother to fall in, killing both him and his sister.
This falconer's gauntlet belonged to Willem the 4th. He was never very good at it, so he gave it up after causing a tragic accident involving his three older siblings.
And so on and so forth, weaving together the tale of the blacksmith Willem and his line of poor unfortunates. And somehow all ending with it being caused by his old character. Perhaps because he gave some of your old treasure to some poor guy, causing a horrific and convoluted chain of events.
Post your item list here and we'll fill in the gaps for you
I've never experienced anything like this before. Wow
He is now our guest DM, and is getting his incredibly subtle revenge. He is now requiring all obtained magic items to have a backstory. I am actually behind in character wealth, and this is going to gradually weaken my character.
I've been smurfing this thread for awhile, amused at the drama (like a good soap opera). But I just hit a snag. This idea of providing a backstory for all magic items is unclear to me:
1) You can't have the backstory, "I went to Ye Olde Magick Shoppe and bought this Wand of Magic Missiles"?
2) The notion of developing your character like this is quite neat, I think (in it's own sort of anal way). Your character gets developed as you piece together a nice story of how your character gained his/her possession.
3) Why would this process weaken your character?
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Man. This is terrible. Maybe the original title of this discussion was more appropriate after all.
My best advice is talk to him privately. Ask him if his action are revenge on what you did or just his choices as a GM. Either way, let him know how much it is ruining your fun, and thus the game. Apologize for killing the PC if it revenge, and ask him to stop taking it out on the game and instead find some compromise.
What he is doing seems fun on paper, but ends up being a jerk move that only saps fun from the game. Let us hope he isn't being a jerk for the sake of being a jerk.
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Here is the list:
Amulet of Mighty Fists 5,000 gp (+1),
Breastplate, Mithral 4200 gp
Fetish of Natural Armor (+1) 1,500 gp
Ring of Protection (+1) 2,000 gp
Ring of the Beast 8,000 gp
Eventually, I hope to obtain all these.
With every one already having +1 Weapons, and me struggling to get some Mwk tools, I am slowly falling behind. I talked to him privately, and he said I was a power gamer, and he did not want any WOW-like characters. I have no stats below 10 and have never power gamed. I simply like the numbers to match the character concept.I can backstory every magic item, but time constraints make it very hard. I have never dealt with a "thespian" DM.
If anyone has any advice, I would love to hear it.
If he said outright that you're a power gamer, he's being an arse. That's a nasty accusation. That he would make it so casually is a problem that needs to be addressed.
That being said, I don't see much wrong with the backstory rule. It's a bit heavy-handed, but he doesn't appear to be targeting you in particular--if I hear this right, you're just the only one in the group who isn't making backstories.
Yeah, I have learned that if you kill a fellow player, don't let him be the guest DM.
Wow, letting an undead abomination YOU murdered control your character's fate is a bad idea? Really?
STOP KILLING ALL THESE PLAYERS
I suggest you base each item's backstory on one of its former owners, and how they lost the item.
To bounce around some ideas....
Amulet of Mighty Fists 5,000 gp (+1): Perhaps owned by an ogre bandit, or a halfling monk of Asmodeus. Perhaps both.
Breastplate, Mithral 4200 gp: Forged by an enslaved fire giant for an orc shaman.
Fetish of Natural Armor (+1) 1,500 gp: Created by the same orc shaman, powered by the blood of forsaken children or some similarly sinister source.
Ring of Protection (+1) 2,000 gp: Spent several years in the possession of a goblin who had no idea of its power. The goblin eventually lost the ring when he threw it at a river rat.
Ring of the Beast 8,000 gp: If I wasn't too lazy to look up what this was, I'd have an awesome idea here. You'll just have to take my word for it. ;P
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Yeah, I have learned that if you kill a fellow player, don't let him be the guest DM.Wow, letting an undead abomination YOU murdered control your character's fate is a bad idea? Really?
STOP KILLING ALL THESE PLAYERS
This is actually the first character I have ever slain, and I took a long time considering the pros and cons of this action.
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Heck, this might be fun.
Orluk the fire giant thought he and the rest of his warband would make short work of the emaciated orc approaching them. Instead, his entire warband was slaughtered, and he was hit with a Dominate Person spell. Next thing he knew, he'd given the orc his services as a craftsman--for free! Orluk managed to escape, but not before the breastplate was completed.
The orc shaman took his prize, and proceeded to take control of a major orc tribe. Eventually, though, one of his concubines cut his throat, stole the armor (and several other valuable items) and left. She made it to the civilized world, where she quickly pawned off the stolen goods, bought an enchanted falchion and became a mercenary.
I might write some more later.
Finally, the halfling managed to catch the ogre in an ambush, and the amulet became his for good. Or at least until the ogre's mother showed up at his door and ate him. As he was not wearing his amulet at the time, it was offered up at auction--the auctioneers not knowing what it was--and a canny pawn broker managed to purchase it for a pittance.
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The ring found itself flung at the beast, as nothing else was at hand. The throw went wild, and the ring landed on the other side of the river. But the goblin, not realizing this, assumed it had lost its prize to the the river. Believing its shiny to be lost, the goblin departed.
The ring was later found by an old fisherman, who sold it to a traveling adventurer.
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Is he permanently the GM or just for a little while? You are calling him a guest GM, but every guest GM I have had doesn't change how the game is played or what house rules are in place. How long do you need play with him as a GM?
Can you talk to your regular GM about it? I know if a guest GM for my games made such changes I would be less then happy about it.
This is sounding more and more like revenge.
Until you don't have to play with this guy, we will help out with those back stories.
Are you sure you aren't being a bit paranoid? I mean, he seems to be imposing this rule on everyone. Perhaps it's just a poorly thought-out house rule, and nothing more.
"They said I was PARANOID! THEY SAID I WAS CRAZY! WELL, WHO'S CRAZY NOW?! WHO'S CRAZY NOW, [problem player's dead character]?!"
;P
But yeah, that does seem a bit suspicious. Just drop whatever you've got, and we'll produce a backstory.