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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kitsune9" data-source="post: 4899942" data-attributes="member: 18507">So here's a little story:I used to play regularly in the RPGA. Having a character who dies in RPGA campaigns is a major hassle because a lot of time and effort goes into playing mod after mod to get a level and a lot of them are just brutal enough that I consider surviving the mod more of a goal than actually winning. If you die, then you're out a lot of hard-earned gold and a lot that previous effort to get you to your current level is wasted.Anyways, I had a fighter-type and we got into an encounter with some kind of critters and he got taken down and drop to negative hp. So I'm bleeding out.Another player at the table is playing a fighter type, but is definitely playing kind of cowardly in this encounter as he knows that it's a tough encounter so his character is lobbing alchemist fire at the critters and missing.Now, my bleeding butt is lying there next to these creatures and this guy is lobbing alchemist fire. Splash damage--take a point of damage. Bleed out, take another point. Splash damage--take another point of damage.Normally, I don't metagame at the tables. It's a major pet peeve with judges, but this guy was killing me and not paying attention. After his third miss, I told him, "STOP.......THROWING......ALCHEMIST FIRE!" and pointed at my mini lying next to creature. Even the judge let me slide on that one. The player then realized what he was doing and finally drew his melee weapon and managed to kill the monsters by himself.  On another story, I'm at a con playing a 10th level pregen. This one guy was really really gungho about playing the rogue. He loved playing rogues and we thought he pee'd himself if couldn't play the rogue, so sure! Play the rogue!This guy never flanked. This guy always charged. This guy would never tumble and get AoO's on him. I didn't metagame at that table as it was just a one-shot, but my friend and I just looked at each other everytime this guy made these kind of moves.I looked back on these and while my blood was boiling in the first story and bewildered in the second, I do look back on them and find them funny. Sometimes players do goofy things and just don't pay attention.I know that sometimes, I've made blunders that got someone else's character exposed for a short time.So maybe you had a player in a game that did something just dumb, but they thought was a good idea. Maybe you're that player who did something just dumb, but you thought it was totally awesome until you see the looks on your fellow players.  Now, this isn't about players who make their characters act like jerks, so let's avoid the jerk player thread. The idea is tell a story or situation that now that you think back on it, it's funny. This is about players who had good intentions, but paved the road to the Abyss with their comrade's bodies and the only thing they can say is, "Oooopss.."Happy Gaming!</blockquote>

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