You know you're in trouble when you get to the table and...

[Broken Prince]

Are there actually scenarios in the Mana Wastes? Because to quote Liz Lemon, "I want to go to there."

[Luke_Parry]

There is at least one ;-)

[Matt Thomason]

...and you pull out your lovely pre-printed character sheet, only to see instead a sheet of paper with a single line in 36-point Arial saying

"Vashikaran love specialist Baba ji. 109876543210"

[Disk Elemental]

GM: Alright, you'll be fighting demons, which means they're immune to electricity and--

Player 1: Crap, guess I'm going to be useless.

Player 2: Same here. My only damaging spell is Shocking grasp.

GM: ... They're also immune to poison, which--

Player 3: Well dang, nothing I can do either. This build is dedicated to poison.

GM: Glances at Player 4 Looks like combats are up to you...

Player 4: Yeah, I don't really do combat. I made this character because I really think a gnome monk has so much roleplaying potential.

[Shasfowd]

Everyone has their hands folded and the gm says "Listen, we need to talk about where goblins come from."

[BigNorseWolf]

Your players are a bard, a kitsune, and a player who will go stark raving mad if they hear one more line from "what does the fox say"

[BigNorseWolf]

You have mini's older than the next oldest person at the table.

[Jiggy]

Disk Elemental wrote:

I really think a gnome monk has so much roleplaying potential.

Didn't one of those get a job as head of security in a mansion somewhere? I seem to recall completely ignoring him while he beat his fists against my armor like a crying child round after round.

[Sue Basilbottom]

"What's wrong with Gnomish Monks?"

I do have this problem where I'm a monk who's highest ability score is charisma, but I'm so much fun to play!

[Darrell Impey UK]

BigNorseWolf wrote:

You have mini's older than the next oldest person at the table.

Been there. :)

[trollbill]

BigNorseWolf wrote:

You have mini's older than the next oldest person at the table.

I have minis from the late '70s. What's the problem?

[Crashwheeler]

Some of us weren't born until the '80s or later even.

[Luke_Parry]

Crashwheeler wrote:

Some of us weren't born until the '80s or later even.

Well, that's only a problem if you let it be one ;-)

[zefig]

Is it a problem if I have minis older than I am? Because I think I have a couple.

They're just so CHARMING.

[nosig]

Crashwheeler wrote:

Some of us weren't born until the '80s or later even.

yeah... and some of us were gaming in the early '70s (me)... but then I have several players who were born this century too. One game even had 3 players less than 14...

Wonderful thing about gaming... bringing lots of diverse people together... not sure if I would count that as "trouble".

[Crashwheeler]

I think it's cool when I meet a player who even has dice not just minis older than me.

nosig wrote:

Wonderful thing about gaming... bringing lots of diverse people together... not sure if I would count that as "trouble".

It's only trouble when they are acting like teenage brats and trying to disrupt the game. I've played with one of these kids before.

[trollbill]

Crashwheeler wrote:

I think it's cool when I meet a player who even has dice not just minis older than me.

nosig wrote:

Wonderful thing about gaming... bringing lots of diverse people together... not sure if I would count that as "trouble".

It's only trouble when they are acting like teenage brats and trying to disrupt the game. I've played with one of these kids before.

Or you have older players that treat them like kids even when they are not acting like one.

[Silbeg Cailean]

Jiggy wrote:

Disk Elemental wrote:

I really think a gnome monk has so much roleplaying potential.

Didn't one of those get a job as head of security in a mansion somewhere? I seem to recall completely ignoring him while he beat his fists against my armor like a crying child round after round.

Yeah, I sneak-attack-critted him with my sap. Something about 6d6 of non-lethal damage did not make his day. And then, when he woke up, he accidently got sapped again. Don't hesitate when we're interrogating!

[BigNorseWolf]

The dm is out.of.chocholate.

[nosig]

Crashwheeler wrote:

I think it's cool when I meet a player who even has dice not just minis older than me.

nosig wrote:

Wonderful thing about gaming... bringing lots of diverse people together... not sure if I would count that as "trouble".

It's only trouble when they are acting like teenage brats and trying to disrupt the game. I've played with one of these kids before.

heck, I've played with one of those ADULTS before...(come to think of it, I might have BEEN one of those adults before...)

Acting like a "Brat" has only a little to do with the actual age of the player...

Yestorday in a game, we had a 9 year old brake the table up when during the VC briefing, when the VC was explaining that the PF Society doesn't PAY the PCs, the 9 year old brakes in with the In Character statement that she's "just in the for the money!"

yes! great things we are teaching the youth of today!

(really, it was a great scene...)

[Arutema]

BigNorseWolf wrote:

The dm is out.of.chocholate.

Scary.

[Elvis Aron Manypockets]

BigNorseWolf wrote:

Your players are a bard, a kitsune, and a player who will go stark raving mad if they hear one more line from "what does the fox say"

Got this covered in one - I have a kitsune bard and am already stark raving mad. Last game I played him in we had another kitsune (sorcerer) for 2x the memelols.

[FuelDrop]

your fellow players hold to this philosophy

[BigNorseWolf]

Your group considers The gamers is a documentary rather than a loving deconstruction.

[Broken Prince]

Kelly Youngblood wrote:

BigNorseWolf wrote:

The dm is out.of.chocholate.

Scary.

But what will they give me if I am attacked by a Dementor?

[Broken Prince]

Everyone character has a stella AC, but the damage dealing potential of a comatose snotling and you have a hard time limit.

