Suspension of Disbelief

[fusangite]

You want puzzles that are hideous in their subtlety

When on earth did I say that?

and exactly in keeping with the world and its culture;

Well, given that it's the DM's world, how challenging can it be for him to write something consistent with a thing he himself defines? Also, I'm not sure how the adverb "exactly" is working here.

 

[fusangite]

And I thought, "Huh, I wonder if he means On War. Nah - if he meant that one, he'd've said it; everyone knows On War."

Well, many gamers are interested in military history. I find it to be as boring as whale excrement. So any time you want to make me appear uneducated in a thread, just reference an obvious piece of military history and I'll come off as utterly clueless.

 

[Kanegrundar]

Fusangite, you ought to check out whale poo some time. It's very interesting.

(Obviously joking, here.)

Kane

 

[gizmo33]

You've never heard this particular sequence of magical words and gestures before, but your training in the way spells are put together tells you that it is a minor evocation. The use of what you know as Heclebrand's Equivocalization tells you that the spell will create some form of force effect, which will relentlessly track down its targets.

Zzzzzzzz. Zzzzzzzzz. Auckck-chck. Zzzzzzzzz.

That's the sound of me auditing Heclebrand's Spellcraft 101 course. Guess that explains why I can't cast 1st level spells.

 

[Rel]

Zzzzzzzz. Zzzzzzzzz. Auckck-chck. Zzzzzzzzz.

IANAD, but you might want to get checked for sleep apnea. 'Cause that doesn't sound too healthy.

 

[fusangite]

Fusangite, you ought to check out whale poo some time. It's very interesting.

(Obviously joking, here.)

I think the expression is probably an unfair generalization too; I'm sure it's only the excrement of exclusively plankton-eating whales that is uninteresting.

 

[Rel]

Fusangite, you ought to check out whale poo some time. It's very interesting.

(Obviously joking, here.)

Kane

We here at the Ancient Whale Coprolite Release Anti-Persecution Organization (AWCRAPO) are not amused by your anti-whale feces bias. You'll be contacted by our lawyers shortly...

 

[Rel]

I think the expression is probably an unfair generalization too; I'm sure it's only the excrement of exclusively plankton-eating whales that is uninteresting.

And that goes double for you mister. AWCRAPO is certainly not going to take this abuse from a prominent political figure without a fight.

 

[gizmo33]

IANAD, but you might want to get checked for sleep apnea. 'Cause that doesn't sound too healthy.

Those are the first two syllables of the magic missle spell (the snowflake version) which you would have known had you audited the class too!

 

[ThirdWizard]

Erm.. um.. I was going to say somethig, but umm... what was... Oh yes.

My puzzles are hideous in their subtlety in that the PCs never actually think to themselvse "We're doing a puzzle right now." For example, you don't tell them they have to figure out the grain/chicken/fox puzzle to pass through a dungeon door, you give them grain, a chicken, and a fox, and tell them to cross a river. That's just an example, I've never actually done it (and I'm sure they wouldn't "solve" the puzzle the way the riddle goes). The point being, bring the puzzle to life and make 'em get out there and do stuff as your "puzzles."

Because generic puzzles ruin my versimillitude. As a player and a DM.