Time for a D&D Good Idea/Bad Idea!

[Drawmack]

Good Idea: Researching Ancient Tomes of Magic
Bad Idea: Researching Ancient Tomes of Magic in CoC

Good Idea: Buying the splat book for you character class
Bad Idea: Buying the splat book for everyone's class but your own

 

[hong]

Good idea: Having boars as animal companions
Bad idea: Bringing them to a village of starving people

The party in my Britannia 3E game had, at last count, one wolf, one pig, three mules, and a warhorse. I'm going to have to send them on a mission to a starving village somewhere.

 

[Voneth]

Good Idea: Vowing to your war god you will never take off your plate, except to sleep.

Bad Idea: Waking up in your borrowed hammock to discover the ship is sinking.

 

[Cedric]

Good idea: Bringing along some Ale for the trip.
Bad idea: Not sharing it with the Dwarf.

Cedric

 

[jester47]

Good Idea: Playing Catch with your Dwarven friend.
Bad Idea: Playing catch WITH your dwarven friend.

*Originally Good idea bad idea was a device that uses the same sentance twice but with different emphasis on the words so as to change the meaning. Or presenting a complete thought that is good, but then in the bad idea thread extending that sentance to make the whole idea perposterous.

Good Idea: Hitting on the barmaid.
Bad Idea: HITTING on the barmaid.

Good idea: Going to town with the dragon.
Bad idea: Going to town WITH the dragon.

Good Idea: Building a campfire.
Bad idea: in elminster's tower.

Good idea: Killing a Goblin
Bad idea: in the goblin kings throne room

Good idea: Saying you are the best assassin ever to intimidate your foe.
Bad Idea: in Calimport.

Aaron

 

[Siridar]

Good Idea: Using a Daern's Instant Fortress when you want to get some peaceful and secure rest.
Bad Idea: on a ship in the middle of the ocean.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Good idea: Identifying the mysterious flask as alchemist's fire

Bad idea: By popping the cork.

 

[Kaji]

Good Idea: Getting a Darkwood Shield
Bad Idea: For your Monk

 

[The Grey Dwarf]

Good Idea: Casting a Fireball on charging trolls
Bad Idea: In a marsh full of gas

The wizard had spent half an hour to make sure no torches, lanterns, ... were lit. The next minute the DM says that trolls are charging. So he gets up and shouts "Fireball!!!"
I'll never forget that.

 

[Drawmack]

Good Idea: Casting Entangle
Bad Idea: While standing in the range

Good Idea: Swimming across the river to chase the BBEG
Bad Idea: While wearing full plate armor with a 10 str

Good Idea: Vanquish the goblin hordes
Bad Idea: Who have pet trolls.