D&D General My cousin in law used random Treasure generation tables that resulted in A 1st level Party getting a permanent potion of Heroism. Ideas

[James Gasik]

He needs to realize if you roll enough times, anything can happen. And if he didn't think it would happen, why put it on the table?

Very much this. When newer DM's come to me for advice, one of the things I always tell them is, "if you don't want something to happen, don't make it an option in the first place".

 

[bedir than]

I wondered that myself, so I asked him and its a custom made table that he made and the only reason this kind of thing is possible is because he thought it would never happen, which means he thought that he'd never have to worry about it

Anyone dedicated to random tables should know that everything on it is a possibility

 

[FrozenNorth]

He needs to realize if you roll enough times, anything can happen. And if he didn't think it would happen, why put it on the table?

Because he doesn’t exist.

One first time DM who is inexplicably DMing 1st edition in 2023, constantly invents bizarre house houserules despite DMing for the first time and has an inordinate love of random tables despite not considering how they interact is an oddity.

Four of them stretches limits of believability.

 

[James Gasik]

...why would anyone lie about this?

 

[Cordwainer Fish]

...why would anyone lie about this?

Why does Rice play Texas?

 

[Omand]

...why would anyone lie about this?

I won't make a judgment here one way or the other about truth or falsehood, but if you want context on some previous comments look at the posting history of the OP (specifically threads the OP starts).

Cheers

 

[Bayushi_seikuro]

...why would anyone lie about this?

I think sometimes, it's a safe way to get on here and get an idea vetted without attaching it to yourself. By posing it as a hypothetical cousin in law, it doesn't feel like an attack if someone starts in on how they're wrong, and this was Bad Fun, etc.

 

[James Gasik]

I guess? But couldn't you easily make a thread asking something like:

"Hypothetical situation that almost came up that I wasn't sure how to rule on: player drank a potion of super-heroism while under the effect of another potion. Using the miscibility rules in the 1e DMG, it almost came to pass that the potion's effect could have been permanent. How would you have handled this scenario as a DM?"

 

[ilgatto]

I guess? But couldn't you easily make a thread asking something like:

"Hypothetical situation that almost came up that I wasn't sure how to rule on: player drank a potion of super-heroism while under the effect of another potion. Using the miscibility rules in the 1e DMG, it almost came to pass that the potion's effect could have been permanent. How would you have handled this scenario as a DM?"

Perhaps. However, then we would no longer be able to be intrigued by the amazingly brilliant weirdness of these posts.

 

[Seramus]

Since your cousin-in-law has already altered the nature of the potion, they could alter it further.

I see what you did there. Pray I do not see further.

 

[Andvari]

Try reading this thread and take a drink whenever you come across the words "cousin in law."