Gaffs, snorts, spits and other embarrassing RPG moments.

[DDK]

Ever had an embarrassing moment happen to you whilst sitting around the gaming table?

In reference to Dr. Midnight's shocking confession of his involvement in the 'Spittle Affair' 1, I decided to lessen his angst by admitting not only to having done a similar thing, but to something far worse.

One session I was DM'ing, something so incredibly funny happened that I couldn't stop laughing. As I tried to calm myself and return to DM mode, someone made another comment that set us all off again. I was standing up and trying to arrange miniatures in a battle whilst explaining something and still smirking at the previous comment when I heard the comment. Lo and behold I let loose such a snort as to, no doubt, cause permanent damage to my sinuses. I mean, this was no ordinary, run-of-the-mill snort, this was a full-blown, military designated, Type-VI, bull-roarer of a snort. What was worse, was that everybody burst out laughing at that and I could only join them in shock and so ended up doing it again!

It was incredibly embarrassing, albeit very funny.

So... fess up, what embarrassing moments have you had in your gaming sessions?

 

[Zappo]

So a friend of mine was drinking a glass of coke when another guy made some very funny remark which I can't remember. He spat out all the coke, and the best part is that, despite the sheets and manuals and maps being right in front of him, he didn't stain anything; the coke was completely vaporized!

 

[Maldur]

I opened a fresh bottle of dr Pepper, not knowing someone kicked it around the room several times. I opened the bottle, sprayed the room during the suprise round, and closed it the next round. THere was Soda everywhere (now two years after you can still see some traces on the ceiling)/. luckily I missed the bookshelfs.

 

[Drawmack]

Wearing old jeans to a game I sat down ripped the entire but out. I wasn't wearing any underwear and the party was half girls. Now I wear only new jeans or sweat pants to the game.

 

[green slime]

On Saturday, at our gaming session, while DMing under the gaze of all, I picked up the glass of Fanta in front of me and drank, but somehow missed my mouth, spilling Fanta down my front and on our hosts Leather seat.

Then someone said: Is that my Fanta?"

I hadn't even brought Fanta to the table...

 

[Valanthe the Sleepless]

1 point of damage from a 1d4

Our DM (who's also my husband), WizarDru, Actually took 1 pt. of damage from a 1d4 during one of our sessions about a year and a half ago.

We were all goofing around for a few minutes during a break in the game, when someone made a comment (don't remember what it was). WizarDru then smacked his hand to his forehead in the mock "duh, I could have had a v-8" move.

Unfortunately, he forgot that he was holding one of his d4's. He smacked his head hard enough that he actually broke the skin right at his hairline and blood started to trickle down.

He got a good ribbing for that incident for weeks afterwards. In fact, we still laugh about it now.

 

[DDK]

Wearing old jeans to a game I sat down ripped the entire but out. I wasn't wearing any underwear and the party was half girls. Now I wear only new jeans or sweat pants to the game.

Lol. You left out an important piece of information. Were they impressed or not?

 

[Inez Hull]

Once many, many, many years ago a guy who sometimes roleplayed with us spat on the GM because he killed off his character in a one shot twinkfest session. The session had been really silly, something like having repeated goes on a deck of many things with characters we had no attachment to. This guy had a run of luck and when it ran out big time and his character died he just lost it.

 

[Datt]

Had Beenie-Weenies for a snack during the game. Something just didn't quite settle right with my stomach. Now I am said to have Gaseous Cloud as a natural ability.

 

[BlackMoria]

I am the icon of class and style around the D&D gaming table....

However that said, being a long-time wargamer, I did have a supremely embrassing moment around 'a' gaming table.

(you did say gaming table, not just D&D gaming table)

My friends and I had setup War in the East, a monstrous wargame with 12 map sections and over 2000+ unit counters.

The gaming table was several sheets of 1/8 plywood on saw horses in a friends basement.

We were into turn 5 for the campaign game (it had taken about a month of playing to get to this point)

To cut to the quick - I stumbled on my friend's 20lb cat who had the Improved Trip feat. I failed the opposed check and fell against the gaming table. My body shoved one end of one sheet of plywood under the other sheet and as I fell, my body weight flipped both sheets of plywood into the air.

Everyone, including the cat, had to make Reflex rolls to avoid the flying sheets of plywood and the literal shower of 2000+ cardboard counters, 12 maps, gaming dice, rules and game charts and six cans of opened coke.