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<blockquote data-quote="Jason Kain" data-source="post: 3977798" data-attributes="member: 46949"><p>It's a rough situation, because he's all I really have to game with. It's him and one other friend. The other player is in a slightly different boat than I am. He doesn't care. The most enthusiasm he shows is when dealing with the stupid "no" Npcs that get put in our path, or before a monster is revealed. Mainly because he can quote movies and TV shows to completely rip apart the atmosphere that's being created. Completely in character. The guy doesn't even know how to play, and he won't take it seriously, because it's just that...repetitive.</p><p></p><p>Myself? Lately I've found most of my fun comes from harassing the DM through his Npcs. For instance...area attacks with random Npcs in the line of fire. Or throwing the random "no" Npcs into things. The latest two were the best. First we had a guy in a bar stand up and say "That's it, I'm tired of nothing happening!", and nothing else. This was after a ten minute stretch of nothing out of us, as we were set in a town with no hooks, no motivation, no anything. I hit him in the face with a barstool and said "Exciting enough for you?" Turns out he was the mayor's son.</p><p></p><p>The next was the innkeeper, who refused to open the thick iron grate in front of the door so we could try to save the earlier mentioned "Ripped to shreds" Npc. I intimidated him, succeeded, and he still wouldn't open the door. So I threw him into it from across the room, following through on my threat. Apparently I was supposed to just go around him and pull the lever...that I didn't know about. </p><p></p><p>So, on the one hand, we're semi-happy. We entertain ourselves by playing opposition to the DM whenever possible. However, we're really not happy, as we're trying to actually...be heroic, and not giant idiots to the townsfolk. It's just really hard when they're all against you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jason Kain, post: 3977798, member: 46949"] It's a rough situation, because he's all I really have to game with. It's him and one other friend. The other player is in a slightly different boat than I am. He doesn't care. The most enthusiasm he shows is when dealing with the stupid "no" Npcs that get put in our path, or before a monster is revealed. Mainly because he can quote movies and TV shows to completely rip apart the atmosphere that's being created. Completely in character. The guy doesn't even know how to play, and he won't take it seriously, because it's just that...repetitive. Myself? Lately I've found most of my fun comes from harassing the DM through his Npcs. For instance...area attacks with random Npcs in the line of fire. Or throwing the random "no" Npcs into things. The latest two were the best. First we had a guy in a bar stand up and say "That's it, I'm tired of nothing happening!", and nothing else. This was after a ten minute stretch of nothing out of us, as we were set in a town with no hooks, no motivation, no anything. I hit him in the face with a barstool and said "Exciting enough for you?" Turns out he was the mayor's son. The next was the innkeeper, who refused to open the thick iron grate in front of the door so we could try to save the earlier mentioned "Ripped to shreds" Npc. I intimidated him, succeeded, and he still wouldn't open the door. So I threw him into it from across the room, following through on my threat. Apparently I was supposed to just go around him and pull the lever...that I didn't know about. So, on the one hand, we're semi-happy. We entertain ourselves by playing opposition to the DM whenever possible. However, we're really not happy, as we're trying to actually...be heroic, and not giant idiots to the townsfolk. It's just really hard when they're all against you. [/QUOTE]
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