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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 5335373" data-attributes="member: 87792">So do we.&nbsp; But In Character.&nbsp; Not out of character.&nbsp; You think that characters never drop one liners?&nbsp; (And ones that are massively amplified by the context).&nbsp; For that matter, one of my current groups has a bard that uses Vicious Mockery as an at will - if you can't get some one liners out of that you aren't trying.&nbsp;&nbsp;You think that characters never pun?&nbsp; Or sing?&nbsp; And for the record I have magic missiled the darkness (or rather Hand of Radianced it to check those were alcoves rather than corridors when I only had two targets - it was only after the game that people asked me if that's what I was doing).But behaving in the way you describe is like &quot;blocking&quot; in improv.&nbsp; You can easily get the laugh for it but it throws the scene out so should be avoided - especially as there's inherent comedy in almost any improv scene and continuing it deadpan will normally get more laughs if that's your goal.&nbsp; It's not deliberate sabotage.&nbsp; But it still causes things to jam.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 5335373, member: 87792"] So do we. But In Character. Not out of character. You think that characters never drop one liners? (And ones that are massively amplified by the context). For that matter, one of my current groups has a bard that uses Vicious Mockery as an at will - if you can't get some one liners out of that you aren't trying. You think that characters never pun? Or sing? And for the record I have magic missiled the darkness (or rather Hand of Radianced it to check those were alcoves rather than corridors when I only had two targets - it was only after the game that people asked me if that's what I was doing). But behaving in the way you describe is like "blocking" in improv. You can easily get the laugh for it but it throws the scene out so should be avoided - especially as there's inherent comedy in almost any improv scene and continuing it deadpan will normally get more laughs if that's your goal. It's not deliberate sabotage. But it still causes things to jam. [/QUOTE]

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