The Crimson Binome
Hero
My pet peeve in terms of player behavior is anyone who makes a Chaotic character and treats that as an excuse to murder innocent NPCs. It's not an excuse. Murder is bad, and NPCs are people too.
D&D 5E Your Biggest Gaming Pet Peeve
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Sunseeker
Guest
No character left behind.
This man. This so much. Do something, live with the consequences. Revel in the consequences! Honestly there are times when I'm disappointed that there aren't more consequences for things I do.
MichaelArkAngel
Explorer
I think there was another parody/comical type game called TOON that came out ib the late '80's as well?
pming
Legend
Hiya!
I have "a few"...but I'll limit myself to just...two? Three maybe, for this post.
(1) A player that starts creating a character with everyone else, and, when doing so, tries to "hide" their actual intent to min/MAX or otherwise 'pimp out' their character. As he goes through the process, it's painfully obvious that he's trying to create some sort of munchkin, one-trick-glass-cannon....all the while insisting that he's making "just a regular character".
(2) [This is related to #1] The player who does stuff in game with his character that is, again, painfully obvious as to reasons...but tries to hide it under the guise of "RP'ing in-character". Basically making a character that is RIDICULOUSLY specialized to the point of being a walking "I Win!" button in only specific conditions...like "only at Ranged combat with a Longbow". And as soon as play starts, the player starts building/planning on removing ALL the drawbacks to the PC. The end result is a character that wins anytime they are at range...but can always stay in range.
(3) Silly Names. Gods I hate characters with stupid, silly, non-campaign-formed names! *fume* An 'unfortunate' name, ok...so I don't have a problem with "Humpfry Bedfellow". But I do have a problem with "Humpfry Salott, but everyone calls me Hump. I'm a bard with a hankering for the ladies...
...". Good for a laugh the first time, but after hearing it a thousand times, it's just dang annoying!
(4) Just thought of this one. Players that have characters, then get out into the wilderness, and then say "Well, no, I don't *actually* have 'bedroll' or 'tinderbox' written on my sheet...but c'mon, who wouldn't have that knowing they are going into the wilderness?"...Me: "Well, obviously, that would be your character. You don't have either. Next time you are in town make sure to have your PC pick those things up". Sorry, "Campaign stuff", or "Horse and horse-equipment things" are NOT going to cut it in my game.
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Paul L. Ming
I have "a few"...but I'll limit myself to just...two? Three maybe, for this post.
(1) A player that starts creating a character with everyone else, and, when doing so, tries to "hide" their actual intent to min/MAX or otherwise 'pimp out' their character. As he goes through the process, it's painfully obvious that he's trying to create some sort of munchkin, one-trick-glass-cannon....all the while insisting that he's making "just a regular character".
(2) [This is related to #1] The player who does stuff in game with his character that is, again, painfully obvious as to reasons...but tries to hide it under the guise of "RP'ing in-character". Basically making a character that is RIDICULOUSLY specialized to the point of being a walking "I Win!" button in only specific conditions...like "only at Ranged combat with a Longbow". And as soon as play starts, the player starts building/planning on removing ALL the drawbacks to the PC. The end result is a character that wins anytime they are at range...but can always stay in range.
(3) Silly Names. Gods I hate characters with stupid, silly, non-campaign-formed names! *fume* An 'unfortunate' name, ok...so I don't have a problem with "Humpfry Bedfellow". But I do have a problem with "Humpfry Salott, but everyone calls me Hump. I'm a bard with a hankering for the ladies...
...". Good for a laugh the first time, but after hearing it a thousand times, it's just dang annoying!(4) Just thought of this one. Players that have characters, then get out into the wilderness, and then say "Well, no, I don't *actually* have 'bedroll' or 'tinderbox' written on my sheet...but c'mon, who wouldn't have that knowing they are going into the wilderness?"...Me: "Well, obviously, that would be your character. You don't have either. Next time you are in town make sure to have your PC pick those things up". Sorry, "Campaign stuff", or "Horse and horse-equipment things" are NOT going to cut it in my game.
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Paul L. Ming
ccs
41st lv DM
Yes. But Toon & HOL are completely different in tone.
Rod Staffwand
aka Ermlaspur Flormbator
That people don't understand gaming is more important than jobs and kids.
Ok, each of my players has a thing that annoys me.
Player 1: builds drag-n-drop characters. He does not want to know anything about the world ahead of time, he just wants a neutral character he can put in anywhere. Also does not like reading the rules, so I have to write out his PC's for him, or talk him through each one step. By. Step.
Player 2: hates mechanics. She likes the story, and the world building stuff, but hates reading the mechanics, so I also have to do her character sheets, or talk her through them.
Player 3: has a few. Wants all of his characters to have a tragic back story, but is self-described as being bad at coming up with backstories, so they mostly wind up as "My parents died, I got exiled, and did X to become my class". Has a problem with a serious scene, so feels the need to break the tension every now and then by doing something stupid, no matter what his character is. The only one of my players interested in mechanics, but has no interest in the World, so I have to talk him through building his PC's, depending on what mechanics behave differently than they do by RAW.
And all of my players stubbornly refuse to like all the same things I like, so most of my homebrew will prove useless to them, since it is built from my point of view.
Player 1: builds drag-n-drop characters. He does not want to know anything about the world ahead of time, he just wants a neutral character he can put in anywhere. Also does not like reading the rules, so I have to write out his PC's for him, or talk him through each one step. By. Step.
Player 2: hates mechanics. She likes the story, and the world building stuff, but hates reading the mechanics, so I also have to do her character sheets, or talk her through them.
Player 3: has a few. Wants all of his characters to have a tragic back story, but is self-described as being bad at coming up with backstories, so they mostly wind up as "My parents died, I got exiled, and did X to become my class". Has a problem with a serious scene, so feels the need to break the tension every now and then by doing something stupid, no matter what his character is. The only one of my players interested in mechanics, but has no interest in the World, so I have to talk him through building his PC's, depending on what mechanics behave differently than they do by RAW.
And all of my players stubbornly refuse to like all the same things I like, so most of my homebrew will prove useless to them, since it is built from my point of view.
pkt77242
Explorer
You joke but I have a player in my group that has played an Elf Ranger named Legolas since the 1980's. Needless to say we have stopped asking him what he is going to play when we roll up characters.
Players that make characters which are setup to be disruptive in some way, and then use the, "But it's what my character would do!" excuse.
Sometimes players forget that their characters do not know everything that has happened at the table. I have ten players and they do split the party quite a bit. When they all gather together again I take a few moments to get a cup of tea and ask them to roleplay bringing each other up to speed with what they have been doing. It is not entertaining to have to separate "You did X when you were with/at/in etc..." and "Yes, and you were not there with me and do not know about it."
