The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[RealAlHazred]

Sometimes, I read some of the posts here on EN World and wonder if anyone plays D&D with people they actually like.

Why... Why would I do that?!? I like those people, I would hate to have to tell them they're playing their character incorrectly, or how their backstory could be tweaked to make it more interesting, or how they could improve their personality*. If I did that with people I like, they'd never want to hang out with me! I save that for the poor benighted fools who think they're ready to sit down with me to play Dungeons & Dragons & Disapproval!

* Not their character's personality, mind.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Sometimes, I read some of the posts here on EN World and wonder if anyone plays D&D with people they actually like.

1. Play only with people that you hate.

2. Get better stories to tell enworld about how playing D&D sucks.

3. ??????

4. PROFIT!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[eyeheartawk]

1. Play only with people that you hate.

That's how you end up with a table of only Kender, and that never ends well for anybody.

 

[RealAlHazred]

That's how you end up with a table of only Kender, and that never ends well for anybody.

I disagree, and I hate kender. I ran such a table, and may have intimated to a few of the players (separately, away from the table) about a few treasures that other party members allegedly had acquired at the expense of the group. I have never seen a table dissolve into backstabbing, shouting, and bloodthirsty diatribes faster. Man, I slept good that night.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

That's how you end up with a table of only Kender, and that never ends well for anybody.

There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of playing D&D. All competing TTRPGS will be destroyed. But always— do not forget this, eyeheartawk— always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing as you DM. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on the players who are helpless.

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a table full of players that choose, no, DEMAND to play Chaotic Neutral Kender Bards— forever

 

[CleverNickName]

1. Play only with people that you hate.

2. Get better stories to tell enworld about how playing D&D sucks.

3. ??????

4. PROFIT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Player: "I'm gonna play a gnome bard! He's an orphan and a loner who distrusts everyone, bucks authority, and thirsts for vengeance! Here's the magic item wishlist you forgot to ask for, a third-party subclass I need, and two feats that I found on Reddit."

DM: "I hate you. "

Player: "You're welcome."

 

[darjr]

Amazon must be loving their Thursday Night Football rights purchase. No TDs in 6 quarters or longer???

Well, that costs extra.

 

[eyeheartawk]

"No, no hear me out. My character is basically Drizzt, but he's a gnome and a bard. Pretty cool, right?"

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Well, that costs extra.

They were going to ship you a good game, but Amazon is having supply chain issues and had to ship you the Bears/Commanders instead.

 

[eyeheartawk]

I was going to watch the game last night, but then I thought to myself " Why would today be any different? The Bears will always, always be a miserable embarrassment whenever they're on national TV."

I actually had a good day not watching the Bears. Is this what tranquility is like?