[Sitri]

BigNorseWolf wrote:

Dylos wrote:

kinevon wrote:

TriOmegaZero wrote:

...the bad guy can only hit on a 20, but is using a x4 crit weapon.

The main bad guy is using an x4 crit weapon, and has three minions with high crit range weapons, and Butterfly's Sting...

But luckily none of the minions can use butterfly's sting because none of them worship Desna.

I beg to differ

I started laughing out loud, but when asked why I lacked the ability to articulate it.

[PrinceRaven]

And you have to arm your fellow party members with your own backup weapons.

[Broken Prince]

Its a first level scenario and everyone in the party can fly - except you.

[FuelDrop]

PrinceRaven wrote:

And you have to arm your fellow party members with your own backup weapons.

Give them clubs. Free, and everyone can use one.

[BigNorseWolf]

The players have forgone clothes because pathfinder doesn't allow one free set of clothing with regards to weight.

[KenderKin]

Someone is playing a kender.

[nosig]

FuelDrop wrote:

PrinceRaven wrote:

And you have to arm your fellow party members with your own backup weapons.

Give them clubs. Free, and everyone can use one.

and slings so they have a long range missile weapon (the clubs are short range ones)...

[thaX]

What? No Kender love?

I loved playing my Kender, with the amulet that made his head look like a lions head and the dagger that talked to him. I also had a moment when I used an item to dimension door a poor enemy 300 feet in the air, and was curious so I stuck my head through to watch....

[TriOmegaZero]

thaX wrote:

What? No Kender love?

Not at a PFS table. :)

[Broken Prince]

Please, half the gnome characters out there are closet Kenders :)

[mcruggiero]

Instead of pathfinder books, the five other PCs bring their statistics books and insist on calculating the Expected Value for every one of your rolls.

[Rysky]

mcruggiero wrote:

Instead of pathfinder books, the five other PCs bring their statistics books and insist on calculating the Expected Value for every one of your rolls.

I may not be good at math but if any of my fellow players did that they'd be calculating the expected value of a Core Rulebook to the face.

[Luke_Parry]

Rysky wrote:

mcruggiero wrote:

Instead of pathfinder books, the five other PCs bring their statistics books and insist on calculating the Expected Value for every one of your rolls.

I may not be good at math but if any of my fellow players did that they'd be calculating the expected value of a Core Rulebook to the face.

To be fair, he did say the other PCs, not the players - I do find the idea of a barbarian wading into the dungeon supported by five statisticians/accountants moderately entertaining ;-)

[Rysky]

Luke Parry wrote:

Rysky wrote:

mcruggiero wrote:

Instead of pathfinder books, the five other PCs bring their statistics books and insist on calculating the Expected Value for every one of your rolls.

I may not be good at math but if any of my fellow players did that they'd be calculating the expected value of a Core Rulebook to the face.

To be fair, he did say the other PCs, not the players - I do find the idea of a barbarian wading into the dungeon supported by five statisticians/accountants moderately entertaining ;-)

Best Statistics class Field Trip EVAH!

[Calybos1]

...and two people are already on their phones arguing with a spouse/sig. other about 'how long this is going to take.'

...and a third is on the phone trying to track down where their kid went after skipping out on chores and ignoring the 'you're grounded, and no phone' rule.

...and a fourth is actively trying to pry their kid off their arm and convince them to go watch TV in the next room. And promises that the kid won't be interrupting you more often than every five minutes.

...and the fifth player, who spends most of his life glued to the phone either texting or browsing for 'hilarious' videos, announces that he's expecting an important call and will have to answer every ring, beep, and chirp that day.

[RAdeMorris]

Broken Prince wrote:

Please, half the gnome characters out there are closet Kenders :)

It seems most the halflings I run into are Kenderish...

[mcruggiero]

Luke Parry wrote:

To be fair, he did say the other PCs, not the players - I do find the idea of a barbarian wading into the dungeon supported by five statisticians/accountants moderately entertaining ;-)

And suddenly, while the stat's guys are cooking the numbers....

...LEEROY JENKINS....!

[Chris Lambertz]

Removed a post. That's a bit too gross.

[Wrong John Silver]

Luke Parry wrote:

Rysky wrote:

mcruggiero wrote:

Instead of pathfinder books, the five other PCs bring their statistics books and insist on calculating the Expected Value for every one of your rolls.

I may not be good at math but if any of my fellow players did that they'd be calculating the expected value of a Core Rulebook to the face.

To be fair, he did say the other PCs, not the players - I do find the idea of a barbarian wading into the dungeon supported by five statisticians/accountants moderately entertaining ;-)

Heck, I'm toying with the idea of making a Chelish accountant for PFS.

[My PFS Lavode De'Morcaine]

Crashwheeler wrote:

I think it's cool when I meet a player who even has dice not just minis older than me...

From the original blue and pink boxed sets, I have some dice that I just can't use anymore. The edges and corners are just worn down to the point that the d10, d12, and d20 just don't really stop rolling.

I still save them for when someone starts to go on about how long they've been playing the game.

[nosig]

and there are already 6 players and a judge there... .

[thunderspirit]

nosig wrote:

and there are already 6 players and a judge there...

...meaning I automatically look for another table. ;-)

[andreww]

Wrong John Silver wrote:

Heck, I'm toying with the idea of making a Chelish accountant for PFS.

I have a pair of Chelsih lawyers. It helps that I am also a lawyer irl.