Attacked on introduction?

[Terwox]

I met some of my best friends through playing D&D w/ complete strangers!

Well, that and a good number more scary socially retarded people.

 

[Teflon Billy]

I met some of my best friends through playing D&D w/ complete strangers!

Well, that and a good number more scary socially retarded people.

My percentage breakdown of "Best Friends" to "Social Retards" met through D&D is something like 50/50.

There's a whole pile of average Joes/Janes in there, but my best friends are folks I met through D&D. Likewise, my favorite stories about unbelievably warped social behaviour comes from gaming with strangers

 

[Glyfair]

My percentage breakdown of "Best Friends" to "Social Retards" met through D&D is something like 50/50.

There's a whole pile of average Joes/Janes in there, but my best friends are folks I met through D&D. Likewise, my favorite stories about unbelievably warped social behaviour comes from gaming with strangers

That's pretty strange. Unless you have a very low sample, I would assume you'd have some middle ground there.

Personally, my "I would be friends with them" experiences have been much higher than my "oh my god" experiences. And at least a decade of my gaming was done in an semi-open game store environment.

Don't get me wrong, I've seen some warped individuals. In fact, one semi-regular associate was described to me later on as a "textbook sociopath" (although I personally had no problems in my interactions with him). However, I usually managed to avoid them, or minimize their disruptions.

 

[Tsillanabor]

(snip-snip)I ask if he will yeild. He casts Sleep on me. Knights have great will saves, so I pass mine easily.

I attack again. his 18 AC (high Dex and mage armor) means that I miss this round.
(snip)
The DM starts tellin him how very, VERY wrong he is.

That's the point where I took my leave. I don't know if i'm ever going back. If They drop me a good E-mail, i might. but you know, it's hard to get over that kind of a welcome.

The first part of the quote I kept to point out that you should have had some Attacks of Opportunity, thus ending the fight earlier.

The second part-it looks like the DM was on your side. I'd encourage you to go back. One idiot does not mean the entire group is bad-it sounds like the others agree more with you.

 

[Teflon Billy]

That's pretty strange. Unless you have a very low sample, I would assume you'd have some middle ground there.

the "whole pile of average Joes/Janes" is the middle ground man

 

[librarius_arcana]

Warning: The following post is nearly all me kevetching about a gaming group i'll probably never play in again.

I should have known that there was a problem when I arrived at the game store and found out that one of the players was banned from entering.

The GM strikes me as being a nice guy. he drove a long way to be able to play in the game tonight, and he's happy to have a fourth player. I'm playing with one other guy my age (early 20's by my guess), and two kids Like, middle-school kids. One of these kids is the problem player.

Now, I hear out the other players, who vouch for him, say he's an allright guy. Tell me his parents banned him from the store because he got a bad grade on his last (last) report card. So I suggest that we walk over to a nearby Large Chain Bookstore (tm) and play in their Overpriced Coffee Cafe (tm). We go over there, and chat while I roll up a 2nd level human knight.

Now, the game is taking place in Faerun, so I rolled up a Knight of the not-yet purple dragon variety. And went into the game ready for whatever.

I should have also known that there was a problem when above-mentioned banned player attempts to roll a spot check to see what kind of bodily function an NPC is doing off in the woods.

I really should have known there was a problem when he had his wizard SPRINT to try and run the mile and a half between me (on horseback, on the road ahead) and him (on foot, on the same road).

I should have known there was a problem when the 2nd level wizard (again, banned player) ran up and tried to use his staff as a double weapon against the "suprise" encounter (warg attack).

But what really ticked me off was when he attacked me...

The GM told me to come up with a backstory... thinking fast, I went to Authurian legends. the questing beast. I was chasing the questing beast.

For those of you that don't know, the Questing Beast never existed... well, it was VERY real to the man that persued it, but otherwise it was ficticious. It was used as an excuse to set a knight to wander forever in search of that which did not exist, think, holy grail but not even theoretical.

Well, he asks what a questing beast is. The DM tells him to make a knowlege (nature) roll. He rolls a 16, plus intelligence and ranks, that's 22. The DM tells him that he dosn't know what a questing beast is. I described the questing beast, making it some absurd combination of tiger, stork, snail and elk. The GM confirmed that he STILL didn't know what a questing beast was. He told me that no such thing existed. I, being a knight, defended my honor and insisted that I was under royal command to find the questing beast and exterminate it.

He told me that no such thing existed, and then he said (to the DM) "I cast Magic missile at him"

Alignment LG, he's NG. INT 18. Wis 14.

I'm a knght. Six feet tall, big axe. Lotsa hit points and a good AC. He's a wizard.

