What do you do with a drunken player?

[Teflon Billy]

We usually drink at my games.

There's never been a problem, but then, we are fun drunks

 

[Mark]

What do you do with a drunken player?

It largely depends on his career and the time of day. If it so happens that he is in a seafaring profession and it also happens to be Earl-eye in the morning, then a number of options present themselves. Some will tell you that the best place for him is the longboat until such a time as he becomes sober while others might suggest stowing him in the bilge and making him drink the foul liquid therein, perhaps as some sort of punishment. Some say a good dousing is the best remedy, by pulling the plug or turning a hosepipe on him while he occupies the scuppers, yet some few would soak him in oil (firm in the belief he will sprout flippers) or in whiskey, then setting him on fire, though this would obviously end any sense of friendship and might gain you an unwanted reputation as a harsh DM. So, too, might your reputation suffer if you hit him in the head with a hammer, tie him to the taffrail when she's yardarm under (or, alternately, hanging him from said yardarm by his toe nails), heave him by the leg in a running bowline, hang him from the sails til his eyes fall out, keelhaul him, take him and shake him (and try to wake him), slap him around (and call him "Suzie"), put him in a dress (and call him "Betty"), or shave his belly with a rusty razor. Less dangerously, you might choose to give 'im a dose of salt and water, give him bevvy with a twist of oil, or put him in his bunk with his pants on backwards (though this might backfire if caught in the act). There are those who would discount the idea of putting him into bed with the captain's daughter, but they have likely never seen the captain's daughter. In any event, you could simply put him in the back of the paddywagon and that would certainly be less murderous than sending him down to Davy Jones’ Locker, the ultimate in things one might do on such an occasion. Good luck making this very difficult decision!

 

[jokamachi]

Sounds like a lot of people here were brought up in troubled homes. Relax, it's a game. Sometimes people go a little overboard. You can't regulate everything in life.

If it happens repeatedly though, then yeah, give him the boot.

 

[Korgoth]

We'd play a LARP called "Tokhes: the Kicking".



Really, if I were in the position of the OP I might consider just up and leaving. "Thanks for letting me play for a while, Bob. I gotta go." If I were in the position of the host of the game, the guy would stay overnight in my guest room and then be uninvited from returning to my house.

I've got nothing against alcohol, but I don't see why anyone should tolerate such conduct.

 

[Oryan77]

Maybe the drunk guy needs to post here and complain about you guys

If all of you were drunk with him, then maybe everyone would have had a lot more fun

 

[Treebore]

Maybe the drunk guy needs to post here and complain about you guys

If all of you were drunk with him, then maybe everyone would have had a lot more fun

Nope. If I had been drunk with him we would have had a fight. I'm that kind of drunk. Which is why I don't drink that much. I just get buzzed. Which my plyaers have liked at my games. Apparently I am easy to persuade to award certain magic items while under the influence. Even just buzzed.

 

[Wik]

In high school, I wasn't much of a booze & drugs type of guy (until 11th grade, when I drank a bit, but never too much). But I hung out with the stoners.

They would all get high, and then we'd play D&D. I was cool with it, because it was a game group, and I love to game.

Until the day they did acid just before I showed up. And when I described an ogre attack, one of my players jumped up, screamed "Don't kill me!" and then started bawling, throwing books, pillows, stuffed animals, and candleholders at me until my friends were able to calm her down.

Stopped DMing when they were on any narcotic afterwards. Ditto goes for booze.

We'll have a drink or two when we play sometimes (I actually prefer to have some booze in me when I GM... a shot of rye or something loosens me enough, so I'm not so self-conscious that I can't do voices or anything). But anything more than that? Nah. If I want to get drunk with my friends, I'd rather it be in something a little bit more.... open.

 

[jdrakeh]

Nope. If I had been drunk with him we would have had a fight. I'm that kind of drunk.

I was gonna say. . . if I had been drunk, the night probably would have ended with somebody spitting teeth (and probably not me). If I drink today, it's Mountain Dew. Which leads to merry fun for all -- instead of screaming, bloody knuckles, and handcuffs. With Mountain Dew, EVERYBODY wins!

[I am certain that the Pepsi Company will be writing me soon ]

 

[Darkness]

I think it's not cool of your friends to not even tell you about "the way he is" when they saw he was drunk. They may have gotten used to gaming sessions with a rude drunk, but they must have known that the same wasn't true of you.

(Yeah, they probably simply didn't think of it, particularly with him being late and all. I'm just saying they should have thought of informing you so you could either opt out or else game without being caught flat-footed by his antics. )

 

[Ry]

shave his belly with a rusty razor
shave his belly with a rusty razor
shave his belly with a rusty razor
early in the morning.