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When the group says "Let the gunslinger Tank."

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hotsauceman wrote:
When the group says "Let the gunslinger Tank."

I've done it, and quite successfully. Vera wasn't happy, though.

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when you are setting up the table, expecting a group of total newbies, and someone shows up excited to see there is a Pathfinder table at the ComicCon. Relieved that you will not have a total table of newbies, you ask him what he's played before, he says he doesn't know the names, but he has the sheets... and he pulls two chronicles out of his wallet with the sheet of notebook paper that is his character sheet. Nothing besides the judges info is filled out, and when presented with a fresh new PC sheet to fill in, he says he likes his "personal" sheet (which has only a dozen or so lines of smudged pencil on it) better...

it sort of went down hill from there...

I did get him to start to put his character on a PC sheet by the end of the first game, but he had lost it before the second (though he still had every other paper I had given him, including the ITS - which was un-used...)


Jayne Munny wrote:
hotsauceman wrote:
When the group says "Let the gunslinger Tank."
I've done it, and quite successfully. Vera wasn't happy, though.

People forget that Gunslingers have Fighter hit dice and often good AC.

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When the GM starts the game with:

"You are on a boat..."


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"WITH MY FLIPPY FLOPPYS"

Grand Lodge 4/5 5/5 ****

Jason Wu wrote:
Jayne Munny wrote:
hotsauceman wrote:
When the group says "Let the gunslinger Tank."
I've done it, and quite successfully. Vera wasn't happy, though.
People forget that Gunslingers have Fighter hit dice and often good AC.

And full BaB, like a fighter. Also, nothing saying your cannot use your gun while tanking... Five foot steps, are your friend... Or, if your AC is good, you can just provoke, and then shoot 'me in the face. Or you can pistol whip (or butt stroke)... Or just pull a sword (you are proficient with all martial weapons). Heck, a good purchase for a 'slinger is an agile rapier, if'n you've picked up weapon finesse (not a bad idea, really).

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Yep.

When playing my high level gunslinger I usually run straight up to the bad guy, provoking all AoOs, then shoot them in the face, and laugh as the rest of the party can move about with complete and total freedom.

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Or a low level Guntank (Archtype) that uses a dragon pistol (Full plate/tower shield) as he tells the bad guys "gather round children - I have something to teach you! (Day Job: Profession Teacher)....


Jason Wu wrote:
Kobold Cleaver wrote:

...when you arrive at the table and one player is lecturing another on how his character can wear six weapons on weapon cords on each arm, and insisting this means he can draw any one of them at any time as a swift action.

...when it turns out that's what he's doing.

At least they errata'd weapon cords to take up a move action now.

-j

Try telling him that. ;D

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And you see that Jonathan Peterson is your gm. Am I kidding... we may never know

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The animal companion is introduced as Tadaa the bear and he has his own mithril unicycle.

Grand Lodge 4/5 5/5 *

Jayne Munny wrote:
Jason Wu wrote:
Jayne Munny wrote:
hotsauceman wrote:
When the group says "Let the gunslinger Tank."
I've done it, and quite successfully. Vera wasn't happy, though.
People forget that Gunslingers have Fighter hit dice and often good AC.
And full BaB, like a fighter. Also, nothing saying your cannot use your gun while tanking... Five foot steps, are your friend... Or, if your AC is good, you can just provoke, and then shoot 'me in the face. Or you can pistol whip (or butt stroke)... Or just pull a sword (you are proficient with all martial weapons). Heck, a good purchase for a 'slinger is an agile rapier, if'n you've picked up weapon finesse (not a bad idea, really).

what is this melee weapon thing you speak of? Is it some sort of exotic firearm from Tien I haven't heard of? (Gunslinger is creeping up on 11th level and never used her sword except to scare folks by standing around sharpening it.)

Grand Lodge 4/5

Anthat wrote:
The animal companion is introduced as Tadaa the bear and he has his own mithril unicycle.

I've played that module.


Thomas Graham wrote:
Jayne Munny wrote:
Jason Wu wrote:
Jayne Munny wrote:
hotsauceman wrote:
When the group says "Let the gunslinger Tank."
I've done it, and quite successfully. Vera wasn't happy, though.
People forget that Gunslingers have Fighter hit dice and often good AC.
And full BaB, like a fighter. Also, nothing saying your cannot use your gun while tanking... Five foot steps, are your friend... Or, if your AC is good, you can just provoke, and then shoot 'me in the face. Or you can pistol whip (or butt stroke)... Or just pull a sword (you are proficient with all martial weapons). Heck, a good purchase for a 'slinger is an agile rapier, if'n you've picked up weapon finesse (not a bad idea, really).
what is this melee weapon thing you speak of? Is it some sort of exotic firearm from Tien I haven't heard of? (Gunslinger is creeping up on 11th level and never used her sword except to scare folks by standing around sharpening it.)

