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Message: <blockquote data-quote="blackshirt5" data-source="post: 1204219" data-attributes="member: 7871">There is one.  OK, their were many, in the old group, but I'll let Jeremy tell the stories of Drakken, Spock(later Juwock), and others.  For right now I've got two stories to share:Olmek and Carnor Jax.Olmek, was pretty basic.  He wouldn't have been a lame character if the guy playing him had put some effort into him.  Olmek was supposed to be a legendary general capable of giving rousing speeches; hence, we expected rousing speeches.  Instead, we got the following exchange:DM: OK, is Olmek gonna say something to the townspeople(yes he had to be prompted, this is a guy who's been gaming for several years, and he had to be prompted by the DM to even speak to the townspeople as opposed to slaughtering everything)?OP(Olmek's Player): Yes. *mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble* Now, I roll my Charisma! *rolls dice*Lame.Carnor Jax was just horrible.  It was in a space fantasy game called Fable, which had a very Machiavellian feel to it; plenty of negotiations and backroom deals in place already; Jax came in and he was a corrupt Valor Knight(of the same organization as my character, Mr. Han); now, Han, as was already seen by many, was a veteran of the Galactic War and pals with a Gold Dragon named Rafe.  So Jax's player, Phil, takes me aside(this happened often; we played in wide areas so we could have plenty of whisper-conferences going on):Jax: So, Mr. Han, how has the galaxy treated you?Han: Fine, fine.  My old sidekick is dead, but beyond that I'm rich, ennobled, and betrothed to an elven princess.  Yourself?Jax: Fine, fine.  I'd like to ask you a favor, knight to knight.Han: Shoot.Jax: I want you to help me kill Rafe.Han: You're frickin(not what I said) crazy.  He's a dragon, and he's my bud.Jax(at this point the guy starts sputtering): But, but, we're Valor Knights!Han: And...?Jax: Well...We're Knights!  We're supposed to stick together!  All for one and one for all!Han: You're thinking of the Musketeers.  They were French.  I'm an elf.  I'm not french.Phil: Piss off Andrew! *stalks away*Just as bad was his description and name combo.  Carnor Jax is a name right out of Star Wars Expanded Universe.  He described his character as:"Dressed in black loose robes with an array of short hrons all over his head and balck and red tattoos all over his face.  He wields a double-bladed red vorpal sword(Vorpal in this game rewrote most matter into nothingness). His name is Carnor Jax."Let Angcuru regale you with other stories of Fabilian Lameness.</blockquote>

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