[rant] Stupid players who act without thinking

[nameless]

I just want to know how strong that acid is, and how long the sword was in there. It would have to do in excess of 25 damage per round to do any damage. It sounds to me like the DM screwed the player on a whim, and the player acted equally immaturely. I'd make them fight to the death for my amusement, it's a better use for their lives.

-nameless

 

[Uller]

The art of meta Gaming transcends the limmitations of single characters. It allows you to attack the player the vry source. Melt his new character with Acid.

That's really good. Nearly made me choke on a pretzel...

If one of my players tried to pull some crap like this and said "I commit suicide." I'd reply with "Before you can plunge your sword into your belly, you are dominated by some divine being. You are no longer in control of this character. Give me your character sheet and go roll another character." Then I'd have the (now N)PC give the bracers back the the wizard, go donate the rest of his wealth to the church and take off on some quest to atone for his stupid behavior and live the rest of his life as a hermit.

I played in a game where a player committed suicide because he lost his arm. He rolled a new character and tried to come back into the game. The DM promptly killed him in the first round of every encounter (and forcing him to go make another new character) until he went home...

 

[Tsyr]

I played in a game where a player committed suicide because he lost his arm. He rolled a new character and tried to come back into the game. The DM promptly killed him in the first round of every encounter (and forcing him to go make another new character) until he went home...

Now that's just dumb and childish. Given the right character motivations, or the right character class, and in the right setting, I could see it. Can you imagine a wizard without an arm? He's screwed. Or a fighter, for that matter (Unless he uses one handed weapons and its his off hand)...

 

[Shiv]

Just some thoughts.

Regarding a player deciding, for whatever reason, that he doesn't want to continue to play a particular character...

1. Sounds to me like the first guy didn't want to play the Paladin. He wanted to play the guy with the cool sword. If that's all he wants, it's a DM call as to whether or not this guy gets the sword. However, up and getting rid of an item on a whim is wrong.

2. Committing suicide. What a joke. A character becomes something that the player doesn't want to play so he has the character commit suicide. Whatever. That, to me, is mildly shortsighted. If you don't want to play the character, talk to the DM about changing characters. It's all for fun anyway. And screwing (in a small OR large way) another character/player in the process is just bad judgement.

3. As someone who has on occasion simply changed characters in the middle of a campaign (where the character was still alive), it's my opinion that there's nothing wrong with that. It's a game. It's fun. Or at least it's supposed to be fun. If something happens with the game, with the character, with the group, whatever, that makes the character no fun to play for you, by all means, change.

Nearly everything that happens in-game has an effect on the players and the characters. Sometimes those things are little. Sometimes they're big. A character loses an arm. Okay, the player doesn't want to play a character without an arm. That's not fun to him So he switches. Fine. What's wrong with that?

But handling such a situation (either by the DM or the player) in such a way that messes with another player or character. That's just stupid.

LIke I said, just some thoughts.

 

[Joren]

Tsyr: A wizard without an arm isn't screwed. Wizards can cast with only one arm, IIRC.

Joren

 

[Tsyr]

My point (above) was that there very well may be times when it is in character for your character to commit suicide.

 

[KnowTheToe]

I would personally use much stronger language than putz - but I can be an angry and vidictive sort.....

I wouldn't figure that with a waving cow as your avatar.

 

[KnowTheToe]

I would talk to the DM and be careful with what the Players new PC gets as treasure, or can find in a shop. Personally, as a DM, I would have no problem destroying a weapon or magic item that was interfereing with my game. I would probably choose a different way to do it, but that is me.


But maybe it was an anti-magic acid??????

 

[Quickbeam]

KnowTheToe:
ROFL .

Harlock:
Nice use of Yiddish -- putz is a fun word, isn't it?

adndgamer:
The DM may wish to help you here if you make an appropriately wise plea for some discretionary compensation. If not, then your options are:
1) Hope the player in questions grows up, and allow him a one time reprieve for his foolish behavior. If he ever does anything that stupid in-game again, promptly smack him and then toast his next PC.
2) Be forever bitter.
3) Either #1 or #2 in addition to calling him a putz .

 

[Xeriar]

A friend of mine was running a Deadlands campaign (I was playing in it, but my character died and I didn't feel like bringing someone else in).

Anyway, this kid comes in and starts playing, really annoying, gets killed when Barney (as in the Evil Purple PLush Dinosaur) falls on him. This kid, however, was completely incapable of taking a hint...

So, he decides to create his next character, playing a female this time, a huckster named -Pikachu-.

Mind you, we were in college...