Communication missteps

[amorgan_28]

Hi guys ,

Was just wondering what some of your funniest moments in sessions have been that have arisen due to a communication mis-step were.

The one that I had last night while GMing that made me think of this was in my homebrew sci-fi setting, one of the PC's had acquired a decent amount of narcotics while investigating on the trail of a terrorist group targeting a prominent politician. Knowing the group likes to make heavy use of cybernetics, he decided to ask around some of the shops where one might obtain cybernetics. After botching his first questioning attempt and being thrown out of the shop, he entered a second shop and (having asked better questions and rolling better) got some of the information he wanted. The shop-owner proved to be very honest with his info, and also very law abiding in how he handled the suspicious customer the PC was looking for (my setting has limitations on cybernetics). The PC left a contact number and left the owner with this gem: "Would you like some drugs?". Took about 20mins to calm down the group after that one lol...

 

[Nagol]

Hi guys ,

Was just wondering what some of your funniest moments in sessions have been that have arisen due to a communication mis-step were.

The one that I had last night while GMing that made me think of this was in my homebrew sci-fi setting, one of the PC's had acquired a decent amount of narcotics while investigating on the trail of a terrorist group targeting a prominent politician. Knowing the group likes to make heavy use of cybernetics, he decided to ask around some of the shops where one might obtain cybernetics. After botching his first questioning attempt and being thrown out of the shop, he entered a second shop and (having asked better questions and rolling better) got some of the information he wanted. The shop-owner proved to be very honest with his info, and also very law abiding in how he handled the suspicious customer the PC was looking for (my setting has limitations on cybernetics). The PC left a contact number and left the owner with this gem: "Would you like some drugs?". Took about 20mins to calm down the group after that one lol...

Too many to count.

One of my favourites was a CHAMPIONS game. The superhero team had tracked some super-powered mercenaries into the sewers and got the jump on them. One remained conscious and readily gave up information valueless to her that the group needed. The group leader nodded and said "Right! Let's go. Arsenal: take her out and catch up".

Arsenal was a Russian with basic English skills. He looked at me oddly and said "OK. I take her back to a surface entrance and let her go." The other players slapped their foreheads and started to laugh.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

RIFTS: the group is looking for a scientist and a briefcase in an enemy camp. All PCs had radios, so they could stay on contact and coordinate our efforts despite the fact that we were forced to split the party. Pretty soon, we had gotten what we were looking for.

One player, however, just simply didn't hear that we had succeeded both parts of the mission. He kept searching- we had no clue what for. So there he was in the camp's mess tent, terrorizing the kitchen staff, since CLEARLY, this was the location of one of the mcguffins, since everything else had been searched. We told him repeatedly we had accomplished the mission, but it simply didn't register. The GM was amused. Finally, someone yelled at him to pay attention, and he snapped out of it. The situation was explained, and he paused...

"Well, then why am I interrogating the kitchen staff?"

"Damn if WE know, P_______!* We figured your dude was drugged up as all @$¥! and was trying to rob the cooks!"

"No, wait- P_______'s guy was super stoned, and he wanted a snack for the road! Looking for cookies or something!"

*laughter*

"And 20 years from now, one of the cooks will be telling his grandkids a story, [CheechMarinMexicanAccent]'So this CRAZY vato in power armor busts into the mess hall, waving his big-ass Gatling-blaster around. He must have had the munchies something FIERCE, 'cause he was just screaming "WHERE ARE THE OREO COOKIES?!?!"[/CheechMarinMexicanAccent] I damn near fudged my pants...'"

*laughter*

"WHERE ARE THE OREO COOKIES?!?!" has become kind of our "LEEEEROY JENKINS!!!"








* name deleted to protect his ID, NOT a dirty word, y'all.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

D&D: the DM had our party encountering a tribe in the wilderness, and he was struggling with the Chief's welcoming speech, which had a part something like "We are a tribe of hunter-gatherers...well, more hunters than gatherers...um...well we gather a lot too..." And I lept in (mimicking his "Chief voice") with "Argh! "more hunters than gatherers?" Who wrote this speech? Bring me the royal speechwriter's head! This is CRAP!"

We had to take a laughter break.

 

[amorgan_28]

One from an L5R game I played in:

Party is on the tail of some pirates and have found their ship. While myself and another PC stayed topside to distract the pirates, our "totally not a ninja" ninja (ronin game btw) decided to sneak onto the ship to find the captain and try to take him out. He makes it to the captain's room after a series of increasingly difficult Stealth rolls, only to botch the roll to get in the captains room (which to be fair was TN60)

Meanwhile he has missed the GM telling him this is the last roll and will put him in the captain's room and what happens next is gold:

Captain: "Who are you and what are you doing in here?"
PC: "The captain sent for me."
Captain: "I AM the captain!"

Needless to say this particular player is yet to live this down...