Why the beer hate? (Forked Thread: What are the no-goes...)

[fanboy2000]

So should I go with a certain brand of tobacco or just go straight to cigars? What about pipes? Would people think I'm cool smoking from a pipe while playing D&D (like a wizard)? A pipe might defeat the purpose

Cigars. Some people consider them cool, but I doubt there's significant overlap with RPGers.

You could also by a bunch of cold medicine, have it "accidentally" spill out on the table and when the others question you, mumble something about having "lab work" to do at home.

That gets you out of the game and ready for flu season!

 

[kiznit]

I'm sorry, but when my group sits down to game, we sit down to game, not do anything else that might interfere with it.

First we hand out the barbiturates. Fighters get the blue pills, clerics and magic-users get the pink ones. Then once the three sacred hashish sticks are lit around the miniatures, twelve grams (not thirteen, I mean we're not playing AD&D here folks) of peyote are unwrapped and split into equal piles based on the last experience point distribution. The DM then takes a hit of nitrous for each player sitting at the table while the rest of us begin mixing the cocktails in a large 4-gallon tub. Old d20s that roll unluckily are carefully dissolved in a mixture of heroin and cocaine before being added to the base along with ten cups of everclear, burgundy rum, orange juice, and a couple of dollops of schlitz. The DM is then given two tabs of acid before being carefully stripped naked and lowered into a meditative isolation tank of menthol, ammonia and chocolate from which he can shout out the directions of what we can do and where we can go, assuming he can fight off the bats.

That, my friends, is the only true way of playing D&D.

 

[Bumbles]

If I want an annoying player out of the group, it'll be much easier to just drink more and take up smoking. I wish I knew about this earlier.

Only if there are more players annoying to you who are offended by that than there are people annoyed by such behavior.

 

[Aeolius]

Quaff a couple of THESE at the gaming table and see what happens.

As for me, I DM my game in a chat room and have been known to enjoy my share of frosty beverages. I broke out the absinthe, one night, and recall role-playing an entire swarm of tiny fey. Now that was fun!

 

[Jeff Wilder]

That, my friends, is the only true way of playing D&D.

You had me for the taking, all the way up until "Shlitz."

Gotta draw the line somewhere.

 

[Mr. Wilson]

This is an interesting discussion.

I'm straight-edge (my generations way of saying teetotaler + drug/smoke free (in the more extreme cases, no chemicals period)). My father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all alcholics. By mid high school, I could outdrink them.

I decided to stop because I know I have an addictive personality, and I saw where chemical dependency leads.

That said, I also don't begrude anyone their right to drink. My only issue, which my friends graciously conform to, is that all smoking be done outdoors because I'm allergic to smoke. They also know not to let the booze get out of hand, since it ruins the fun for those who enjoy gaming.

Besides, there's nothing more amusing than toasting your friends around a gaming table with a Pepsi.

 

[Imperialus]

Umm... I had to ban coke (as in nose candy not Coca-Cola) at one point... That was a somewhat unique (and not grandma friendly) situation though.

As far as drinking goes we're OK with it, though we never have more than a beer or two. We've fallen out of the habit of it but for a while we used to do a world of beers every gamenight where we'd rotate purchasing a sixpack of something 'different' and sharing it with the group.

As for other stuff. I'm the only one in the group who will occasionally partakes of the herb, and I don't do that on gamenights anyhow so it's a non-issue. My collage group used to toke and play though, but it wasn't exactly a 'serious' game anyhow.

My house is nonsmoking, but it's a nonissue since no one in the group smokes. If someone who did joined the group they'd be welcome to go smoke out on the deck though as long as they put their butt in an ashtray.

 

[kiznit]

You had me for the taking, all the way up until "Shlitz."

Gotta draw the line somewhere.

Are you trying to turn this into a badwrongfun argument?

 

[Jack99]

My father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all alcholics. By mid high school, I could outdrink them.

Not saying you are lying, but do you realize how unrealistic this sounds? Or maybe you guys just have another definition of alcoholism in the States? Could you clarify how you define alcoholism?

 

[Jeff Wilder]

Are you trying to turn this into a badwrongfun argument?

Look, man, all I'm saying is that I have had -- and might have in the future -- bad experiences when mixing peyote, hashish, cocaine, menthol, LSD, chocolate, isolation booths, and bats, so rather than take the chance of embarassing those individuals who can't handle their peyote, hashish, cocaine, menthol, LSD, chocolate, isolation booths, and bats, I just choose not to allow that combination at the table.

Don't judge me, man!