The DM is dumbstruck. I am too.

I ask: "Do you really mean you're attacking me?"

"Yes! I'm casitng magic missile at you! You don't believe me!"

"Allright. Pick up that d4, and roll it. Once you do, there's no turning back."

He grabs the d4 and rolls... 4. he declairs 4 damage. I kindly remind him that a magic missile does +1 damage, so it's really 5 points. He smiles and keeps twirling his pencil as i mark off the damage on my character sheet. I have 18 hp left.

Pet NPC grapples him. I can't attack a hempless foe, so I tell the NPC to let the wizard go, since he insulted my honor and attacked my person. The DM botches his next opposed grapple roll, and the wizard gets free, and

I draw my Axe and tell him to draw his weapon as well, declairing a knight's challenge on him. he passes the will save, so I don't get the bonus, but it was worth a shot.

He draws a wand of magic missiles, and then casts mage armor on himself. (which, I just realized is two standard actions)

I attack him, and hit. (no suprise) dealing 8 points of damage, which leaves the wizard with 2 hp.

I ask if he will yeild. He casts Sleep on me. Knights have great will saves, so I pass mine easily.

I attack again. his 18 AC (high Dex and mage armor) means that I miss this round.

He casts Ray of Frost at me, and misses.

I attack and KO him.

THe GM is dumbstruck throughout this. He's never seen anything like this happen before. The group has no divine caster, (the favored soul had taken off that night)

I remind the wizard that he has a 10% chance of stabilizing each round. I give him the percentile dice, and he starts rolling. he gets down to -8 before the GM's Pet NPC forces a healing potion down his throat.

The GM and I are asking this guy point blank why he would do this. He said that He did it because of his character's Ego.

Now, apparently, this PC is important. he has a sheet of cursed paper or something that hurts people that try to destroy it and that he can't get rid of. The last hour of the night is the player trying to justify to the DM why his character did that, even to the point of the DM taking the player on some kinda head trip with that magical little slip of paper. I excuse myself, citing an early work day tomorrow. I give the GM my contact info. And tell the problem player that my character will see to it that his character will rot in the darkest dungeon that law enforcement will provide. He starts talking about how he's gonna escape from jail. The DM starts tellin him how very, VERY wrong he is.

That's the point where I took my leave. I don't know if i'm ever going back. If They drop me a good E-mail, i might. but you know, it's hard to get over that kind of a welcome.

WTF!? LoL

? and rolling a spot check when someone was.......

know what I'd say?

"Check please"


Ho come on you don't need spidey sense's to know how messed up this is before it got to that stage

You should of killed that crazy bastard right there and then, (a mad mage like that could of been a danger to some innocent npc :\ )

 

[Drowbane]

Don't let it get you down. These stories are the minority. It's just they are also the more interesting, so get told and remembered more often.

After all, how many groups have you met that actually attacked a gazebo, or tried to use the Head of Vecna?

I've killed three PCs with the Head of Vecna after reading about it on RPG.net.

 

[Ralts Bloodthorne]

Every time the kid comes back, call his mom and say he's been smoking cigarettes.

What?

 

[Delta]

The second part-it looks like the DM was on your side. I'd encourage you to go back. One idiot does not mean the entire group is bad-it sounds like the others agree more with you.

Good god, no. If the DM hasn't booted this kid long before now, his games will always be like this. Never, never go back.

 

[merelycompetent]

Warning: The following post is nearly all me kevetching about a gaming group i'll probably never play in again...

...I should have also known that there was a problem when above-mentioned banned player attempts to roll a spot check to see what kind of bodily function an NPC is doing off in the woods.

On the assumption that your DM is a relatively decent person, politely inform him/her that you strongly object to this sort of childish, stupid waste of your free time... and that you will leave immediately if it ever happens again. If it happens again, have your knight gack the offending PC, then pack up your stuff and leave - this particular game/group is not worth your time.

...Well, he asks what a questing beast is. The DM tells him to make a knowlege (nature) roll. He rolls a 16, plus intelligence and ranks, that's 22. The DM tells him that he dosn't know what a questing beast is. I described the questing beast, making it some absurd combination of tiger, stork, snail and elk...

This is well past the point where the DM should take the player aside and tell him to start behaving or use the door. Based on your description, your DM slipped up. It happens. I would at least give the DM the chance to apologize for running such a rotten session.

... That's the point where I took my leave. I don't know if i'm ever going back. If They drop me a good E-mail, i might. but you know, it's hard to get over that kind of a welcome.

Agreed. The DM has some explaining to do. I'd at least give him/her the opportunity to do so. There'd better be the right things in that email...