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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Look_a_Unicorn" data-source="post: 1253730" data-attributes="member: 11886">I think it's generally true for any male teenage gamer that:Sex > Gaming > SleepThen you hit uni (college for any US'ers), and part time work, and have the opportunity to "meet" lots of different girls at lots of different parties, but there aren't enough hours in the day:Sleep > Sex > GamingThen (I assume...) you work full time, get married and suddenly your priorities have "straightened out":Gaming > Sleep > Sex (or so female magazines complain about the sex drive of married men...)Ahhh the cycle of gaming life.(btw I don't doubt that most married men have active sex lives (except my parents, they never actually slept together, really) but that doesn't fit as nicely, so <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />. )And while I've never known any "Gamers from Hell", I have had a few one-offs with otherwise ok gamers...A guy, M, normally one of our best roleplayers & most interesting DM's, noticed a tray of muffins that my gf had pulled out of the oven to cool. As a flatmate we share food, so he (correctly) assumed it would be alright if he just snarfed a couple of the uber-yummy muffins down before the game. Unfortunatly no-one had yet had the opportunity to tell him that the muffins were "special" (ie pot. But remember kids, drugs are bad mmmkay). I thought the smell would have made it obvious, but apparantly not.So he's doing his best to run the session despite a certain glassiness & occasional fits of giggles. We realise it's probably best to stop when the following event occurs:M: Your ummm in the study thing of the guy you killed. Yeah.Me: I still have Detect Secret Doors active, do I notice any as I look around the room?M: Oh yeah, in the back corner. Nah, on the roof. In the corner. Hmmmm. *giggle*Me: <Rogue> my arcane sight has revealed a secret door there <pointing>. But surely <BBEG> would not leave his treasures unguardedRogue: I move to the indicated area. Do I find the door?M: *blank*Rogue: Do I find the door?M: Hmmmm? Oh yeah.Rogue: I try to open it.M: *giggles*Rogue: Can I open it?M: Sure *chuckle* why not.Rogue: What do I see?M: An open door! *laughs really really hard*Me: Alrighty then, no more muffins for M. How about we watch Holy Grail instead?All: *Resounding cheer & good-natured jokes at M's expense*M now always asks if muffins are normal before eating them <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Less amusing for those involved, in another game run by my brother (without muffins), a player J had a certain liking for surly withdrawn rangers. The last three had remarkable similarities to each other, and to J. But he was new so we were willing to let him learn at his own pace. But it is very true that you should be vary wary of what you do to another's PC. My Sister Eb is playing a gnome rogue, M has a Mage, my Paladin is absent...J: I want to put my boot on the captured bandit so he can't escape, then threaten to stab out his eyes unless he tells us where the lair is.DM: He cowers in terror. He seems too frightened to talk.J: I stab him in the shoulder & demand he talks.Eb: I don't like this, I call out to J to back offM: Yes J, get down- my magic can "encourage" this fool to dispense the needed information *prestidigitation to seem intimidating*DM: *Makes some rolls* The bandit cries in pain, and looks fearfully at the Mage. "What do you want to know, Lord"J: I stab him again. He should see me as the bigger threat.Eb: I've moved near them & I try to deflect his blow to one sideDM: *Roll opposed To Hit. Eb wins.* Your blade plundes into the ground bare inches from his throat, defleced by the gnome's shortsword.J: I attempt to tackle the Gnome.*Series of grapples ensues, gnome is eventually held up by the Ranger*DM to M: You see the bandit sneaking away.M: I let him go, I'm watching my two friends fight.J: What! I stab the guyDM: You didn't see him, your weapons on the ground & you have your hands full of gnome.J: Oh. I throw the gnome at him.DM: Opposed grapple. TIE!M: I cast Cold Ray at J's arse. *hits*Eb: I try to bite his hand. *wins, sinks in the teeth*DM: Your butt goes numb & the gnome is gnawing on your hand. What do you do?J: I draw my dagger & stab the gnome.DM: Opposed grapple to draw your dagger. *Eb wins & escapes*Eb: I run & hide in the corn-fieldsJ: I draw my bow & prepare to shoot if I see herM: I ready another Cold Ray.Eb: I load my crossbowDM: Eb, you can see J silouted by the fire. J you can see nothing. M you have a ripe gluteus target lined up.J: I call out "Come out & fight like a man!"Eb: "I'm a female. And a gnome. And your stupid"J: I fire at the source of the voice.M: I use my readied action when I see him about to loose his arrow. *Rolls, hits*DM: Ice-cold pain shoots through your arse again & you aren't able to shoot due to the distraction.J: I turn & shoot the Mage.Eb: Seeing him distracted, I rise up & shoot the Ranger.DM: Roll initiative *Eb wins"DM: Roll sneak attack damage as well.Eb: *Hits. Lots of damage.*DM: An arrow has pierced you through the leg & it can no longer support your weight. You drop to the ground. Your conscious, but barely.J: I draw a dagger & wait for the Gnome to come close...*Everyone groans. The DM says to give it up. J gets huffy & leaves.*Later he apologises, but he stopped playing not long after that, because whenever he went to do something "fun" M would shoot a Ray of Cold at his butt & everyone would remind him that he was out-grappled & out-shot by a Gnome <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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