Name this player type

[The Shaman]

He's "The guy not invited back" at our table.

I'm fine with him wanting to take more actions in the round than are permitted. I'm fine with him making a case why he should be allowed to do so after I've told him no. I'm most assuredly not fine with him saying he's doing it anyway after being refused again.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

I suppose the player is the antithesis of the rules lawyer except perhaps even more annoying. As a bit of a rules lawyer myself, that's difficult to imagine but it seems quite possible.

Rules Scofflaw?

 

[Chimera]

While I can understand the various suggestions, I am not GMing a game right now. I'm just a fellow player. All I can do is go into Rule Lawyer Mode and point out what they can and cannot do. Sometimes it works, sometimes the GM gets upset.

As both my GMs are known to read this board on occasion, I'm not going to give any details as to who it might be. There's already enough tension in both groups, as in both cases, us players felt we needed to speak to our GMs about certain issues that were affecting enjoyment of the game. Note that it wasn't necessarily me who spoke up about every little thing, but I've been right there in the middle of it.

More or less, I was hoping that someone could come up with a good, catchy term for people like this, so I could use it in the future. And to a lesser extent, I knew that others would share their own similar experiences, which would let me know that I'm not alone in experiencing this phenomenon.

 

[Von Ether]

The versions I used to encounter for this type of player was the one who magically teleported to whereever the cool stuff was.

The last one walked with one half of the group to a temple engaged in insulting dialouge, ate at the cafeteria and then some how managed to walk back to the ship in under 15 minutes to be with the other half of the party when someone showed up to talk to them.

After about three attempts to tell the guy his character isn't there yet, he quit.

 

[loki44]

Hastened?

 

[jaerdaph]

Hastened?

A good line like that deserves a *rimshot*

 

[The Shaman]

Rules Scofflaw?

We have a winner!

 

[Arashi Ravenblade]

In my group anyone how doesnt fit a player style or fits in with several annoying ones is Said to have been "pulling a Bunyon"

 

[tonym]

Multi-tasker?
You know, for the ability to do several things simultaneously?


Tony M

 

[FreeTheSlaves]

Possibly a 'Warp Factor' player - time & space is no obstacle for such a mighty figure.

Really though, I can count on my players to smack up the idiot for hogging more than the fair share of time. Then again I've never had such a player and I'd like to think we'd be astute enough to vet correctly any invited guest players.