Moment ruiners

[Tinker Gnome]

I am sure you all know this type of player. And if you do not, be thankful. The guy who just HAS to run a dramtic or even cute moment by saying something inappropriate. Like this one guy in my group.

DM: The little Elf girl gives you her doll

Guy: It is probably covered in her piss

Rest of players: Awwwwwww cmon

This moment happened last session, not really a moment ruiner, but really bas none the less. This is the same Elf girl from last time by the way.

Player:I pick her up and play with her(Part of body that is on the chest of a female)

Me(DM): NO!!!!!!

He said he was joking, but the fact that he even said it really annoyed me.

This is all with the same group by the way.

 

[WanderingMonster]

Stop giving that player "moments". If he can't interact with your world without making an off-color wisecrack, then stop offering him the spotlight. It may be that he's just uncomfortable with senitment. He might actually appreciate not having to deal with it.

 

[Telperion]

I know the type, and I have a player like this in my group. He isn't quite so blatant about it, so for some reason I have been able to "tune him out", for the most part. Some of the other players, however, are still having difficulties dealing with his continuous rambling/jokes/remarks.

For my player all it took was to give all of the power to his character. He is now the Big Man of the group: responsibility, influence, control...you get the picture. The player's OOC comments have dwindled down to near non-existence, which is really good for the rest of the group and fine with me, since he pays more attention to what is actually going on.

IMO: your player just wants a bit more attention, and doing these really over the top things is a certain way to get it. The down side is that she is getting negative attention when she really wants to be the shining star of the show...

How about spinning a side-story for the group that focuses on her character? If that works, then it's a fairly certain deal. If there's no change at all, then I guessed wrong.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

Stop giving that player "moments". If he can't interact with your world without making an off-color wisecrack, then stop offering him the spotlight. It may be that he's just uncomfortable with senitment. He might actually appreciate not having to deal with it.

I know, I am considering revoking their "moment" privileges.

EDIT: I think they just do cause they think its funny. One player always has his character try to fart on the others. :\

 

[Lu Wei Fong]

Probably the best way to handle these types of situations is to not get too upset about it. Just smile and when everyone's done laughing or groaning, jump right back into the game. Hopefully after doing this for a while they'll just give it up and play, seeing as they aren't getting all the attention they wanted for those comments. If it does continue for a long time though, then chances are it's nothing a little quick chat out of game at some point won't solve, let him or her know how you feel and see if he's willing to be diplomatic. And if all of that doesn't work, then his character should be struck by random lightening storms

 

[AFGNCAAP]

Sounds familiar. Not necessarily to those extremes, but familiar nonetheless.

Various members of my group have, in character, insulted NPCs for no apparent reason (esp. when it was evidently unwise to do so), pick fights with other PCs, play pranks on other PCs (which proved detrimental to party survival later in the game), start fights with other PCs, & other nonsensical stuff that really serves no purpose at all.

What makes things worse is that if this is an attempt by 1 of the players for more attention/focus on his character, then it often proves not to be worth it, since said player will eventually wind up losing interest in the game & not attend for months on end (what makes matters worse is that the player doesn't say he wants to quit for a while--instead he makes up excuses to not attend, or say that he'll attend but never shows at all).

To a degree, it just may be boredom with the game (or with gaming overall--more of a "been there, done that" attitude). However, it's aggravating since it ruins the fun for some of the other players in the group, and it really makes me less interested in playing games or running games, since I can generally expect this sort of stuff to happen.

 

[Christian Walker]

Player:I pick her up and play with her(Part of body that is on the chest of a female)

That right there would be enough to get him kicked out of my house for good. Why do you put up with this? This sick bastard should not be tolerated.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

That right there would be enough to get him kicked out of my house for good. Why do you put up with this? This sick bastard should not be tolerated.

He is my older brother. He lives in the house. Out of game he is a very nice guy. To pretty much all of my players it seems to be more of a social thing, Which is alright with me. Although I agree that comment was SO not needed. Luckily he said he was joking, but I am still very annoyed about it. He also said he was going to stick her down a hole to see if the goblins would get her, but he then said he was joking again as well. I am considereing kicking him out, he has a tendency to slow down the game a lot. Not to mention his characters are always the "bully" type, who just try to intimidate everyone into giving him stuff. :\

He also delayed the game so he and the other players could play Magic: The Gathering.

I am going to have to find a way to deal with him.

 

[Alzrius]

One way might be to make his character deal with all of the repercussions involved. Treat all of these things as being in-character, and happening. For example, if his character was being inappropriate with that elven girl, have some other elves see it, have them attack his character, put him on trial, etc. Let them know via the game that these sorts of things won't earn him anything but grief.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

One way might be to make his character deal with all of the repercussions involved. Treat all of these things as being in-character, and happening. For example, if his character was being inappropriate with that elven girl, have some other elves see it, have them attack his character, put him on trial, etc. Let them know via the game that these sorts of things won't earn him anything but grief.

Yeah, I know. Only problem was, there was no one else, except the other party members. As for his bullying, as I mentioned in my post above. I am going to have an NPC that no matter how hard he tries, he can not intimidate. They will just laugh at him, and put him in his proper place.