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<blockquote data-quote="maddman75" data-source="post: 548137" data-attributes="member: 2673">Here's the one I caught most recently.&nbsp; I'm not sure if it was cheating or arrogance combined with laziness, but it went like this.DM:The orc cuts into your arm.&nbsp; Take four points of damage.Player:Okay.&nbsp; (doesn't move for pencil)DM:I said take four.Player:I'll remember it.DM:Sure.&nbsp; Well if that's how we're playing it I'll just &quot;remember&quot; your damage when you hit the monsters.Player<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />reaches for pencil and writes down damage)I once had a player complain that I was requiring ability scores be rolled in front of me.&nbsp; The exact quote &quot;Oh man!&nbsp; I always roll better when no one's watching.&quot;And possibly the best example was a character named Shae.&nbsp; To be fair, this was in our younger days, with a mix of 1e and 2e.&nbsp; So none of us were doing it by the book.&nbsp; But Shae was the example of the 'mighty morphin power gamer.'He was a bounty hunter -- a class from the dragon magazine.&nbsp; Of course when we were playing, he never seemed to have the issue at hand.&nbsp; If he got tied up, he'd roll his 90% chance to escape bonds.&nbsp; If he faced a horde of mooks, he'd cast a fireball...when he'd never had any spellcasting abilities for 19 freakin levels!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="maddman75, post: 548137, member: 2673"] Here's the one I caught most recently. I'm not sure if it was cheating or arrogance combined with laziness, but it went like this. DM:The orc cuts into your arm. Take four points of damage. Player:Okay. (doesn't move for pencil) DM:I said take four. Player:I'll remember it. DM:Sure. Well if that's how we're playing it I'll just "remember" your damage when you hit the monsters. Player:(reaches for pencil and writes down damage) I once had a player complain that I was requiring ability scores be rolled in front of me. The exact quote "Oh man! I always roll better when no one's watching." And possibly the best example was a character named Shae. To be fair, this was in our younger days, with a mix of 1e and 2e. So none of us were doing it by the book. But Shae was the example of the 'mighty morphin power gamer.' He was a bounty hunter -- a class from the dragon magazine. Of course when we were playing, he never seemed to have the issue at hand. If he got tied up, he'd roll his 90% chance to escape bonds. If he faced a horde of mooks, he'd cast a fireball...when he'd never had any spellcasting abilities for 19 freakin levels! [/QUOTE]

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