When my gunslinger cant use her gun for some reason, she starts yelling and intimidating opponents. I scared a devile a one point into running away

Shadow Lodge 4/5

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When the party fighter legitimately believes that inflicting the "shaken" condition on enemies for 1 round is a genuinely useful combat tactic, to the exclusion of actually damaging them.

This is a real person. >_>

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Before playing we're going to sort out the TPS repor..erm.. ITS sheets


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... the bbeg has smite good (paladin)

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... you suddenly find out that the table is a round table Dr. Who fan discussion.

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...the guards have smite good.

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... The peasants have smite good.

Shadow Lodge 4/5

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... the house cats have smite good.

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And the peasants' also have alignment channel: chaotic with a very high save dc

Liberty's Edge 2/5

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The GM says, "I've never had a group make it past the first encounter in this scenario."

Sczarni

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Each cat can cast phantasmal killer at will multiple times

Sczarni

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The halfling bard with 5 strength and only 1 knife is asked to join melee combat


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Everyone only brought d6s.

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mcruggiero wrote:
Everyone only brought d6s.

Looks like we're playing Star Wars tonight.

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The GM says it will hard to fit this scenario in under the time limit, and then you go around the table and there are 3 de-buffers and 2 healers.

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"Ok, so who read the mythic handbook... show of hands?

Shadow Lodge 1/5

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The GM is the same guy whose (probably illegal) shenanigans have caused failed scenarios and near TPKs in your last 3 sessions.

Liberty's Edge 1/5

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When the only person capable of fighting an incorporeal creature decides to run and leave nearly everyone else fascinated and helpless after they failed saves.


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After a long night and early morning, you arrive at the table ready to start a new campaign. And you find that you only have tax forms and W2s with you.

With dawning horror, you realize that you mailed in your character sheet.

3/5 RPG Superstar 2014 Top 16, RPG Superstar 2013 Top 16

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Quirel wrote:

After a long night and early morning, you arrive at the table ready to start a new campaign. And you find that you only have tax forms and W2s with you.

With dawning horror, you realize that you mailed in your character sheet.

I've heard of character audits, but this is ridiculous!

4/5 5/5 **

In the middle of combat in the hold of a ship, one player has his character run back topside alone to try and kill the tied up NPC because he misinterpreted his faction mission, while the rest of us get paralyzed and eaten by ghouls below decks.

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Quirel wrote:

After a long night and early morning, you arrive at the table ready to start a new campaign. And you find that you only have tax forms and W2s with you.

With dawning horror, you realize that you mailed in your character sheet.

.. and then a few weeks later the auditor returns the character and shows you a more efficient point buy to get the same stats.

5/5 *****

Silh wrote:
When the only person capable of fighting an incorporeal creature decides to run and leave nearly everyone else fascinated and helpless after they failed saves.

I am guessing this was from an Allip. If so then fascinate doesn't make you helpless and any attack by the Allip breaks the effect for all fascinated targets. It is honestly not that dangerous of a condition, it mostly just allows the Allip to get into melee range without trouble.


...it turns out nobody thought to bring a slashing weapon to a graveyard filled with zombies.

And the cleric didn't show up at the table.

The Exchange 5/5

Dragoncat wrote:

...it turns out nobody thought to bring a slashing weapon to a graveyard filled with zombies.

And the cleric didn't show up at the table.

or the cleric is a negitive channeling cleric, with no control undead abilities...

3/5

controlling undead was sooo 2008

The Exchange 5/5

Vrog Skyreaver wrote:
controlling undead was sooo 2008

true, and originally I had replied only "or the cleric only channels negitive" but then I said to myself "ha! someone will come on with an undead controling cleric and jump on that comment" so I modified my post.

(eye roll)

lol!

3/5

that was, of course, me being facetious.

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...when the the only active and non-paralyzed member of the party who can fight the encroaching ghouls is the cleric.

...a cleric who took the Merciful healer archetype.

Grand Lodge

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There's a 13 old girl next to you at the table with a really low-cut shirt, and she puts her hand on your thigh, looks at you "funny", and then turns to the Judge, and calls him "dad".


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Yeah, I think that tops this thread. I've had to help friends of mine evade that kind of thing when their sisters had slumber parties.

That kind of situation is where you facepalm, look at the Judge, and politely bow out of that table. Then find the nearest bar close to your own home, and proceed to get brain bleach for the event.


...all of the other players are GMs who've already run this scenario, and they're all talking about how they would have made it more 'challenging.'

Liberty's Edge

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And you realize that, since the other scenario was filled, your skill monkey rogue is playing Bonekeep.

Shadow Lodge 2/5

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The GM who uses dice for bad guys pulls out a bag of oversized D20s.

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The DM measures damage on the richtor scale.

Grand Lodge 5/5

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nosig wrote:
Or a low level Guntank (Archtype) that uses a dragon pistol (Full plate/tower shield) as he tells the bad guys "gather round children - I have something to teach you! (Day Job: Profession Teacher)....

hehe. My cleric of Hanspur wears full plate and carries a tower shield (-12 swim). Profession (lifeguard).

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