What are some of the dumbest things you've heard from people in the hobby, Veeky Forums?
So far mine are >The vancian casting system is balanced and the ONLY way to design and play casters without breaking games >Shadowrun is bad because it's always the same story and it doesn't have any room for other stories like Cyberpunk does >HP and AC aren't abstractions, they're well-founded representations of the reality within the game >PnP RPGs are played and somewhat popular only because they're a cheap hobby >You can't play D&D without miniatures! >Rules should always be followed to the letter, otherwise we're just playing pretend - people who modify rules are essentially breaking the game, because mechanics should always come before narrative >Pathfinder is a beginner-friendly system >Martial characters should have gritty realism to their mechanics even if there's magic and supernatural abilities within the game, otherwise they wouldn't have the same feel to them >I can't believe the human in the D&D 5e manual is a black woman, we must stand against the SJW menace! >Nobody likes [game that the person talking doesn't like] because [reasons why he doesn't like them] >Of course I won't play X edition of [game] with you, I played Y edition with other people and it was dogshit, I don't care if you tell me this edition fixes [things she's complaining about right now]
I'm sure there are more, but these are the ones that I remember right now
>Players act like retards because you're playing a bad system!
Elijah Johnson
>Pathfinder monks are overpowered, wizards are underpowered until at least level eight
Levi Flores
After reading this, I need a baby aspirin.
Tyler Gomez
>Numenera isn't a class based system at all!
Fucking what?
Eli Morales
>5e fixed the problems with D&D and is a pretty good system
Nathaniel Gomez
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Luke Sanders
>Veeky Forums is good
Jaxson Thomas
You people clinging to your dated, broken system with the occasional new coat of paint are a blight on the hobby. Gaming would be better if every one of you were dead.
Benjamin Miller
>[supplemental 3rd party system for Pathfinder] is balanced and basically required to run any game whatsoever
PoW and Spheres are the worst meme. Everyone wants to play Godkiller Mcnuclear from level 1 and nobody can fathom playing a game where casters are nerfed.
Michael Brooks
I wonder which of the shitty dead systems this one is shilling for. I hope it's Dungeon World.
Jayden Gomez
>Pathfinder is fixed 3.5! I've fallen for this meme myself once upon a time.
Owen Campbell
>"How about a D&D one-shot where we dont get to see our character sheet?" >Accompanied by tumblr post about idea, including a character not realizing theyre a Dragonborn until an NPC mentions it
They're getting a Paranoia one shot instead.
Luke Walker
>I've never heard of this game/system, so I don't want to try it I've ran into multiple people like this and it makes me wonder how they've managed to even find any kinds of hobbies to begin with. My brother's also like this with music.
Chase Young
this one makes me incredibly mad there's one dude in particular that said these in separate occassions
>man i'm fucking tired of D&D, I don't wanna play medieval fantasy anymore, I wanna try out new things >man I don't want to play this game, it's complicated and unfun, why don't we just play D&D instead?
Juan Long
>it's clearly not what the rule means. I'm not going to play it that way.
Fuck off with your RAI.
Juan Baker
>D&D is bad because it's popular
Nathan Evans
>GURPS is better than a system designed for X because it can kind of do X too
Elijah Diaz
Conversely >Well, the rules don't say that I CAN'T do it...
Jonathan Robinson
>This system was designed for X so it must be better than a generic system that can also run X
John Parker
>GM I want my character to have [special lol random item], can I roll to find it? >Group is all good friends so eventually GM cracks and actually lets them do this >Barely level 2 >Player's character is basically a packract for wish-fulfillment items >When they aren't trying to insert and instantly acquire dumb shit into the game they actively try to steer the party onto their own made-up quest >"I got a letter from my elf village, they need my help, let's go to my house XD" >GM'sfw It was kind of worth it just to see the character get fucking eviscerated by an owlbear in a single crit hit though
Benjamin Kelly
Compared to some boards, yes it is good.
Noah Hernandez
Veeky Forums a sword without a hilt. There is no safe way to grasp it.
Kayden Green
>Players should have 100% agency over everything that happens to their PC at all times.
>A game must be fun 100% of the time or it is a failure.
>If you're a truly good GM you can run a game without using anything at all from TV Tropes.
