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DMs, what are the most baffling and/or pointless questions your players ask?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lancelot" data-source="post: 7077476" data-attributes="member: 30022"><p>Four years ago (real-time), one of my players had a huge ruby pick-pocketed from his character before he managed to get it valued. Every campaign since, that one missing gem gets compared to every other gem that the party finds. <em>"Yeah, but remember that huge ruby my ranger found? That was even bigger than this one, and I bet it was even more valuable! Say, DM... how much <strong>was</strong> that ruby worth?"</em> The player has asked me that question more than a dozen times in the last four years, and every time I tell him: <em>"Who knows? You never managed to get it valued..."</em> And then he gets mad, and calls me various names... and I smile. I guess it's not the most pointless question, though. The point seems to be that I'm slowly driving one of my players insane, and I'm okay with that.</p><p></p><p>Other pointless questions from my group:</p><p>a) <em>"Is that what it says in the printed module?"</em></p><p>b) <em>"I've got this build spec'ed out all the way to 20th level... are you okay with me taking this ability as a cap-stone?"</em> [usually asked when designing the character at 1st level, with full knowledge the group always TPKs before 14th level]</p><p>c) <em>"Bob's character is down, but he has no death boxes yet. Hey, DM, does it look like the monster might coup him next round, or can we just leave him there for a bit?"</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lancelot, post: 7077476, member: 30022"] Four years ago (real-time), one of my players had a huge ruby pick-pocketed from his character before he managed to get it valued. Every campaign since, that one missing gem gets compared to every other gem that the party finds. [I]"Yeah, but remember that huge ruby my ranger found? That was even bigger than this one, and I bet it was even more valuable! Say, DM... how much [B]was[/B] that ruby worth?"[/I] The player has asked me that question more than a dozen times in the last four years, and every time I tell him: [I]"Who knows? You never managed to get it valued..."[/I] And then he gets mad, and calls me various names... and I smile. I guess it's not the most pointless question, though. The point seems to be that I'm slowly driving one of my players insane, and I'm okay with that. Other pointless questions from my group: a) [I]"Is that what it says in the printed module?"[/I] b) [I]"I've got this build spec'ed out all the way to 20th level... are you okay with me taking this ability as a cap-stone?"[/I] [usually asked when designing the character at 1st level, with full knowledge the group always TPKs before 14th level] c) [I]"Bob's character is down, but he has no death boxes yet. Hey, DM, does it look like the monster might coup him next round, or can we just leave him there for a bit?"[/I] [/QUOTE]
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