Rat Bastard DM Requirements

[TarionzCousin]

One can think of rat bastardry as taking verisimilitude and weaponizing it.

That's a very cromulent word.

 

[Pbartender]

That's a very cromulent word.

It certainly does embiggen one's vocabulary.

 

[Doug McCrae]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOSYiT2iG08]C is for contrafibularity[/ame]

 

[Wolf1066]

A classic scene, Doug. Sadly, I haven't "spread the luurve" enough to give you any more XP as yet.

 

[WanderingMonster]

It certainly does embiggen one's vocabulary.

The only word for it is...scrumtrilescent.

 

[Wolf1066]

I've even faced boosted-up Dorf-gangs.

Too bad I can't give out XP for XP - I now want to create for my universe a suitably heroic but fictional famous person called "Dorf" that poser-gangers would want to emulate...

 

[Emirikol]

>Originally Posted by Nifft
>One can think of rat bastardry as taking verisimilitude and weaponizing it.



Ha! Great quote!

 

[Celebrim]

What does it take to be a Rat Bastard DM? Are you one?

Yes, but...

How many TPK's have you caused?

None. Though I did reduce a party to 1 survivor in the first 15 minutes of the campaign once.

How many dice have been thrown at you?

None.

How many character sheets have you ripped up?

None. They make good trophies.

How, exactly, have you caused mental anguish to your players?

ERrrr... mostly unintentionally. The Shaman ends up unintentionally in violation of her taboos three days straight. The Champion is unsure if he can bear the burden of RPing his character. The Sorcerer takes phobia (vermin), then spends the next 2-3 sessions running around screaming in a dungeon filled with beetle swarms, giant beetles, giant spiders, giant crawfish...

Have you ever fudged a die roll to kill a character. For example, you rolled a 3 but told everyone it was a "natural 20."

Certainly not. The true RBDM needs none of these things. The essence of being a RBDM is defeating the PC's fairly and deviously in a way that they know they are deserving of the defeat. It's when you are fair but harsh, and the NPCs though they should be at a disadvantage find devious ways to turn the tables on the PC's.