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<blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 2654992" data-attributes="member: 13892"><p>The Couple is always bad. I recall meeting The Couple in Topeka, KS. I immediately knew that there was a problem when I stated that we would be playing a core book AD&D 2e campaign (this was back in 1997, IIRC) and asked everybody to openly roll character stats (unknown to The Couple, this was requested by the rest of the group who had played with them in the past). They said thay had no problem with the core book campaign, but were <em>vehemently</em> opposed to openly rolling dice. </p><p></p><p>Their first response was flat-out refusal on the grounds that rolling dice openly <em>violated their religious tenets</em> (I s**t you not). This then turned into an incredibly defensive "You're singling us out!" (note that [i[everybody[/i] was openly rolling dice). And then came the inevitable, 'If you don't trust us to roll in private, then we're not playing in your game!' (which, at that point in time, sounded great - except that they were hosting said game). I relented because of that part. </p><p></p><p>First session of actual play rolls around, and the party consists of... an Elven Ranger with average ability scores, a Halfling Thief with slightly above average DEX, a Cleric with above average WIS, and... an AD&D 1e Human Monk with ability scores all above 16, and a !@#$ing Wemic Ranger with scores of 18 in all of his attributes, save for one. At this point, I say... I don't believe for one minute that you actually rolled all of those ability scores and I <em>know</em> (obviously) that those classes aren't in the 2e PHB...</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>WTF?</strong></span></p><p></p><p>To which The Couple reply "Well, we're actually going to be running <em>our</em> campaign instead!" - now, I've heard of GMs pulling a Bait & Switch setting swap, but <em>players</em> hi-jacking an entire game before it ever begins? In 10+ years of gaming I've never seen it or even <em>heard</em> of it, save for this one instance. All of the other players just kind of look at me dumbfounded for a second, while I'm still trying to absorb the situation. Finally, I say the only thing that I can. </p><p></p><p>"Well, damn... I gues I'm going to have to run my game down at the FLGS, then." </p><p></p><p>I picked up all of my books and walked out. The other players followed me. Long story short, AFAIK, only one of the other players ever spoke to The Couple again (which in and of itself is another gaming horror story).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jdrakeh, post: 2654992, member: 13892"] The Couple is always bad. I recall meeting The Couple in Topeka, KS. I immediately knew that there was a problem when I stated that we would be playing a core book AD&D 2e campaign (this was back in 1997, IIRC) and asked everybody to openly roll character stats (unknown to The Couple, this was requested by the rest of the group who had played with them in the past). They said thay had no problem with the core book campaign, but were [i]vehemently[/i] opposed to openly rolling dice. Their first response was flat-out refusal on the grounds that rolling dice openly [i]violated their religious tenets[/i] (I s**t you not). This then turned into an incredibly defensive "You're singling us out!" (note that [i[everybody[/i] was openly rolling dice). And then came the inevitable, 'If you don't trust us to roll in private, then we're not playing in your game!' (which, at that point in time, sounded great - except that they were hosting said game). I relented because of that part. First session of actual play rolls around, and the party consists of... an Elven Ranger with average ability scores, a Halfling Thief with slightly above average DEX, a Cleric with above average WIS, and... an AD&D 1e Human Monk with ability scores all above 16, and a !@#$ing Wemic Ranger with scores of 18 in all of his attributes, save for one. At this point, I say... I don't believe for one minute that you actually rolled all of those ability scores and I [i]know[/i] (obviously) that those classes aren't in the 2e PHB... [size=5][b]WTF?[/b][/size] To which The Couple reply "Well, we're actually going to be running [i]our[/i] campaign instead!" - now, I've heard of GMs pulling a Bait & Switch setting swap, but [i]players[/i] hi-jacking an entire game before it ever begins? In 10+ years of gaming I've never seen it or even [i]heard[/i] of it, save for this one instance. All of the other players just kind of look at me dumbfounded for a second, while I'm still trying to absorb the situation. Finally, I say the only thing that I can. "Well, damn... I gues I'm going to have to run my game down at the FLGS, then." I picked up all of my books and walked out. The other players followed me. Long story short, AFAIK, only one of the other players ever spoke to The Couple again (which in and of itself is another gaming horror story). [/QUOTE]
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