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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1270360" data-attributes="member: 99">The first group that I ever was involved with was a bunch of guys from my Boy Scout troop.&nbsp; Most of them were playing &quot;gods&quot; by this point and I was admitted to their group, primarily so they could all use me as a pawn to plot and plan against each other.One of the other guys (the only one I became lasting friends with) decided that the whole thing was getting kind of stupid.&nbsp; So he devised (stole actually) a plan involving the Warlock's Wheel (taken from a Larry Niven story).&nbsp; The Warlock's Wheel was a device that spun itself using magic.&nbsp; The faster it spun, the more magic it used to make itself harder (to withstand the forces involved) and the faster it would spin.&nbsp; Eventually it would suck all the magic out of an area at which point it was spinning at a rotational velocity that was a small percentage of the speed of light.&nbsp; With the magic gone that would make it tough enough to withstand this speed, it exploded, killing everybody nearby.So my pal invited everybody to a dinner party to show off his new wheel.&nbsp; It spun, they lost their magic, it exploded, everybody died.&nbsp; Or at least that's what should have happened.&nbsp; Instead everybody bitched and whined and complained that their character would never die to something like that.&nbsp; So we quit playing with them.&nbsp; Which is what we should have done in the first place.Oh, and my character was a Thief whose middle name was &quot;Stickyfingers&quot;.&nbsp; Subtle, eh?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 1270360, member: 99"] The first group that I ever was involved with was a bunch of guys from my Boy Scout troop. Most of them were playing "gods" by this point and I was admitted to their group, primarily so they could all use me as a pawn to plot and plan against each other. One of the other guys (the only one I became lasting friends with) decided that the whole thing was getting kind of stupid. So he devised (stole actually) a plan involving the Warlock's Wheel (taken from a Larry Niven story). The Warlock's Wheel was a device that spun itself using magic. The faster it spun, the more magic it used to make itself harder (to withstand the forces involved) and the faster it would spin. Eventually it would suck all the magic out of an area at which point it was spinning at a rotational velocity that was a small percentage of the speed of light. With the magic gone that would make it tough enough to withstand this speed, it exploded, killing everybody nearby. So my pal invited everybody to a dinner party to show off his new wheel. It spun, they lost their magic, it exploded, everybody died. Or at least that's what should have happened. Instead everybody bitched and whined and complained that their character would never die to something like that. So we quit playing with them. Which is what we should have done in the first place. Oh, and my character was a Thief whose middle name was "Stickyfingers". Subtle, eh? [/QUOTE]

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