Greatest PnP RPG clich

[Rosbjerg]

A group of player characters who don't try and set fire to everything.

 

hah .. this was pretty funny, because I've actually never had a game, with my group, were someone didn't try to set fire to something.

 

clich

[metadigital]

There's a clich

[Tale]

My Chaotic Neutral Wild Mage will pick the side of whomever is funniest.

 

He's not a PnP character, though. I've never actually PnPed and I doubt anyone would want to with me. I get my friend's characters killed often enough in console and computer games.

Edited June 22, 2007 by Tale

[metadigital]

What's a wild mage? One that didn't get their weetabix?

[Blarghagh]

[*]Not being attacked by pirates every single time you embark on a sea voyage longer than a day.

 

I've done this one. Mostly because we attacked the pirates.

 

[*] The Druid who never gets angry, because that wouldn't be Truely Neutral (though it would be humanistic.)

 

I agree with this one. Why is True Neutral equivelent to Jedi? When I play a True Neutral character, he or she quite often gets angry or upset when the balance hangs in the balance (sorry).

Edited June 22, 2007 by TrueNeutral

[Tale]

What's a wild mage? One that didn't get their weetabix?

A wild mage is a mage with some random elements thrown into the character. All casts are modified by between -2 and +2 caster levels and there is a 5% chance of something wacky happening whenever they cast. They could accidentally change their own gender, the targets gender, cast the same spell twice, or destroy all of their own gold. I've heard of cows falling from the sky in some instances. They also get some extra spells that help them cause these wild surges to occur intentionally and modify it in their potential favor.

[Blarghagh]

I thought Wild Mages were unique to Baldur's Gate II.

 

I played one of those, and it would generally have the wacky effect of instant death of the caster. Either that, or it would summon a horde of squirrels.

[Tale]

I believe they're actually in the D&D 2.5 (or whatever BGII was based on) rules. And I've heard from numerous people they're a prestige class in 3.5.

 

It's not usually instant death for the caster, but you won't make a playthrough of Baldur's Gate II without causing the death of someone you didn't mean to. I once cast magic missle in the D'Arnise keep while standing at the back of the party, it Wild Surged and instead cast a high level spell that put the rest of my party to sleep. My entire group was maimed.

 

It's funny because in BGII, it'll also Wild Surge Bhaalspawn powers. Cure Light Wounds can be a very dangerous thing to do.

Edited June 22, 2007 by Tale

[Wistrik]

The Wild Mage and Wild Magic are detailed in the Tome of Magic for 2nd Ed. AD&D (copyright 1991 by TSR). While BG1 mostly focuses on the core rulebooks, BG2 draws from the various supplemental books for things like Wild Magic, kits, and high level abilities.

[Musopticon?]

Wild Mage is perfect for soloing. Cast whatever, and just keep casting. Random mayhem ensues as enemies burst in multicolored chunks of flesh that spawn squirrels once they hit the ground and the main character gets bovine intervention every 30th spell.

[metadigital]

Squirrel spawns? Random bovine interventions? Looks like I'll have to play BG2, again.

[Walsingham]

My Chaotic Neutral Wild Mage will pick the side of whomever is funniest.

 

I believe this would make a better, or at least more coherent, policy for the UN security council to follow.

[metadigital]

Chinese foreign policy in a nutshell.

[Rosbjerg]

There's a clich

[metadigital]

But you can sneak around to both sides ... like Clint Eastwood's character in A Fistful of Dollars!

[Farbautisonn]

"I believe this would make a better, or at least more coherent, policy for the UN security council to follow."

 

Drinking beer when I read that... Now Ive got beer running through my nose because you made me laugh like a madman...

 

-Farb

[Walsingham]

"I believe this would make a better, or at least more coherent, policy for the UN security council to follow."

 

Drinking beer when I read that... Now Ive got beer running through my nose because you made me laugh like a madman...

 

-Farb

 

 

...Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen it...