Aiden Price
>what is halfswording
Daniel Adams
wat ur mum has to do with ur tiny dick lmoa
Wyatt Sanders
>I don't let the players get killed because it would get in the way of the story
Hunter Hughes
both of these are valid within their own context and good god i hate them both whenever they're wrong
I slightly disagree with the HP/AC one. They are abstractions, but they're concrete
David Reed
I've seen this video before. I just wanted to meem
Easton Williams
Essentially yes. I sometimes come away from this board with mad beautiful ideas, but more often suddenly painfully aware of the conceited ignorant hateful eldritch abominations that take residence too far from the unreachable void of space and too close to our sacred past-times.
Michael Wright
"explosions in outer space are bigger because there isn't any oxygen to impede the flames"
Elijah Barnes
>A game must be fun 100% of the time or it is a failure. But this is true, otherwise what's the point?
Julian Watson
Because when a game or quest is frustrating its very satisfying when you finally overcome and win.
Luke Baker
>I want to do this because there's no rule that says I can't >GM tells him no, and tries to push on with the game >Guy argues, literally gets into a tantrum about it >GM caves and lets him do his bullshit >Guy gets a bad roll >"Can I take it back?" I don't know how our GM is so patient with some of the stupid shit half our party does. Looking back, I'd have killed us all long ago to try and teach a lesson.
Hunter Green
>I stick my balls on the anvil for the challenge, not because I'm a masochist, honest There's a difference between an honest challenge (which is fun in itself) and total bullshit (which is not). Please learn this before GMing anything.
Kayden Martinez
A game must be fun overall. Fun 100% of the time simply doesn't work, primarily because most games include at least two people and no two people have perfectly compatible ideas about what constitutes "fun".
Christopher Adams
>These faggots thinking that Jewish supported degeneracy is ok
Aaron King
>Frustration = horrible excruciating pain Not what I meant and you know it you fucking bellend.
Jaxon Gutierrez
>being this mad It's okay to be a masochist now user, why else do so many video games with artificial bullshit difficulty exist?
Nathan Cox
>"It's a game, you should want to get every advantage out of your character!" >"That's true but rerolling stats until I get the best of everything while not giving my characters flaws makes my character unrealistic. I like having that bit of bad I guess, besides I can always come up with new ways around my drawbacks or you guys could help out." >"But that's retarded. " Fair point if I was going with a character who had pretty much low-end rolls on all my stats but I don't see how 18/11/17/6/8/15 stats aren't useable. And personality flaws don't make a character bad.
Samuel Jenkins
This from me even though i've never played DnD >in dnd theres only hack and slash so theres no roleplaying i said that infront of my gm who likes dnd and now im afraid i might get kicked ;_;
Jack Kelly
>rolling stats to begin with >expecting the rest of the party to pick up your slack
Isaac Scott
I'm not expecting it, but if I'm not skilled in persuasion, I'll let the guy who is go first.
Connor Rivera
Wew, edgy lad here
Joseph White
>Everyone who hates D&D is a troll.
Josiah Powell
lol
Ryan Nguyen
I'm tired of this stupid fucking meme.
Brandon Nelson
Wew, shitty flamers too? Must be Christmas in this thread
Eli Price
Games where all you do is win generally pitter out after a few sessions, and it's because there's generally no fucking point in playing a game that you know you're always going to win unless there's money involved.
Dylan Ramirez
>expecting to be the be-all-end-all and still have everyone have fun
Elijah Taylor
>in dnd theres only hack and slash so theres no roleplaying You're not entirely wrong. The EXP required to level up in more modern editions of D&D basically assumes that you'll be fighting in 6-8 encounters between long rests, which generally means that you're gonna be more focused on not combat than on interacting with NPC's or the environment.
Brandon Gray
>expecting to be good at what your character is expected to do is too much to hope for You colossal retard
After re-reading the post I mostly side with the poster. Although fucking hell rolling a six on anything is terrible luck Point-buy or arrays will always be superior
Ayden Bailey
>I play DnD
Daniel Evans
>Point Buy is for power gamers >Rolling for stats gives you more character >Shitty stats add depth to a character >You don't need good stats, just describe what you're trying to do.
Joshua Anderson
>"I got a letter from my elf village, they need my help, let's go to my house XD" PLAYERS CAN'T DO THAT WHAT THE FUCK TRIGGERED
Daniel Cruz
>>Well, the rules don't say that I CAN'T do it... This reminds me of how I destroyed an entire space station in Only War with demolition charges.